Third Term Requirements

Historical Fiction Unit -- What you need to know and show that you know
	o   Together we will read the historical fiction novel Words By Heart. o   You will select another historical fiction novel to read.  Pick one from a time period you would like to learn more about because you will be doing research on that subject and writing an essay to present what you learned.  You will also be watching in your novel for character, conflict, and theme.  Historical Fiction
	Apostrophes – how to use them to show possession and contraction
	Capitalization – how to capitalize for the beginnings of sentences and proper nouns  (This is a review of earlier in the year.)
	Character -how the author shows you what the character is like
	Commas in a series – using commas when you have a series of ideas
	Commonly Confused Words – continue to use them correctly
	Conflict – what conflict is and types of conflict in literature
	Context clues – how to figure out what a word or phrase means by using the words around it
	Figurative language – recognizing simile, metaphor, and personification   Chart for Examples and Non-Examples of Simile and Metaphor     Figurative Language
	Inquiry – asking and answering questions – doing research and presenting what you found out
	Poetry – knowing how to read poetry and recognizing main idea (theme) and mood in poetry Poems for Words By Heart
	More Prefixes and Suffixes and spelling words using them
	Subject-Verb Agreement   Subject-Verb Agreement
	Theme  -- How to recognize a theme
	Words – choosing the best words for your purpose (and using the dictionary and thesaurus)
	Writing an Essay – about your subject for historical fiction – using an introduction with a thesis (topic sentence), supporting paragraphs, and a conclusion.
	Other writing such as writing a narrative (truth or fiction)
	Taking a test – successful testing – hints and helps