Developing Reading & Writing 9

Service Description

Target Audience: 5th - 6th Grade Writing Skills: Using Subjective Word Choice, Crafting an Argument, Supporting an Argument with Evidence, Using Credible and Convincing Evidence, Understanding Beginning Rhetoric Reading Skills: Introduction to Bias & Credibility (Learning How Authors Employ Rhetoric): Differentiating Subjective vs. Objective Language, Finding Key Context, Comprehending Rhetorical Texts, Reading Strategies to Check for Bias, Connecting an Author's Message to the Broader Context Grammar & Punctuation: Parts of Speech: Subordinating Conjunctions/Syntax: Creating & Using Complex Sentences/Punctuation: Comma Rules Vocabulary: Connotative Language, Repetition, Absolute Language, Exclusive & Inclusive Language, Parallel Structure