Reading  (Explain describe how you have grown as a reader)(strengths and weaknesses)

1. Topic Sentence (specific Subject + a specific feeling, attitude or idea about it)

       Ex.  Over the past several months of eighth grade, I have grown tremendously as a reader.

2. Detail Sentences    Talk about specific traits:  strong ones, areas of  

    improvement (8-10).  Use specific examples as evidence.  Be specific!

   Vocabulary - Word Wisdom Units 1-8+ - Weekly  practice (word & definintion, synonyms/antonyms, sentences, pictures/actions); 10 point quizzes; unit review test 30 points


Book Logs (number of books, types, pages,  
         Reader’s Hall of Fame?)

   
6 Traits Fiction piece(s)/Literature - EX.:         "My Teacher the Hawk", "The Treasure of Lemon Brown", "To Build a Fire", " Long, Cold Night", "The Soul of Caliban", "The Tigers and the Sharks", The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle

   
6 Traits Nonfiction pieces(s)/Informational - EX.:  "Sgt. York", "Baseball Barrier", "Inventions - By Accident", "The Manhattan Project"

ITBS/Stanford Diagnostic Reading Test

3. Clincher Sentence (wrap-up/summary of you as a reader)

       Ex.  So overall as a reader, I have made a lot of progress with       informational reading, but I still need to work on it.