You will learn how to identify and understand an author’s choice of point of view, including limited versus omniscient and subjective versus objective.

You will learn how to compare and contrast the relationship between the purpose and characteristics of different poetic forms.

You will learn how to find the meanings of words through analogy and other word relationships.

You will learn how the central characters’ qualities influence them and resolution of the central conflict.

You will learn how playwrights characterize their protagonists and antagonists through the dialogue and staging of their plays.

You will learn strategies to help you edit your writing for correct spelling.

You will learn how to make complex inferences in a play and use textual evidence to support your understanding.

You will learn how to explain the effect of similes and extended metaphors in literary text.

You will learn how to make complex inferences and use textual evidence such as imagery and figurative language to support understanding.

You will learn how to evaluate the role of media in focusing attention on events and informing opinions on issues as well as techniques used to create point of view, and how this impacts the audience.

You will learn how to use and understand the purpose of subordinating conjunctions.

You will learn how to use and understand the purpose of appositive phrases, and adverbial and adjectival phrases and clauses.

You will learn how to use and understand the purpose of main clauses and subordinate clauses.

You will learn strategies to help you edit your writing for correct capitalization.

You will learn how to evaluate graphics for their clarity in communicating meaning and achieving a specific purpose.

This resource is a demonstration lesson presented at the 2014 Write for Texas Summer Institute. It provides a snapshot of a four to five week unit that engages students in the reading and writing workshop model.

This online resource is designed to enhance teachers’ knowledge and skills so they can effectively teach adolescent students who struggle with reading.

This resource series is designed to enhance teachers' knowledge and skill so they can effectively teach grammar in context. Teaching grammar in context uses powerful models like sentences within mentor texts, rather than marking errors and correcting weak or wrong examples. 

You will learn strategies to help you edit your writing for correct punctuation.

You will learn how to determine the meaning of grade-level academic English words derived from Latin, Greek, or other linguistic roots and affixes.