Literacy Calendar
Each unit below has a corresponding Parent Page which has a full list of the skills students will be learning and the standards being taught. If you need the Parent Page in Spanish, please contact me.
Each unit below has a corresponding Parent Page which has a full list of the skills students will be learning and the standards being taught. If you need the Parent Page in Spanish, please contact me.
August 19-October 18
Unit: Characters of Character
Reader's Workshop: The Midwife's Apprentice by Karen Cushman
Writer's Workshop: Narrative
Language Arts: parts of speech, subject/predicate, compound/complex sentences, summary, annotation, paragraph
Unit: Characters of Character
Reader's Workshop: The Midwife's Apprentice by Karen Cushman
Writer's Workshop: Narrative
Language Arts: parts of speech, subject/predicate, compound/complex sentences, summary, annotation, paragraph
October 21-December 6 (actually ended on December 20 due to weather)
Unit: Perseverance
Reader's Workshop: "The Miracle Worker", play by William Gibson; student selected books and articles about a person who demonstrated perseverance
Media Connect: "The Miracle Worker" (1962) directed by Arthur Penn, starring Anne Bancroft and Patty Duke
Writer's Workshop: Expository and Argumentative; compare/contrast play & movie
Language Arts: research, five-paragraph essay construction, thesis statements, Scootpad practice of grammar basics (parts of speech, subject/predicate, compound/complex sentences)
Unit: Perseverance
Reader's Workshop: "The Miracle Worker", play by William Gibson; student selected books and articles about a person who demonstrated perseverance
Media Connect: "The Miracle Worker" (1962) directed by Arthur Penn, starring Anne Bancroft and Patty Duke
Writer's Workshop: Expository and Argumentative; compare/contrast play & movie
Language Arts: research, five-paragraph essay construction, thesis statements, Scootpad practice of grammar basics (parts of speech, subject/predicate, compound/complex sentences)
December 9 –February 21 (actually began on January 6 due to weather)
Unit: Courage
Reader's Workshop: Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank; "The Diary of Anne Frank", play by Frances Goodrich and Albert Hackett
Media Connect: "The Story of Anne Frank" (1959) directed by George Stevens, starring Millie Perkins
Writer's Workshop: Expository and Argumentative; compare/contrast play & movie & novel
Language Arts: essay introductions (grabbers/hooks, thesis statement, and elaboration), body paragraphs, conclusion paragraphs; compound/complex sentences; transitions; parts of speech, figurative language, clauses, conjunctions; continued practice with grammar on Scootpad
Unit: Courage
Reader's Workshop: Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank; "The Diary of Anne Frank", play by Frances Goodrich and Albert Hackett
Media Connect: "The Story of Anne Frank" (1959) directed by George Stevens, starring Millie Perkins
Writer's Workshop: Expository and Argumentative; compare/contrast play & movie & novel
Language Arts: essay introductions (grabbers/hooks, thesis statement, and elaboration), body paragraphs, conclusion paragraphs; compound/complex sentences; transitions; parts of speech, figurative language, clauses, conjunctions; continued practice with grammar on Scootpad
February 24 – March 21
Unit: Survival in the Wild
Reader's Workshop: Touching Spirit Bear by Ben Mikaelsen; Hatchet by Gary Paulsen; Call It Courage by Armstrong Sperry; and The Call of the Wild by Jack London
Writer's Workshop: Argumentative
Language Arts: six-paragraph essay; intro and conclusion paragraphs; figurative language; mood and tone; continued practice with grammar on Scootpad
Unit: Survival in the Wild
Reader's Workshop: Touching Spirit Bear by Ben Mikaelsen; Hatchet by Gary Paulsen; Call It Courage by Armstrong Sperry; and The Call of the Wild by Jack London
Writer's Workshop: Argumentative
Language Arts: six-paragraph essay; intro and conclusion paragraphs; figurative language; mood and tone; continued practice with grammar on Scootpad
April 14 - end of school year
Unit: Science or Fiction?
Reader's Workshop: The Invisible Man by H.G. Wells; Eva by Peter Dickinson; A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle; Among the Hidden by Margaret Peterson Haddix; War of the Worlds by H.G. Wells (adapted)
Media Connect: The War of the Worlds (Radio Drama 1938) by Orson Welles; "The War of the Worlds" (1953) directed by Byron Haskin, starring Gene Barry and Ann Robinson
Writer's Workshop: Informative/Explanatory; creative writing publishing
Language Arts: prompt appropriate essay; research for science connection; intro and conclusion paragraphs; figurative language; mood and tone; continued practice with grammar on Scootpad
Unit: Science or Fiction?
Reader's Workshop: The Invisible Man by H.G. Wells; Eva by Peter Dickinson; A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle; Among the Hidden by Margaret Peterson Haddix; War of the Worlds by H.G. Wells (adapted)
Media Connect: The War of the Worlds (Radio Drama 1938) by Orson Welles; "The War of the Worlds" (1953) directed by Byron Haskin, starring Gene Barry and Ann Robinson
Writer's Workshop: Informative/Explanatory; creative writing publishing
Language Arts: prompt appropriate essay; research for science connection; intro and conclusion paragraphs; figurative language; mood and tone; continued practice with grammar on Scootpad