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Unit 1: Memoir Writing
Students will write a personal narrative with reflection; they will connect two small moments using a common theme.
Grammar: Simple, Compound, and Complex Sentences
Read Aloud/Shared Reading: I Am Malala by Malala Yousafzai with Patricia McCormick, and other Mentor Texts
Independent Reading: Must be reading 20 min per night; recording their thinking; *suggested reading memoir genre
Unit 2: Reading in Book Clubs
Students will read one-two books of any genre (mostly realistic fiction) in a book club.
Students will focus on character analysis, especially character relationships.
Read Aloud/Shared Reading: The Breadwinner by Deborah Ellis
Students will form a theory supporting it with evidence and write a literary essay.
Word Study: Greek and Latin Word Parts
Independent reading: Book Club Reading
Unit 3: Informational Reading and Research
Students will learn strategies for reading informational texts
Ex. identifying central ideas and supporting details, summarizing, synthesizing, identifying text structures and features, determining author’s purpose and point of view,
and citing text evidence
Word Study: Greek and Latin Word Parts
Independent Reading: on-going reading non-fiction text
Unit 4: Informational Writing
Students will write an unbiased information article to inform an audience about a topic using a variety of writing strategies.
Students will apply the knowledge gained in the non-fiction reading unit to this writing task.
Independent Reading: on-going text of any genre
Unit 5: Argumentative Writing
Students will research a debatable topic, choose a side, and write an argumentative essay in support of their position.
Grammar: Modifiers and Prepositional Phrases
Independent Reading: on-going text of any genre
Unit 6: Reading in Book Clubs
Students will read one or two books of any genre (mostly realistic fiction) in a book club.
Students will focus on cultural themes.
Read Aloud/Shared Reading: Daniel’s Story by Carol Matas
Students will form a theory with textual evidence and write a literary essay.
Word Study: Greek and Latin Word Parts
Independent Reading: Book Club Reading
Independent Reading
Independent Reading Calendar: Students set nightly/weekly reading goals to effectively manage their time.
Recording their Thinking: Students demonstrate comprehension through a variety of reading strategies on post-its or in another format
Independent Reading Assignment: Students demonstrate comprehension by identifying the big idea/theme/audience in a text along with textual evidence that supports the theme.
Assessments
Each unit of study has a pre- and post- assessment.
Pre-assessments are used to inform instruction; these are not graded.
Post-assessment are used to evaluate student progress; these are graded.
Grammar Quizzes: given for each grammar rule
Word Study Quizzes: given for each word sort
Grading
Reading: 35% Independent Reading, Reading Unit Assessments, Literary Essays
Writing: 35% Process Writing Pieces, Writing Unit Assessments
Grammar: 10% Grammar Quizzes
Word Study: 10% Word Study Quizzes
Homework and Participation: 10%
Suggestions on Supporting Students at Home
Schoolwires: Check daily homework assignments, upcoming assessments, and due dates.
Google Classroom: Please ask your child to share his/her work with you.
Look through your child’s reading/writing notebook and ask your child to discuss what he/she is learning.
Genesis Parent Portal: Check grades and missing assignments.
Help monitor independent reading and have conversations about it. * What happened in that part of the text? What do you think will happen next? Are you noticing any big ideas/themes? Show me a piece of text that supports that idea?
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