1. By Ms. Gates

3. Pet connection Poetry made easy Everyone has a hero

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9. Today the fat black cat up in the tree by the bus stop dropped a nut on my head thunk and when I yelled at it that fat black cat said Murr-mee-urrr in a nasty spiteful way. I hate that cat. This is the story of Jack words sounds silence teacher and cat. Jack Room 204—Miss Stretchberry February 25

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13. Christopher Paul Curtis

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16. “If you want to be a writer, you keep a notebook with you at all times. Write in that notebook every single day, even when you don't feel like it — even if you write “I don't feel like writing,” at least that's something.”

18. POWER, FAMILY AND PRIDE…

19. Lonesome George

20. Element: ELA3R3.n Comprehension  Identifies and discusses the basic elements of a variety of genres (fiction, non-fiction, drama, and poetry). ELA4R1 Literary Texts  The student demonstrates comprehension and shows evidence of a warranted and responsible explanation of a variety of literary and informational texts. The texts are of the quality and complexity illustrated by the Grade Four reading list. For literary texts, the student identifies the characteristics of various genres and produces evidence of reading that: Element: ELA4R1.c Literary Texts  Identifies the speaker of a poem or story. Element: ELA4R1.d Literary Texts  Identifies sensory details and figurative language.. Element: ELA4R1.i Literary Texts  Identifies rhyme and rhythm, repetition, similes, and sensory images in poems. Element: ELA4R1.a Literary Texts  Relates theme in works of fiction to personal experience. ELA5R1 Comprehension - Literary Texts  The student demonstrates comprehension and shows evidence of a warranted and responsible explanation of a variety of literary and informational texts. Element: ELA5R1.h Comprehension - Literary Texts  Responds to and analyzes the effects of sound, figurative language, and graphics in order to uncover meaning in poetry, i.e., sound (e.g., alliteration, onomatopoeia, rhyme scheme), figurative language (e.g., personification, metaphor, simile, hyperbole) iii.Graphics (e.g., capital letters, line length).