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Core Content and Skills
English Language Arts 5
2009 - 2010

Literature Unit  Content   Skills  The Hundred Dresses Summer Reading Book/ Sign of the Beaver   Analyzing Plot, Setting and Character Identify the Problem/Solution Use context clues to define words Make Generalizations Identify parts of speech Demonstrate the ability to create fiction writing

Literature Unit  Content   Skills  Possibilities Include: The Wreck of the Zephyr The Talking Eggs The Voyage of the Dawn Treader Dive to the Coral Reefs New Providence: A Changing Cityscape The Gold Coin The Big Storm It's Our World Too The Marble Champ Breaker's Bridge How it Feels to Fight for Your Life Tonweya and the Eagles The Best Bad Thing Dear Mr. Henshaw Ben and Me A Wave in Her Pocket Grandma Essie's Covered Wagon Klondike Fever My Adventures at the Center of the Earth The Silent Lobby   Analyzing Plot, Setting and Character Identify the Problem/Solution Make Generalizations Distinguish between Fact and Opinion Identify the Main Idea Maintain Personal Reading List Critical Analysis of Character, Plot, Setting, and Mood Draw conclusions Make inferences Distinguish different Points of View Use context clues to understand vocabulary Understand analogies Personal Journal Realistic Fiction

Literature Units  Content   Skills  Possibilities Include: Because of Winn-Dixie In The Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson How Many Days to America A Year Down Yonder From the Mixed-up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler Esperanza Rising Any Small Goodness   Demonstrate the understanding of figurative language (similes, metaphors and idioms) Demonstrate correct use of punctuation rules Demonstrate the ability to write summaries Dictionary and Thesaurus Skills Demonstrate the ability to write an accurate paragraph Figurative Writing -- similes, metaphors, and idioms Storytelling, Poetry Draw conclusions Make inferences Study Point of View

Literature Unit  Content   Skills    Use context clues to understand vocabulary Distinguish between fact and non-fact Understand analogies Demonstrate understanding of figurative language (similes, metaphors and idioms) Demonstrate correct use of punctuation rules Reading for Critical Analysis Demonstrate the ability to write summaries Write an exemplary paragraph

Unit - Because of Winn Dixie  Content   Skills    Identify the Problem/Solution Figurative Writing -- similes, idioms Realistic Fiction Personal Journal Dictionary and Thesaurus Skills Text to Self Text to Text Text to World

Unit 4 - Literature Unit 4  Content   Skills    Read Independently Read Silently Book Conferences Comprehension Skills Discussion Groups Role Playing Essay Research Skills Making Predictions Making Inferences Making Judgments and Decisions Point of View Character's Plot

Unit 5 - Take the High Road  Content   Skills    Read Silently Book Conferences Sequence of events Drawing Conclusions Cause and effect Summarizing Comprehension Skills Discussion Groups

Unit - Esperanza Rising  Content   Skills    Read Orally with expression Choose Appropriate Reading Material Discuss and Exchange Reading Material Listening

Content   Skills