Common Core
Feb. 3rd - Feb. 28th • Theme • Central idea • Text structure • Figurative and connotative meanings • Sound devices • Point of view • Comparing and contrasting fictional and historical accounts • Commas with coordinate adjectives • Greek and Latin affixes and roots • Writing: narrative • Writing: organization • Writing: dialogue, description, and sensory details • Writing: transition words • Use textual evidence to support analysis, reflection, and research • Presentation: use multimedia and visuals |
Common Core
Mar. 4th - Apr. 4th • Textual evidence and explicit details • Inferences • Central ideas • Summarizing • Author’s point of view and purpose • Comparing and contrasting authors’ view across texts • Simple, complex, and compound-complex sentences • Greek or Latin affixes and roots • Connotations and denotations of words • Writing: informative/explanatory texts • Writing: clear organization and formatting • Writing: formatting, graphics, and multimedia • Writing: development of topic • Writing: transitions and domain-specific vocabulary • Oral presentation of claims and findings • Presentation skills • Presentation: using multimedia and visuals |
Common Core
Apr. 7th - May 9th • Central ideas • Summarizing • Author’s point of view and purpose • Arguments, claims, supporting evidence, and reasons • Commas with coordinate adjectives • Dictionaries, glossaries, and thesauri • Connotations and denotations of words • Writing: arguments with claims, supporting reasons, and evidence • Writing: organization • Writing: using credible sources • Writing: word choice • Using textual evidence to support analysis, reflection, and research |