Novel excerpt options: The Grapes of Wrath; Red Badge of Courage; Angela’s Ashes; The Things They Carried, or other novel(s) that explore theme; SOL writing test prep

Analysis of story elements; determining author's purpose and effect of author's style and story elements effect reader; NoRedInk and other engaging instructional resources to review SOL Writing MC/TEI section ; apply editing/revision skills to identify and correct errors in sample sentences