Specific Expectations:Use appropriately a wide variety of pronunciation, stress, rhythm, and intonation patterns of spoken English to communicate meaning accurately Analyze texts in a range of genres, including essays, short stories, novels, poems, and drama, to identify elements and explain their effect on the readerUse a wide variety of connecting devices and transition words and phrases to show relationships between ideas and information in linked sentences and paragraphs. Learning Goal(s): In this lesson, you will: Identify and use transitional words and phrases to connect sentences. Read aloud the short story " On the SIdewalk Bleeding"Answer questions about the plot, theme and characters Explain what a literary theme isIdentify and explain the theme in the short story " On the SIdewalk Bleeding"