1. Good luck on your STAAR exam!
Week
Activities
Turn In:
2/27
Monday – Latino Poetry; “Ode to the Letter r”; HW: “Legal Alien” annotations and questions; expository essay (chances prompt) due Friday
Tuesday – “Perhaps the World Ends Here” annotations + TPCASTT Block – “My Papa’s Waltz” annotations and interpretation support; teen poetry analysis questions
Friday – “Joker” and expository article crossover practice; expository essay due today!
“Legal Alien” assignment
“My Papa’s Waltz” assignment
Teen Poetry handout
“Joker” and article crossover practice
Expository essay (chances prompt)
3/6
Monday – Crossover practice (“Creative Solutions” and “Back Home”); HW: Revising and editing passage due Friday
Tuesday – Expository MC practice Block – STAAR-style Cold Read Test
Friday – Revising and editing class practice; R&E practice due today!
Crossover practice
Expository MC practice
Cold Read Test
Revising and editing practice
3/13
Spring Break
3/20
Monday – Review expository essay scores and comments (chance prompt); paragraph samples; HW: Revising and editing passage due Friday
Tuesday – Prompt and example practice Block – Weak to strong essay (independent practice)
Prompt and example practice
Essay rewrite
3/27
Monday – Last minute STAAR reminders
Tuesday – English I STAAR
Good luck on your STAAR exam!