5th+Grade+Language+Arts

Ideas ||~ Skills (for all novels) ||~ Texts ||~ Assessments ||~ Supporting / Supplementary Materials || [] > []
 * ~ Unit ||~ Start Date (duration) ||~ Essential Questions ||~ Big
 * 1 __Bridge to Terabithia__ || August-September || * What makes a person a good friend?
 * How do beliefs shape the way people react to death?
 * In what ways do our friendships shape who we become? || * Elements of Realistic Fiction
 * friendship
 * grief
 * poverty
 * fantasy || * making predictions
 * making observations about characters
 * analyzing plot, conflict, characters, sequence
 * making connections between literature and real life
 * recognizing point of view
 * drawing conclusions
 * summarizing
 * simile, metaphor
 * comparison/contrast of characters
 * writing descriptively
 * visualizing
 * recognizing/creating atmosphere in literature and writing
 * cause and effect
 * creating appropriate dialogue
 * themes in literature
 * demonstrate knowledge of concepts of print
 * expand reading skills through phonemic awarenes
 * expand reading vocabulary
 * read independently for a variety of purposes
 * develop informational skills and study skills || * __Bridge to Terabithia__ novel by Katherine Paterson || * Individual Project: Write the next chapter of the novel
 * Group Project: Create and draw your own Utopia like Terabithiia and write about it
 * Reading comprehension quizzes
 * Writing responses
 * essay and multiple choice test || * Character Trading Cards online resource to create character cards for either Jess or Leslie []
 * Spelling Chapters 1-4 []
 * Spelling Chapters 5-6 []
 * Spelling Chapters 7-8 []
 * Spelling Chapters 9-10 []
 * Spelling Review words []
 * __Literature Circle Guide: Bridge to Terabithia__ by Tara Maccarthy
 * [|www.edhelper.com] reading comprehension quizzes for this novel
 * Author Interview []
 * Audiobook introductory lesson []
 * TN Reading standards [] ||
 * 2 __Charlie and the Chocolate Factory__ || September-November || * How do individuals develop values and beliefs?
 * How can characters' values/desires affect their behavior and choices in a story?
 * In what ways do our values and beliefs determine our success in life? || * appropriate behavior
 * poverty vs priviledge
 * earning rewards
 * Elements of fantasy ||  || * __Charlie and the Chocolate Factory__ by Roald Dahl || * Group Project: design factory-shaped large project with character descriptions and novel summary
 * Test: Novel Reading comprehension
 * Individual Project: Write letter to your favorite character, character-shaped book reports
 * Reading comprehension quizzes
 * Writing responses
 * essay and multiple choice test || * Resources for Character Body Book Reports and Factory room project
 * Grammar and vocabulary practice resources []
 * Spelling Chapters 1-6 []
 * Spelling Chapters 7-12 []
 * Spelling Chapters 13-18 []
 * Spelling Chapters 19-24 []
 * Review words []
 * [|www.edhelper.com] reading comprehension quizzes for this novel
 * [] enrichment ||
 * 3. __The Fighting Ground__ || November || * What is worth fighting for?
 * How do our preconceived notions color our future attitiudes toward life experiences?
 * What do children gain and lose in themselves by fighting in war? || * war
 * Revolutionary War period
 * obedience
 * duty ||  || * __The Fighting Ground__ by Avi || * Individual Project: Writing "How I would finish the novel"
 * Reading comprehension quizzes
 * Writing responses
 * essay and multiple choice test || * "A Long Way Gone " by Ishmael Beah (story of a Sierra Leone child soldier)
 * Spelling City []
 * []
 * PBS resources []
 * Mission US Revolutionary War Game [] ||
 * 4. __Holes__ || November-January || * How does setting reveal and shape character?
 * How do people grow and change because of difficult situations? || * juvenile delinquency
 * injustice
 * illiteracy
 * bullying
 * persistence
 * ||  || * __Holes__ by Louis Sachar || * Camp Green Lake symbolic flag souvenirs
 * Create brochures about Camp Green Lake
 * Book Jacket Book Report
 * Reading comprehension quizzes
 * Writing responses
 * essay and multiple choice test || * Spelling Chapters 1-7 []
 * Spelling Chapters 8-17 []
 * Spelling Chapters 18-28 []
 * Spelling Chapters 29-39 []
 * Spelling Chapters 40-50 []
 * [|www.edhelper.com] reading comprehension quizzes for this novel
 * Brochure Rubric []
 * Book Jacket Rubric [] ||
 * 5. __Elijah of Buxton__ || January-February || * Can slavery exist in modern life?
 * If you free a slave, are they truly free?
 * || * slavery
 * freedom
 * overcoming fears
 * racism
 * exagerration
 * trust
 * ||  || * __Elijah of Buxton__ by Christopher Paul Curtis || * Individual Newspaper project
 * Reading comprehension quizzes
 * Writing responses
 * essay and multiple choice test || * Brainpop slavery video []
 * Brainpop Frederick Douglass video
 * []
 * Brainpop Underground Railroad video []
 * Buxton Museum online []
 * Online maps of the Detroit, Michigan and Buxton, Canada areas, same areas on Google Earth
 * Elijah of Buxton spelling part 1 []
 * Elijah of Buxton spelling part 2 []
 * Elijah of Buxton spelling part 3 []
 * Elijah of Buxton spelling part 4 []
 * Elijah of Buxton spelling part 5 []
 * Elijah of Buxton spelling final, part 6 []
 * []
 * Mission US Civil War Game []
 * Newspaper rubric []
 * Alternate newspaper rubric [] ||
 * 6. __Blue__ || March -April || * How do children cope with taking on adult responsibilities?
 * How do families change due to separation and grief? || * war
 * grief
 * disease
 * taking on adult responsibilities
 * overcoming obstacles
 * determination
 * World War 2 Home Front
 * poverty
 * 1940's life
 * racism ||  || * __Blue__ by Joyce Meyer Hostetter || * Individual Project: My Tears in a Bottle Writing Assignment
 * Group Project: Cooperative Timeline of Novel Events
 * Reading comprehension quizzes
 * Writing responses
 * essay and multiple choice test || * Spelling City Chapters 1-12 list []
 * Spelling City Chapters 15-22 list []
 * How did children in Britain experience World War 2 []
 * World War 2 victory garden []
 * 7. __The Watsons Go to Birmingham__ || April-May || * *How do tragedies change the way we view the world?
 * How does racism affect society? || * civil rights
 * grief
 * fear
 * racism
 * 1960's South compared with North ||  || * __The Watsons Go to Birmingham__ by Christopher Paul Curtis || * Unit study projects (link at right)
 * Reading comprehension quizzes
 * Writing responses
 * essay and multiple choice test || * Spellling City Chapters 1-5 []
 * Spelling City Chapters 6-10 []
 * Edhelper.com Watsons Go to Birmingham Unit []
 * 1960's Counterculture study http://1960scounterculture.wikispaces.com/Elementary+Lesson ||
 * 8. __Island of the Blue Dolphins__ || May-June || * How can the power or "One" affect the natural relationships in the Chesapeake Bay? || * loneliness
 * family
 * Indian cultures
 * self-reliance ||  || * __Island of the Blue Dolphins__ by Scott O'Dell || * Unit study projects (link at right)
 * Reading comprehension quizzes
 * Writing responses
 * essay and multiple choice test || * h[|ttp://www.edhelper.com/books/Island_of_the_Blue_Dolphins.htm]
 * Unit study [] ||
 * Wordly Wise || August-May || * How does increasing our vocabulary make us better readers?
 * What would happen if we could not increase our vocabulary? || * improving our vocabulary ||  || * Wordly Wise teacher edition and student editions ||   || * Word Lists on [|www.spellingcity.com] ||
 * Book Reports || two-three times during the year || * How do we process what we read?
 * Why do we read? || * Elements of Science Fiction and fantasy writing
 * Biographical Writing
 * Elements of Historical fiction ||  ||   ||   || * Low-tech choice: Choose either a cereal box book report [] or a comic book report []
 * High tech-choice: Choose ONE of the five options from this list []
 * Sliderocket
 * [|www.weebly.com] Home Page Select a character and design a home page for them, picking out appropriate backgrounds and pictures and then creating information that would tell a viewer about your character. Also, create links to at least five different sites that you think your character would be interested in. Then write up and post on the page an explanation of how you made the decisions you did and what you believe this tells us about the ch
 * [|www.kerpoof.com]
 * [|www.xtranormal.com]
 * Use Glogster at [] to create an online book poster that acts as an advertisement for the book.. You should include the title and author of the book, key characters, use pictures that support the story line, and create a tag line that will make others want to read the book.Create a short video clip about the book.
 * Grammar and Writing || all year || * How does dorrect grammar usage improve our writing? || * Appropriate English mechanics and usage || * See TN State Standards (Link at right) || * Daily Oral Language workbook by Evan-Moor Educational Publishers (copied for each student)
 * Daily 6-Trait Writing by Evan-Moor Educational Publishers (copied for each student)
 * Houghton-Mifflin English || * Writing Assignments throughout year (essays, poems, responses to literature, etc)
 * responses on workbook pages || * TN State Language Arts standards []
 * Brainpop.com videos on grammar topics ||
 * responses on workbook pages || * TN State Language Arts standards []
 * Brainpop.com videos on grammar topics ||