In Theme 3, you:

• learned about fictional narrative, nonfiction narrative, and non-narrative texts

• learned about the genres (or kinds of writing) that belong to each of those text forms

• thought about what kind of genres you like to read and what kind you are interested in learning more about

• learned about strategies you could use before you began reading

• learned about strategies you could use while you were reading

• reflected upon what you read when you finished reading

• learned about strategies for reading narrative and non-narrative texts

• learned how to look for information in books

• thought about other places where you could find information

• learned how to take notes and summarize information and thought about how to show where you found information

• thought about what you know about paragraphs and learned about a five-paragraph essay

• began gathering ideas for an essay and planned an essay

• wrote a rough draft of an essay

• practised revising and editing the essay

• completed a final copy of the essay