PEARSON LONGMAN

PEARSON LONGMAN

LEVEL A

LEVEL B

LEVEL C

BUILDING BRIDGES

LEVEL D

LEVEL E

LEVEL F

KEYS TO LEARNING

SCOPE AND SEQUENCE

Building Bridges

Keystone Scope & Sequence Vocabulary Selection

Introduction

Key Words Cardinal and ordinal numbers Days and months Colors and shapes Classroom objects

Getting Started

Academic Words

Literary Words

Word Study

Language arts vocabulary Social Studies vocabulary Science vocabulary Mathematics vocabulary Health and fitness vocabulary

reading Strategy

LiStening & Speaking

• Main idea and

Writing grammar • Singular and plural

details

nouns • Present tense of regular verbs • The verb have • Imperatives • Using be and go • Subject-Verb agreement • Adverbs

• Identify characters, plot, and setting

Writing Modes/ Assignments

Writing Elements/ Structure

• Introduce the writing process

• Pronouns

UNIT 1 Journeys

“Nomads” Informational text “Jewel in the Sand” Folktale “The U.S. Camel Corps” Informational text

UNIT 2 Hidden Forces

“The Trojan Horse” Legend “Earthquakes” Informational text

buffalo camels desert herds nomads

tents daughter earrings jewels

Play ball!

“The Bouncing Ball” Informational text “Roberto Clemente” Biography “My Life in the Desert” Personal Essay

• Review consonants • Short a, e • Spelling short a, e • Look for spelling

• Preview • Draw conclusions • Connect to Reading:

• Short i, o, u • Review consonants

• Look for problems

patterns

attack enemies palace prisoner

soldiers strong crust dangerous

“Oil Drilling and Earthquakes” Informational text

UNIT 3

nephew princess uncle welcomed

artifact bounce explorers rubber statue

achievements medicine opportunity rescue supplies

destroy directions plates powerful

c and g

• Spelling short i, o, u • Spelling patterns

• Long vowels with signal e

• y as /y/ and as vowels /e/, /i/

• Spelling initial and final y

• Retell a story

• Writing a journal entry

regular verbs

• Singular and plural

Draw conclusions; Text structure

and solutions

• Articles • Present tense: nouns

• Retell a legend

• Look for causes and

• Simple past tense:

regular and irregular verbs

• Writing a personal narrative

• Adjectives

effects

• Connect to

Reading: Visuals in informational articles; Main ideas and details

• Ask questions • Understand

chronological order

• Connect to Reading: Literary nonfiction

• Summarize an

informational text

• Information questions

• Questions in the

• Writing a

biographical narrative

present

• Proper nouns

• Suffix -er • Look for spelling patterns

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Keystone Scope & Sequence Vocabulary Selection

UNIT 4 Family ties

“The Clever Daughter-in-Law” Folktale “Family Traits” Informational text “Daytime Curfew?” Informational text

UNIT 5 the Power of Words

“Early Writing” Informational text “The Great Minu” Folktale “The Great Society” Informational text

Key Words clever daughter-in-law father-in-law lantern missed

Academic Words

Word Study

Literary Words

experiments inherit members traits

• Initial, medial, final

digraphs /ch/, /sh/, /th/

• x /ks/; qu /kw/; wh /hw/

• Spelling patterns x,

reading Strategy

LiStening & Speaking

Writing grammar


• Predict • Reread • Connect to Reading:

• Retell a folktale • Single possessives with apostrophes • summarize a science text • Plural possessives • Adverbs

• Writing a personal

• Take notes • Understand irony • Connect to Reading:

• Summarize a social

• Writing a report

• Make inferences • Find main ideas • Connect to Reading:

• Retell a fable • Prepositional phrases summarize a science • text • Combining simple

Opinions and evidence


letter

• Writing a critique

qu, wh

cuneiform grain reeds symbols wedges

coffin funeral port sailor village

• Long vowels ai, ay, eigh, ee, aa

• Long vowels ow, oa, oe, ue, ui, ew

• Spelling patterns ai, ay, eigh, ee, ea

studies text

• retell a story

• Possessive pronouns • Combining simple sentences using and

• Pronouns

Main ideas and details; Author’s purpose; Speeches

• Spelling patterns ow, oa, oe, ue, ui, ew

UNIT 6 exploring the Senses

“The Blind Men and the Elephant” Fable “Animal Senses” Informational text

argue elephant gentle trunk tusks

hive predators prey survive vision

absorb oxygen pollen pollination release

reproduce roots stem arrows

• Final -ed as /ed/, /d/, /t/ • Final -s and -es as

/s/, /z/ • R-Controlled vowels • Adding -ing, -ed, -s, and -es to base words • Spelling patterns with ir, ire, er, ere, ar, are, ur, ure, or, ore

“Tiny Giant” Poem

UNIT 7 the World of Plants

“Amazing Plants” Informational text “Apollo and Daphne” Myth “The Horse’s Friend” Play

bark bow crowns forest

• Final and medial -tion • Diphthongs ow, ou, oi, oy, aw, au

• Spelling diphthongs

Archetypes; Motifs

ow, ou, oi, oy, aw, au

paragraph

sentences using but

Structure and elements of poetry

• Use diagrams • Visualize • Connect to Reading:

• Writing a descriptive

• Adjectives

• Summarize a science text

• retell a myth • sing a folk song

• Imperatives • Writing dates • Dialogue • Subject-Verb

• Writing a comparison • Writing a script for a short play

agreement: simple present

• Spelling patterns

with final and medial -tion

UNIT 8 Wings

“Bessie Coleman, American Flyer” Informational text “The Big Sky” Poetry “Aaron’s Gift” Short story “Cher Ami—World War I Hero” Informational text “The Goat and the Bee” Short Story

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encouraged famous publisher thrilling toured

broken grabbed leaped soothe wounded

• 1-, 2-, 3-, and

4-syllable words • Initial, medial, and final schwa • oo in look and oo in food • Spelling words with schwa • Spelling patterns with double letter words— ll, tt, nn, mm, oo

• Summarize • Understand an

• Tell a story

• Writing a short story

author’s purpose

• Connect to Reading: Figurative language; Procedural texts; Genres

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Keys to Learning Scope & Sequence Sequence Selection

UNIT 13 UNIT at Home new Friends

Chapter 7 1 What are youname? doing? What’s your

Word Study

Chapter 9 3 You came to our party! This is a calculator.

Learning Learning Strategy

Writing

•• Present Subject continuous Pronouns tense: statements

Sound out • • Personalize

• Word familiesand vowels with long vowel Consonants /aˉ/ order • sound: Alphabetical

•• Present tense: what questions Present continuous tense of be: statements •• Present yes/no questions Present continuous tense of be:tense: yes/no questions • Object pronouns

Make inferences • • Use a graphic organizer

• Long /eˉ/ vowel as in clean Shortvowel vowelsound: and long sounds • Word families with long vowel Syllables sound: /eˉ/

•• Simple present continuous Presentpresent tense oftense have:and affirmative statements • tense Present tense of have: negative statements

Sound out • • Use what you know Use what you know • • Use a graphic organizer

Write interview questions • Write a paragraph about your favorite class

• Give a presentation about someone you Give a presentation about your class schedule and interviewed your favorite class • Listen as your classmates give their presentations Listen as your classmates give their presentations

• • •

•• Past tense of regular verbs: affirmative Articles: a and an • statements Demonstrative pronouns: this and that

Sound out • • Sound out Make inferences • • Use what you know

Write a thank-you letter to someone • Write a paragraph about things in your backpack and things in your friend’s backpack

• Give a speech to thank someone Give a presentation about things in your backpack • Listen as your classmates give their speeches Listen as your classmates give their presentations

Write a script for a fashion show • Write paragraphs about your school

• Present a fashion show Give a presentation about your favorite place in school • Listen as your classmates present their fashion • shows Listen as your classmates give their presentations

• Fill out a form with your personal Write a recipe • information

• • Give a demonstration for a TV show Give a presentation about your favorite place in your community • Listen as your classmates give their demonstrations

Long / asasininchild Short vowel vowel sound: sounds:/ /a/ cat, /i/ as in sit, andwith /o/ long as in vowel hot Word families sound: // Word families with /a/, /i/, and /o/

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Statements with have, and questions want + infinitive Present tense oflike, have: yes/no What questions with like, have, and Plural nouns want + infinitive • Possessive adjectives • Yes/no questions with like, have, and want + infinitive

•• Past tense of irregular verbs: affirmative Demonstrative pronouns: these and those statements • Possessive of singular and plural nouns • Past tense: negative statements

Write a skit about something that • Write a paragraph about yourself happened on a special day

Speaking LiStening & Speaking

• Long vowel sound: /aˉ/ as in game The alphabet

• Use a dictionary

Chapter 8 2 I haveclasses to work.do you have? What

Grammar Grammar

• Brainstorm

• Use a graphic organizer

• Present a skit about a special day Give a presentation introducing yourself to your

classmates • Listen as your classmates present their skits • Listen as your classmates introduce themselves

• Past tense: yes/no questions Across the Curriculum: Physical Science Mathematics The Universe: Stars, Meteors, and Constellations Learning Strategy: Use What You Know Solving Word Problems: Mathematics in Everyday•Life • Learning Strategy: Use What You Know

UNIT 2 4 around town at School

Chapter 10 4 How much it? Where’s theisgym?

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Long / asasinincold Short vowel vowel sound: sounds:/oˉ/e/ bed and /u/families as in cup Word with long vowel sound: /oˉ / Word families with /e/ and /u/

•• Information with Prepositionsquestions of location: in,be: on,present under, tense next to •• Information questions Where questions with with be be: past tense •• Information questions with do: present tense There is and there are

Sound out • • Sound out Make predictions • • Make predictions Brainstorm • • Use a graphic organizer

• Information questions with do: past tense • Questions with how much

Chapter 11 Chapter 5 She needs lettuce. What’s yoursome address?

•• Long voweldigraphs: sound: /yo ˉo ˉ / as as in inthree, cute Consonant /th/ /th/ /ch/ as in chair, and / as inofthat, • Review long vowels /sh/ as in she

• Consonant digraphs: /hw/ as in what and /f/ as in phone

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Count and non-count nouns What questions with be Some and any Present tense of regular verbs: statements •• Conjunctions: but, and so yes/no Present tense and, of regular verbs: questions

Sound out • • Sound out • Use selective attention • Use selective attention

• Listen as your classmates give their presentations

• Statements with can • Yes/no questions with can

Chapter 6 12 Chapter He’s were the cutest guy at school. You late yesterday.

•• Initial consonant blends Long vowel sounds with silent e •• Recognizing Word familiesinitial with consonant /aˉ /, / /, /oˉ/, blends and /yoˉo ˉ/

•• Comparative adjectives What questions with do •• Superlative adjectives What + noun •• Comparatives andstatements superlatives with more Past tense of be: and most • Past tense of be: yes/no questions

Sound out • • Sound out Make predictions • • Make predictions

• Write a paragraph in your journal Write a poem • about your day yesterday

• • Recite a poem Give a presentation about your day yesterday • • Listen as your classmates recite their poems Listen as your classmates give their presentations

Use imagery • • Brainstorm

Across the the Curriculum: Across Curriculum: Literature Social Studies Poetry: Understanding Figurative Speech • Learning Strategy: Visualize Understanding Maps: Reading a Map of the United States • Learning Strategy: Use Selective Attention

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Keys to Learning Scope & Sequence Selection

UNIT 3 at Home

Chapter 7 What are you doing?

Word Study

Grammar

Learning Strategy

• Long vowel sound: /aˉ/ as in game

• Present continuous tense: statements

• Sound out

• Word families with long vowel sound: /aˉ/

• Present continuous tense: what questions

• Make inferences

• Present continuous tense: yes/no questions

• Brainstorm

Writing • Write a skit about something that happened on a special day

LiStening & Speaking • Present a skit about a special day • Listen as your classmates present their skits

• Object pronouns

Chapter 8 I have to work.

• Long vowel sound: /eˉ/ as in clean • Word families with long vowel sound: /eˉ/

• Simple present tense and present continuous tense

• Sound out

• Write interview questions

• Use what you know

• Statements with like, have, and want + infinitive

• Give a presentation about someone you interviewed • Listen as your classmates give their presentations

• What questions with like, have, and want + infinitive • Yes/no questions with like, have, and want + infinitive Chapter 9 You came to our party!

• Long vowel sound: / / as in child • Word families with long vowel sound: / /

• Past tense of regular verbs: affirmative statements

• Sound out

• Write a thank-you letter to someone

• Make inferences

• Give a speech to thank someone • Listen as your classmates give their speeches

• Past tense of irregular verbs: affirmative statements • Past tense: negative statements • Past tense: yes/no questions

Across the Curriculum: Physical Science The Universe: Stars, Meteors, and Constellations • Learning Strategy: Use What You Know

UNIT 4 around town

Chapter 10 How much is it?

• Long vowel sound: /oˉ / as in cold

• Information questions with be: present tense

• Sound out

• Word families with long vowel sound: /oˉ /

• Information questions with be: past tense

• Make predictions

• Information questions with do: present tense

• Brainstorm

• Write a script for a fashion show

• Present a fashion show • Listen as your classmates present their fashion shows

• Information questions with do: past tense • Questions with how much

Chapter 11 She needs some lettuce.

• Long vowel sound: /yoˉo ˉ / as in cute

• Count and non-count nouns

• Sound out

• Review of long vowels

• Some and any

• Use selective attention

• Write a recipe

• Give a demonstration for a TV show • Listen as your classmates give their demonstrations

• Conjunctions: and, but, and so

Chapter 12 He’s the cutest guy at school.

• Initial consonant blends

• Comparative adjectives

• Sound out

• Recognizing initial consonant blends

• Superlative adjectives


• Comparatives and superlatives with more and most

• Use imagery

• Write a poem

• Recite a poem • Listen as your classmates recite their poems

Across the Curriculum: Literature Poetry: Understanding Figurative Speech • Learning Strategy: Visualize

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Keys to Learning Scope & Sequence Selection

UNIT 5 Friends & Family

Chapter 13 He’s going to fall!

Word Study

Grammar

Learning Strategy

• Final consonant blends

• Future tense with be going to: statements

• Sound out

• Recognizing initial and final consonant blends

• Future tense with be going to: yes/no questions

• Make inferences

• Future tense with be going to: information questions

• Brainstorm

Writing • Write an essay about how you would spend $200

LiStening & Speaking • Give a presentation about how you would spend $200 • Listen as your classmates give their presentations

• Commands

Chapter 14 Hey! The lights went out!

• Vowel sound: /oo/ as in food

• Past continuous tense: statements

• Sound out

• Past continuous tense: yes/no questions


• Write a newspaper report about an accident

• Present a TV newscast about an accident

• Vowel sound: /oo/ as in notebook

• Write an essay about a goal you have

• Give a presentation about someone you interviewed

• Past continuous tense: information questions

• Listen as your classmates present their TV newscasts

• Possessive pronouns • Questions with whose

Chapter 15 We’ll have a study group.

• Vowel sound: /ô/ as in auditorium and saw

• Future tense with will: statements

• Sound out

• Future tense with will: yes/no questions

• Personalize

• Vowel sound: /oi/ as in voice and enjoy

• Future tense with will: information questions

• Listen as your classmates give their presentations

• Statements with may and might

Across the Curriculum: Life Science How Nature Works: Ecosystems and Food Chains • Learning Strategy: Use What You Know

UNIT 6 Feelings & Hobbies

Chapter 16 Sometimes, I study with my friends.

Chapter 17 You should get some rest.

• Vowel sound: /ou/ as in out and now

• Adverbs of frequency

• Sound out

• Adverbs of frequency with be


• R-controlled vowel sounds: /är/ as in car, /ôr/ as in for, /ûr/ as in first

• How often and expressions of frequency

• Write an essay about a classmate’s hobby or interest

• Give a presentation about a classmate’s hobby or interest • Listen as your classmates give their presentations

• Gerunds as objects of verbs

• Y as a vowel

• Statements with should

• Sound out

• Syllables with y as a vowel

• Yes/no questions with should


• Statements with could

• Brainstorm

• Write a letter giving advice to someone

• Present an advice panel to the class • Listen as your classmates present their advice panels

• Because clauses

Chapter 18 It was too easy.

• Hard and soft c and g • Compound words

• Comparatives and superlatives: irregular adjectives

• Sound out

• Too and not enough



• Write a play about a character

• Perform a play about a character • Listen as your classmates perform their plays

• Statements with used to • Yes/no questions with used to

Across the Curriculum: History George Washington: America’s First President • Learning Strategy: Take Notes

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Vocabulary Selection

UNIT 1 can all mysteries be solved?

“Fact or Fiction?” Informational text Teenage Detectives, Carol Farley and Hy Conrad Two mystery short stories from G Is for Googol, David M. Schwartz Informational text “The Haunted Yacht Club,” Ellen Fusz Short story

Key Words archaeologist clues creature disappeared fantasy sacred architecture gradual infinity numerals spirals steep

Academic Words accurate create evidence survive aware intelligent motive pursue constant illustrate sequence unique identify individual occur physical theory

Literary Words idioms puns character character traits plot

Word Study

reading Strategy

• Same sound,

• Preview • Draw conclusions • Use visuals 1 • Predict

different spellings

• Compound nouns • Spelling words with ai, ay, ee, and oa

• Prefixes: un-, dis-

LiStening & Speaking • Reader’s Theater • Dramatic Reading • Retell • Listening

& Speaking Workshop: Description guessing game

Writing grammar


• Parts of speech and

description • Describe a place

• Possessive nouns,

• Describe an event • Describe an object • Describe a character • Writing Workshop:

parts of the sentence adjectives, and pronouns; Indefinite pronouns

• Comparison

structures: comparative and superlative adjectives

Descriptive essay


• Use spatial order • Use chronological order

• Use sensory details • Include physical

traits and character traits

• Single-Word

prepositions of location; Multi-Word prepositions of location

Smithsonian American Art Museum: Solving the Puzzle of Letters and Numbers

UNIT 2 How does growing up change us?

“Ancient Kids” Informational text from Becoming Naomi León, Pam Muñoz Ryan Realistic fiction, How-to piece “Amazing Growth Facts” Informational text “The Old Grandfather and His Little Grandson,” Leo Tolstoy Folk tale “Thirty Dollars,” Alan Govenar Oral narrative

ancient ceremony citizen education rights rituals average conversion height length rate weight

classical cultural feature philosophy assist bond conflict process benefit category enormous percent affect document effect perspective

dialogue setting point of view narrator

• Spelling words with

• Compare and

• Suffixes -ness,

• Visualize • Use visuals 2 • Recognize historical

long vowel sound /e ¯ /

-tion, and -ation

• Spelling words with long vowel sound /o ¯ /

contrast

context

• Reader’s Theater • Dramatic Reading • Retell • Listening & Speaking Workshop: Skit

• Sound-Letter

• Showing contrast:

coordinating conjunctions and conjunctive adverbs

• Write about a

character and setting

• Count and non-count • Write a story from nouns; Quantifiers

• Simple past: regular and irregular verbs • Direct quotations:

relationships

narration • Write a friendly letter

statements and questions

a different point of view

• Write a personal narrative

• Writing Workshop: Short Story

• Tell a memorable

sequence of events in time order, using correct letter format

• Use spatial order,

sensory details; Describe character traits

• Focus on point of

view and the effects a shift in perspective has on a narrative

• Use chronological

order and concrete details; Show why an experience or situation was memorable

Smithsonian American Art Museum: Capturing Childhood

UNIT 3 How does helping others help us all?

from Run Away Home, Patricia C. McKissack Historical fiction “Extraordinary People: Serving Others” Informational text from Zlata’s Diary, Zlata Filipovic´ Diary “Friendship and Cooperation in the Animal Kingdom” Informational text

assassinated extraordinary founders resistance superintendent tolerance arrangement cooperate damage gigantic intruder tsunami

appropriate communicate period precise achieve alter impact role consist establish method stress attitude comment concept rely on

dialect mood suspense figure of speech hyperbole

• Uses of the apostrophe

• Spelling words with silent gh

• Synonyms and antonyms

• Greek and Latin roots

• Make inferences • Identify problems and solutions

• Distinguish fact from opinion

• Identify main idea and details

• Reader’s Theater • Dramatic Reading • Retell • Listening & Speaking Workshop: TV talk show

• Agreement in simple and compound sentences

• Prepositions of

time: in, on, at; Prepositional phrases providing details

• Placement of adjectives

• Participial adjectives; More prepositions of location

persuasion • Write a book review

• Write a persuasive paragraph

• Write a diary entry • Write a critical evaluation

• Writing Workshop: Persuasive speech

• Give an opinion and

a recommendation supported by reasons and examples from the book

• Ask a question;

follow it with a persuasive answer

• Present both sides

of an issue; use the first person and a diary format

• Write topic sentence; examine the topic against a set of standards; make a judgment that is supported by examples

Smithsonian American Art Museum: Respect

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UNIT 4 What do we learn through winning and losing?

“Casey at the Bat,” Ernest Lawrence Thayer Poetry “Swift Things Are Beautiful,” Elizabeth Coatsworth Poetry “Buffalo Dusk,” Carl Sandburg Poetry “Going, Going, Gone?” Informational text “Ivory-billed Woodpeckers Make Noise,” Jill Egan Informational text

Key Words conservationists destruction extinct habitats ornithology predator cancer chemotherapy cycling grueling prestigious triathlon

“The Hare and the Tortoise,” Aesop Fable “Orpheus and Eurydice” Myth “The Biggest Winner of All” Informational text

Academic Words brief device final respond sphere structure environment estimate factors statistics define instruct objective style element focus positive require

Word Study

Literary Words rhythm repetition rhyme scheme fable moral personification myth

• Spelling long vowel sound / ı ¯/

• Homophones • Spellings for

r-controlled vowels

• Multiple-meaning words

reading Strategy • Read for enjoyment • Recognize cause and effect

• Identify author’s purpose

• Ask questions

LiStening & Speaking • Reader’s Theater • Dramatic Reading • Retell • Listening & Speaking Workshop: TV sports report

Writing grammar


• Present perfect;

More uses of the present perfect

exposition • Write a response to literature

• Complex sentences

• Write a cause-and-

with subordinating conjunctions; Subordinating conjunctions with adverb clauses

• Adverbs of manner; Placement of adverbs of manner

• Past perfect; Past perfect and simple past

effect paragraph

• Write a compareand-contrast paragraph

• Write a newspaper article

• Writing Workshop: Expository essay


• Give ideas and

opinions about a piece of literature; support the response with examples and details

• Give an explanation that clearly shows how causes and effects are logically related

• Compare two topics;

tell how they are alike and how they are different

• Support a main idea

with details that explain who, where, when, what, and why

Smithsonian American Art Museum: Baseball in America

UNIT 5 How are courage and imagination linked?

from The Secret Garden, Frances Hodgson Burnett, adapted by David C. Jones Play “A Tree Grows in Kenya: The Story of Wangari Maathai” Informational text “How to Plant a Tree” Informational text from Hoot, Carl Hiaasen Novel excerpt “Between Two Worlds” Informational text

armies captured gifted nomads tepees reservation campaign committee continent democratic natural nutrition

approach convey cooperate drama aspect finance resource sustain technology welfare demonstrate deny image site circumstances construct react region

setting the scene list of characters stage directions humor colorful language

• Spelling words with oo

• Analye text structure 1

• Suffixes -ic, -ist,

• Follow steps in a

• Prefixes mega-,

• Summarize • Classify

-able

tele-, re-

• Spelling words with

process

ea

• Reader’s Theater • Dramatic Reading • Retell • Listening & Speaking Workshop: How-to demonstration

• Be going to and will ; Degrees of certainty about the future

• Imperatives;

Sequence words and phrases

• Reported speech; Reported speech: questions, imperatives, told

exposition • Write a formal e-mail

• Write how-to instructions

• Write a plot summary • Write a paragraph that classifies


• Active voice and passive voice; Passive voice: omitting the by-phrase

• Use a problem-

solution structure and the correct format for a formal e-mail

• Put steps in order

from first to last; use signal words and imperatives

• Cover main events of

a story: the characters’ goals, what they did to achieve them, and whether they succeeded

• Organize by category;

explain the features of each category

Smithsonian American Art Museum: Dignity Through Art

UNIT 6 What is your vision of life in the future?

“Life in the Future” Informational text “Southbound on the Freeway” and “Cardinal Ideograms,” May Swenson Poetry “Interview with an Astronaut,” Dan Bursch Interview from The Time Warp Trio: 2095, Jon Scieszka Science fiction “NASA and the U.S. Space Program” Informational Text

artificial canyons frontier mass-produced robots volcanoes astronaut gravity historic mission NASA simulation

function occupation research trend complex interpretation published section shift specific strategies techniques challenge contact controversy crucial function professional

simile metaphor stanzas science fiction setting

• Spelling the

diphthongs /oi/ and /ou/

• Greek and Latin roots

• Schwa spelled a, e, i, o, u

• Identifying cognates

• Take notes • Analyze text structure 2

• Skim • Employ analytical skills

• Reader’s Theater • Dramatic Reading • Retell • Listening & Speaking Workshop: Speech

• Transitions • General rules of

capitalization; Capitalization: abbreviations, initials, and special terms

• End punctuation,

commas, and quotation marks; Parentheses, brackets, and ellipses

• Using quotation

marks for exact words; Quotation marks: terms, expressions, and titles

research report

• Write an introductory paragraph

• Support a main idea with examples

• Include quotations and citations

• Include paraphrases and citations

• Writing Workshop: Research report

• Select and narrow a

topic; ask a question to guide research

• Do research and take notes; find specific examples to support the main idea

• Support a main

idea with examples; cite sources for quotations

• Paraphrase sources; cite them correctly; support the main idea with details

Smithsonian American Art Museum: Imagining the Future

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UNIT 1 How does the natural world affect us?

from Project Mulberry, Linda Sue Park Novel excerpt “Ecosystems: The Systems of Nature” Informational text “Ali, Child of the Desert,” Jonathan London Short Story “Desert Women,” Pat Mora Poem “Blowing Up a Storm” Informational text

Key Words nonliving nutrients organism photosynthesis reproduce species evacuate eye heed hurricane technology

Academic Words cycle dramatic percent project consume environment interact similar survive adapt capable concluded rely route available consist create

process reverse source

Word Study

Literary Words imagery sensory details figurative language personification setting

• Prefixes in-, re-, over-, un-

• Decoding strategies: digraphs

• Compound nouns • Spelling long a

reading Strategy • Predict • Preview • Visualize • Identify main idea and details

LiStening & Speaking • Reader’s Theater • Dramatic Reading • Retell • Listening & Speaking Workshop: Presentation

Writing grammar


• Adjectival phrases:

description • Describe an object

• Appositives;

• Describe a place • Describe a person • Describe an event • Writing Workshop:

adjective order; Adjectives after indefinite pronouns Comparison structures

• Simple sentences:

Descriptive essay

pronouns and modifiers; Consistent forms, parallel structure


• Use sensory details • Use spatial organization

• Include physical


• Use chronological order

• Subject-Verb

agreement: simple present; Non-count nouns and irregular plurals

Smithsonian American Art Museum: Painting the American Landscape

UNIT 2 Where can a journey take you?

from Tales from the Odyssey, Mary Pope Osborne Myth “Early Explorers” Informational text from The Journal of Wong Ming-Chung, Laurence Yep Literature “Migrating Caribou” Informational text “Magnets in Animals” Informational text

civilizations expeditions exploration markets navigator trade biologists herd journey landscape magnetic starvation

abandon collapse finally investigate react strategy conducted established financed region varied adjust emphasize expand immigration temporary

approaches migrate sufficient transport

plot character point of view simile metaphor

• Roots vict, laps, vis,

• Identify problems

• Suffixes -er / -or

• Use visuals

• Words ending in y • Words as multiple

• Make inferences • Recognize cause

mem, mand

parts of speech

and solutions

and effect

• Reader’s Theater • Dramatic Reading • Retell • Listening

& Speaking Workshop: Personal narrative

• Simple past: be,

regular and irregular verbs

• Active and passive

voice; Passive voice: past participles


with adverbial clauses of time; Adverbial clauses in the present, past, and future

• Past progressive:

was/were +present participle; Past progressive with adverbial when clauses

narration • Write a story from a different point of view

• Focus on point

• Write a personal

• Focus on

narrative

• Write a personal letter

of view and the consequences of a shift in point of view establishing character through traits

• Write a story with a

• Focus on events/

• Writing Workshop: Short story

• Include transitions • Focus on

starter

logical sequence

establishing setting

Smithsonian American Art Museum: Traveling the Electronic Superhighway

UNIT 3 What defines success?

“Success Stories” Informational text “An Interview with Naomi Shihab Nye,” Rachel Barenblat Interview “Making a Mosaic,” Naomi Shihab Nye Poem “The Marble Champ,” Gary Soto Short story “Students Win Robotics Competition” Informational text

enterprise excelled famine satellite scholarships self-portrait corporation engineer innovation physicist robotics theories

aid commitment contribution global priority cultural distinctive interpret precise pursue considerable displayed objective participate previous

affect attain awareness challenge design

extended metaphor repetition stanza character motivation suspense

• Prefixes under-, re-, multi-, inter-

• Homophones • Inflections -ed and -ing

• Foreign words

• Connect ideas • Distinguish fact from opinion

• Predict 2 • Ask questions


& Speaking Workshop: Interview


exposition • Write a compareand-contrast paragraph

• Gerunds as subjects;

• Write a problem-and-

• Infinitives after verbs

• Write a critique • Write a news article • Writing Workshop:

with restrictive and nonrestrictive adjectival clauses

Gerunds as objects after verbs and prepositions

and adjectives; Infinitives of purpose

• Expressions of

quantity and subjectverb agreement; Expressions of quantity: both, either, neither

solution paragraph

Expository essay

• Tell how things are alike and how they are different

• State problems

clearly and give possible solutions—offer recommendations

• Give reasons why

something does or does not measure up

• Use the 5 Ws

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UNIT 4 can we see change as it happens?

“Changing Earth” Informational text from Through My Eyes, Ruby Bridges Informational text “Harlem: Then and Now,” James Baldwin Essay Tar Beach, Faith Ringgold Art “Harlem,” Langston Hughes Poem “Dreams,” Langston Hughes Poem

Key Words fertilizers fossil fuels hybrid microscopic resources solar power employment hub independence location population Sun Belt

“The Intersection” Literature

Academic Words alternative communication enable focus on regulation apparent convince enormous integrate symbol undertake brief community published residential section achieve consequence

impact incident injured outcome

Literary Words conflict foreshadowing rhyme theme

Word Study • Related words • Capitalizing proper nouns

• Spelling long e • Synonyms

reading Strategy • Scan • Draw conclusions • Recognize sequence • Identify author’s purpose

LiStening & Speaking • Reader’s Theater • Dramatic Reading • Retell • Listening & Speaking Workshop: Speech

Writing grammar • Present perfect: have/ has + past participle; Present perfect with already and yet

• Compound

sentences with and, but, so; Complex sentences with because and since

• Possessive nouns

and adjectives; Antecedent-Pronoun and subject-verb agreement



persuasion • Write an advertisement

• Support opinions

• Write a persuasive

• Ask and answer a

paragraph

• Write a review • Write a letter to the editor

• Writing Workshop:

with facts, examples, and details question

• Make a

recommendation

• Problem and solution

Persuasive essay

• Future with will or

won’t for prediction; Advice: the modals could, might, should, must, have to

Smithsonian American Art Museum: Moving Through Time

UNIT 5 Why do we explore new frontiers?

from River to Tomorrow, Ellen Levine Novel excerpt “River Song,” Bill Staines Poem “Morning Prayer Song,” Ronald Snake Edmo Song “Maps and Compasses” Informational text from Pecos Bill: The Greatest Cowboy of All Time, James Cloyd Bowman Tall tale

elevation geographical kilometer relief scale sea level harvested independence missionaries ranching settlers sharecroppers

“The Cowboy Era” Informational text

accompany assist goal interpreter locate adjacent chart erode found labels physical instruct invisible partnership rigid

substitute unique maintain survey tradition ultimate widespread

dialogue flashback onomatopoeia hyperbole

• Synonyms • Spelling ie / ei • Frequently

misspelled words

• Compound words

• Make generalizations • Take notes • Skim • Summarize


& Speaking Workshop: Team presentation

• Past perfect: had

+ past participle; Compound and complex sentences with past perfect

• Imperatives and

will for instructions; Sequence words, phrases, and clauses

• Adjectival phrases:

exposition • Write a cause-andeffect paragraph

• Show clearly how

• Write instructions • Write a classifying

• Make sure sequence

• Write a summary • Writing Workshop:

• Use classification,

paragraph

Instructional essay

comparatives and superlatives

cause and effect are logically related

is clear and directions are easy to follow

showing categories clearly

• Show main idea and details

• Compound and

complex sentences

Smithsonian American Art Museum: The Roots of Frontier Culture

UNIT 6 How do we know what is true?

“How Glooskap Found the Summer” Myth “Persephone and the Pomegranate Seeds” Myth “Early Astronomers” Informational text from The War of the Worlds, H. G. Wells Radio play “Proving Innocence— A Matter of Life and Death” Informational text

constellations discoveries galaxy phenomenon solar system telescope accurate confessed DNA eyewitnesses identify testify

despite enforce manipulate occupy restore role identified location philosopher predictable theory conferring

evidently occurrence version visible complex legislation procedure specific

myth hero heroine science fiction stage directions

• Antonyms • Spelling long i • Words ending in -ible / -able

• Word roots

• Compare and contrast

• Evaluate new information

• Analyze text structure

• Evaluate written information

• Reader’s Theater • Dramatic Reading • Retell • Listening & Speaking Workshop: Play

• Reported Speech: statements and questions

• Participial

adjectives: formation and meaning; Prepositions and infinitives with participial adjectives

research report • Write an introductory paragraph

• Write a paragraph

with a main idea and supporting details

• Write a paragraph

with quotations and citations

• Punctuation of direct

• Support a main idea

• Conjunctive


quotations; Quoting sources

adverbs and semicolons; Colons for explanations and lists

with examples and explanations

• Arrange ideas in a graphic organizer

• Create a word web with a main idea, facts, and details

• Create a main idea

web with quotations and citations

• Create a main idea web with examples and explanations

Research report

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UNIT 1 How can change improve people’s lives?

from Riding Freedom, Pam Muñoz Ryan Novel excerpt “Early Inventions” Informational text from Seedfolks, Paul Fleischman Novel excerpt “From Refugees to Fugees” Informational text

Key Words designer device elements invention patent periodic table athletes boundaries professional responsibilities sacrifice uniforms

Academic Words achieved attitudes discrimination illegal created function significant technology goal involved located reacted element focus positive require

Word Study

Literary Words plot conflict imagery setting

• Double consonants • Nouns that modify nouns

• Apostrophes • Spelling long a and long e

reading Strategy • Analyze historical context

• Recognize sequence • Visualize • Preview

LiStening & Speaking • Reader’s Theater • Dramatic Reading • Retell • Listening &

Speaking Workshop: Team presentation

Writing grammar


• Sequence words and

description • Describe an event or experience

phrases; Appositives

• Simple past: regular and irregular verbs

• Comparison

structures: adjectives and adverbs

• Describe an object • Describe a place • Describe a group of people

• Order of adjectives;


• Prepositions; Present

narration • Write a story with a starter

Compound adjectives



• Use sensory details • Use spatial order • Use details and

adjectives to support unified impressions of people

Descriptive essay

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UNIT 2 What are the benefits of facing challenges?

“The Train to Freedom” Informational text “Follow the Drinking Gourd” Song “Five New Words at a Time,” Yu-Lan (Mary) Ying Personal narrative “Quilt,” Janet S. Wong Poetry “An Interview with Gary Paulsen,” Leonard S. Marcus Interview

fugitive heritage network runaway shelter Underground Railroad disease experiment fever hypothesis mosquitoes virus

from Hatchet, Gary Paulsen Novel excerpt “The Great Fever” Informational text

accompanied aid challenge code approach communicate resources response available injured structure survive objective theory transmit volunteers

characters point of view author’s influences external conflict

• Words with ch and tch

• Prefixes im-, over-, un-, after-

• Closed compound nouns

• Irregular plurals

• Skim • Identify problems and solutions

• Predict • Recognize cause and effect

• Reader’s Theater • Dramatic Reading • Retell • Listening &

Speaking Workshop: Personal narrative

and past progressive

• Gerunds as

subjects and subject complements; Gerunds as objects

• Simple and

compound sentences; Agreement in simple and compound sentences

• Passive voice:

• Rewrite a familiar story

• Write a personal letter


• Writing Workshop: Fictional narrative

• Establish setting with story starter

• Focus on point

of view and consequences of point of view shift

• Focus on the form of a personal letter

• Focus on

establishing character through traits and dialogue

Simple past; Regular and irregular participles; Passive voice: review

Smithsonian American Art Museum: The Challenge of Illness

UNIT 3 How are relationships with others important?

“Salsa Stories: Aguinaldo,” Lulu Delacre Short story “Sowing the Seeds of Peace,” Mandy Terc Informational text “Seeds of Peace: Cultivating Friendships” Informational text from Blue Willow, Pam Conrad Legend “The Ladybird and the Wildflowers” Informational text

barriers confront cultivate enemies political violence carbon dioxide conservation native nature oxygen symbiotic

distributes positive rejected residents assumed focus individuals similarities authoritative consent encounter reaction beneficial interact partnership role

foreshadowing irony oral tradition legend character motive

• Spelling s- blends • Suffixes -er, -or • Synonyms • Sound-Letter relationships

• Analyze cultural context

• Compare and contrast

• Identify with a character

• Classify

• Reader’s Theater • Dramatic Reading • Retell • Listening & Speaking Workshop: How-to demonstration

• Imperatives;

Embedded questions

• Complex sentences; Agreement in complex sentences

• Transitions to

show contrast and cause and effect; Transitions to show similarity and add information

• More about

antecedent / pronoun agreement; Parallel structure

exposition

• Write instructions • Write a critique • Write to compare and contrast

• Write a classifying paragraph


• Make sure sequence is clear and directions are easy to follow

• Identify standards

against which work is judged

• Tell how things are alike and how they are different using specific examples


showing categories clearly

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UNIT 4 What does home mean?

“97 Orchard Street” Informational text “The Pros and Cons of Tenement Life” Informational text “Somebody’s Son,” Richard Pindell Short story “The Lotus Seed,” Sherry Garland Poetry “Operation Migration,” Joyce Styron Madsen Informational text

Key Words exhibit inspectors mission neighborhood preserved tenement endangered species migration monitor population rare refuge

Academic Words benefit community cultural immigrants items correspond indicate occurs transportation attached removed source symbolize interaction outcome route substitute

Literary Words suspense climax speaker symbol

Word Study • Silent letters • Homophones • Spelling long o • Suffix -ion

reading Strategy • Use visuals • Summarize • Analyze text structure 1

• Monitor

comprehension

LiStening & Speaking • Reader’s Theater • Dramatic Reading • Retell • Listening & Speaking Workshop: TV news show

Writing grammar



• Adjectival clauses:

exposition • Write a magazine article

• Adjectives and

• Write a plot summary significant details • Write a response • Develop an

subject and object relative pronouns

adjectival phrases; Adverbs and adverbial phrases

• Adverbial clauses

of time; Adverbial clauses of purpose, reason, and contrast

to literature

• Write a problem-andsolution paragraph


• Factual conditional

• Use the 5 Ws • Include the main

events and the most

interpretation organized around several clear ideas, and support ideas with textual evidence

• Show how the

solution worked to solve the problem

in the present and future; Present and past unreal conditional

Smithsonian American Art Museum: Acknowledging the Past, Reaching for the Future

UNIT 5 What is the human spirit?

from César Chávez: We Can Do It! Sunita Apte Informational text “The Scholarship Jacket,” Marta Salinas Short story from The Diary of Anne Frank: The Play, Frances Goodrich, Albert Hackett, with Wendy Kesselman Play “Listen Up,” Phil Taylor Informational text

chemicals crops demand migrant workers strike union accomplish mission hearing impaired obstacle opponent sign language

founded impact labor persistence academic policy principal tradition assisted occupants published regulations participate perceive prior team

dialogue theme diary drama stage directions

• Capitalization • Words ending with consonant + -le, -al, -el

• Spelling the sound /j/ • Antonyms


• Draw inferences • Read aloud • Identify main idea and details

• Reader’s Theater • Dramatic Reading • Retell • Listening &

Speaking Workshop: Radio commercial

• Inseparable phrasal


• Punctuation in

• Write a review • Write a persuasive

verbs; Separable phrasal verbs

quotations; Reported speech: reporting verbs said, asked, told

• Present perfect; Present perfect progressive

paragraph

• Write a letter to the editor

• Writing Workshop: Persuasive speech

• Present perfect with

• Include information,

facts, and details that appeal to an appropriate audience

• State a clear position

and support it with examples from the text

• Present the pros and

cons of an issue, and take a stand; support it with facts and details

• State an opinion

for and since; Past perfect

clearly and support it with facts and examples

Smithsonian American Art Museum: Everyday Obstacles, Everyday Courage

UNIT 6

“Starry Nights” Letter “Stars,” Sara Teasdale Poetry

How does the sky influence us?

“Escape at Bedtime,” Robert Louis Stevenson Poetry “The Girl Who Married the Moon,” retold by Joseph Bruchac and Gayle Ross Myth “Return to the Moon,” Christy Browlee Informational text “No Need to Establish a Moon Base,” Matt Kachur Informational text “Solar Energy—Help from the Sky” Informational text

base crater lunar mine universe voyage beneath influence positive potential renewable solar

analyze image interpretation visible ignored instructed job restricted investigate issues promote research consists criteria features located

stanza rhyme myth personification

• Lexical sets • Spelling long i • Acronyms • Greek and Latin roots

• Analyze text structure 2

• Read for enjoyment • Take notes • Connect ideas

• Reader’s Theater • Dramatic Reading • Retell • Listening & Speaking Workshop: Oral report

• Punctuation:


• Capitalization and

• Include paraphrases

semicolons; Punctuation: colons punctuation of titles; Punctuation: hyphens and dashes

• Parentheses,

brackets, and ellipses; Quoting sources

• More transitions;

Transitional clauses

and citations

• List ideas, frame

questions that direct investigation, and select and narrow a topic

• Include quotations


• Support the main idea


and citations


and citations from sources and citations from sources

• Create and use a

main idea web, and include facts and examples

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UNIT 1 What is light?

“Grandmother Spider Brings the Sun,” Geri Keams Myth “Light” Informational text “A Game of Light and Shade,” Arturo Vivante Short story from The Eye of Conscience, Milton Meltzer and Bernard Cole Photo-essay “Visiting the Edison Museum” Informational text

Key Words wavelength opaque transparent translucent concave convex industrial immigrants inhumanity miserable equipment conditions

Academic Words author text culture tradition energy visible transmit virtual interpret approached visual equivalent

despite labor expose dramatic welfare

Literary Words onomatopoeia repetition irony imagery setting

Word Study • Compound Words • Words with /әl/ spelled -le and -el

• Antonyms • Suffixes

reading Strategy • Predict • Skim • Visualize • Use visuals • Text Analysis:

Procedural texts

LiStening & Speaking • Retell • Reader’s Theater • Listening

& Speaking Workshop: Description guessing game

Writing grammar • Order of adjectives • Adverb clauses of time

• Prepositions of

place: in, at, and on

• Restrictive and

nonrestrictive relative clauses

Writing Modes/ Assignments description • Describe a character




• Describe an object • Describe a place • Describe an

• Use sensory details • Use spatial

• Write a procedural

• Create a main

experience document

organization impression

• Writing Workshop: Descriptive essay

Smithsonian American Art Museum: Capturing the Power of Contrasts

UNIT 2 How are growth and change related?

“How Seeds and Plants Grow” Informational text “Two Brothers and the Pumpkin Seeds,” Barbara Baumgartner Folktale from Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry, Mildred D. Taylor Novel excerpt “Migration Patterns” Informational text “Abuela Invents the Zero,” Judith Ortiz Cofer Short story

develop inactive germination embryo protective straighten residents declined property residents urban rural trend

process distribution potential function environment affect anticipation discrimination reaction migration percent factors region

distribution instruct ignore reluctance conduct

reveal contrast creative consult objectively debate define biased analyze justify principle

ethical pursue individual issue achievement

point of view plot conflict characterization dialogue sarcasm

• Related words • Homographs • Long a, i, o

spelling patterns

• Idioms

• Recognize sequence • Compare and contrast

• Scan • Make inferences • Literary Analysis:

• Retell • Reader’s Theater • Listening & Speaking Workshop: Skit

Elements of fiction and literary devices

• Sequence words • Conditional sentences

narration • Write a story with a starter

• Simple past and

• Rewrite a familiar

• Have to + verb • Punctuation for


present perfect

emphasis

• Punctuating clauses, phrases, and expressions

story

letter


• Writing Workshop: Fictional narrative

• Focus on events/

logical sequence. Include sequence words.

• Focus on point

of view and the consequences of a shift in perspective

• Focus on

establishing character through traits and dialogue

“Horses and Eagles” Short story

Smithsonian American Art Museum: Cycles of Nature

UNIT 3 How can we tell what’s right?

“The Golden Serpent,” William Dean Myers Fable “I ♥ Pluto,” Tim Kreider Editorial from A Single Shard, Linda Sue Park Novel excerpt “Marian Anderson: A Voice for Change” Informational text “Helmet Laws: Pro and Con” Informational text

astronomy celestial terrestrial eccentric revolution proposed congregation spirituals auditorium injustice concert determination

“High School Student Uniforms: A Student Debate” Informational text

motivation moral internal conflict theme

• Irregular plurals • Prefixes • Long and short


• Synonyms

• Identify author’s

vowels

and solutions


purpose

• Summarize • Text Analysis:

Opinions, evidence, rhetorical structures and devices

• Retell • Reader’s Theater • Listening

& Speaking Workshop: Radio commercial

• The modal must • Some and indefinite

persuasion • Write a review

• The uses of would • Superlative


• Reciprocal pronouns

• Write an

• Subjunctive mood


pronouns

adjectives

• Write a letter to the editor

paragraph

advertisement essay

• Writing Workshop: Speech

• Support an opinion with reasons and examples

• Support main idea with details

• Present the pros and cons of an issue

• Include facts,

information, and details that would appeal to an appropriate audience

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UNIT 4 can we think with the heart?

from The Story of My Life, Helen Keller Informational text from The Little Prince: The Play, Rick Cummins and John Scoullar Play excerpt “The Heart: Our Circulatory System,” Seymour Simon Informational text Heart-Healthy Recipe Procedural text “Ginger for the Heart,” Paul Yee Short story

Key Words bitterness defects eventful imitate sensation tangible blood vessels circulatory arteries veins capillaries pulmonary

Academic Words communicate concept manual persistence establish unique source version transport contract constantly

regulate network significance devoted mutual abstract

Literary Words fantasy stage directions symbol

Word Study

reading Strategy

• The suffix -ful • Contractions • Related words • The /z/ sound

• Identify main idea and details

• Analyze text structure • Monitor

comprehension

• Analyze cultural

LiStening & Speaking • Retell • Reader’s Theater • Listening & Speaking Workshop: How-to demonstration

context

Writing grammar

exposition i • Write a critique

• Identify standards

• Present and past progressive

• Write a summary • Write instructions • Write a critical

• Include the main

• Write a script • Writing Workshop:

• Make sure sequence

adjectives

• Imperatives • Compound and

complex sentences objective, and possessive pronouns

Elements of drama


• Possessive

• Nominative,

• Literary Analysis:


analysis

Expository essay

against which work is judged

events of the story and one or two details is clear

• Support ideas with textual evidence

“To Capture the Wild Horse” Play

Smithsonian American Art Museum: Bonding or Breaking?

UNIT 5

“World War I” Informational text “In Flanders Fields,” John McCrae Poem

What can we learn from times of war?

“Anthem for Doomed Youth,” Wilfred Owen Poem “Three Wonderful Letters from Home,” Goodwin, MacDonald, and Hanley Song “Letter Home,” Frank Earley Letter “In the Name of His Father,” Fred Tasker News article

alliance assassination trenches surrendered armistice civilians heroism diplomat refugees lecture honor consulate

tension technology vehicles neutral resources context create similar impact document integrity estimate

exploits sympathetic survival isolated temporary relocate

figurative language personification diction tone

• Roots • Homophones • The suffix -ness • Borrowed words

• Identify cause and effect

• Analyze historical context

• Draw conclusions • Ask questions • Literary Analysis:

• Retell • Reader’s Theater • Listening & Speaking Workshop: Oral report

• Appositives • Contrast and

opposition, as in but, on the contrary, much as

• Passive voice in the present perfect

Imagery and poetic devices

• Write a cause-andeffect paragraph

• Write to compare and contrast

• Write a news article • Write a problem-andsolution paragraph

• Using Infinitives • Capitalize nouns • Rules of

• Write a poem • Writing Workshop:

• Reduction of


Expository essay

capitalization

• Show clearly how

cause and effect are logically related

• Tell how the two

things are alike and how they are different

• 5Ws • Show clearly and

specifically how a solution worked to solve a problem

from Farewell to Manzanar, J.W. Houston and J.D. Houston Literary nonfiction “Sonnet to My Brother, a Soldier” Poem “He Died at His Post” Poem

Smithsonian American Art Museum: Citizens on the Home Front

UNIT 6 What makes animals so amazing?

“The Parrot Who Wouldn’t Say ‘Cataño’,” Pura Belpré Short story “Getting to Know Real Bats,” Laurence Pringle Informational text “The Bat,” Theodore Roethke Poem “A Narrow Fellow in the Grass,” Emily Dickinson Poem “Daybreak,” Galway Kinnell Poem

echolocation wingspan mammals nocturnal attitudes portray chimpanzees commercial sanctuaries laboratories smuggle existence

consequence response challenge attached accurate beneficial features ignorance appreciation explicit implicit invisible

“Birdfoot’s Grandpa,” Joseph Bruchac Poem from The Chimpanzees I Love, Jane Goodall Informational text “Caesar Kleberg: A Man Ahead of His Time” Literary Biography

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intelligent inadequate committed project

archetype foil metaphor simile

• Suffixes • Hyphenated words • Words with double letters

• Frequently

misspelled words

• Connect ideas • Evaluate new information

• Read aloud • Make generalizations • Literary Analysis: Literary biography

• Retell • Reader’s Theater • Listening & Speaking Workshop: TV documentary

adjective clauses to adjective phrases

• Relative pronouns as • Write classifying subjects

paragraphs

• Typical and atypical word order

• Support the main

• Gerunds and


• Negatives and

• Write an

infinitives

contractions

idea

and citations

interpretative response


• Frame questions

that direct the investigation; list ideas; select and narrow topic; T-chart for comparison of different classes of things

• Create and use

a main-idea web with examples and explanations

• Create and use

a main-idea web with quotations and citations from sources

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UNIT 1 Why should we reach out to others?

from Criss Cross, Lynne Rae Perkins Novel excerpt “Oranges,” Gary Soto Poem “Managing Stress,” Sarah Lennard-Brown Informational text from The Phantom Tollbooth, Norton Juster Novel excerpt “Grandma Ling,” Amy Ling Poem “Your Brain and Nervous System” Informational text

Key Words maximize moderation stressful stressors systematic threshold behavior nerves neurons organ relays system

“Sally Mason” Poem “Cowboy Blues” Poem

Academic Words external interact perspective project visualize environment factors individual respond unique analyze concept conclude occur precisely schedule

adaptable analytical function logical process react

Literary Words

Word Study

reading Strategy

characterization setting figurative language allegory narrative poem irony meter rhyme scheme stanza sonnet quatrain couplet ballad haiku free verse

• Double ls and rs • Related words • Synonyms • Etymology

conflict point of view theme suspense plot scene moral dilemma

• Diphthongs /ou/

• Recognize cause

• Collocations with

• Classify • Identify author’s

• Visualize • Preview • Identify problems and solutions

• Use visuals • Literary Analysis:

LiStening & Speaking • Retell • Reader’s Theater • Listening

& Speaking Workshop: Team presentation

Writing grammar


• Compound and


• Use sensory

• Can/Can’t + verb for ability or possibility

• Describe a person • Describe an event • Describe an object • Write a poem • Writing Workshop:

• Use descriptive

complex sentences

• Simple present for

habitual actions or routines

Figurative language and poetic forms and devices


• Complex and

Descriptive essay

compound-complex sentences

details words


and character traits


• Use spatial

organization

• Possessive case

Smithsonian American Art Museum: Bridging the Distance

UNIT 2 What shapes our identity?

from Finding Miracles, Julia Alvarez Novel excerpt “A Conversation with Julia Alvarez” Interview from What Do You Stand For? For Teens: A Guide to Building Character, Barbara A. Lewis Informational text “An interview with An Na” Interview from A Step from Heaven, An Na Novel excerpt “Learning English,” Luis Alberto Ambroggio Poem

character traits empathy influences inventory relationships tolerant authorized biometric captivity data bank genetic laser technologies

from Crime Scene: How Investigators Use Science to Track Down the Bad Guys, Vivien Bowers Informational text

adapt perception conflict distinctive identify evidence interpret identical issue identification reveal invisible adult visible attitude categories communication manipulating response achieve adequate construct culture emphasis

and /oi/

make and take

• Spelling long a • Compound words

and effect

purpose

• Connect ideas • Literary Analysis:

• Retell • Reader’s Theater • Listening

& Speaking Workshop: Panel discussion

• Modals for ability,

exposition • Explain the steps in a process

• Preference with

• Explain how

possibility, or necessity

would + rather + verb and unreal conditional

• Have to + verb

Forms of narration and elements of fiction

for necessity and supposed to be + verb (-ing) for expectation

something is classified

• Use sequence

words for transition and show causeand-effect relationships

• Write a cause-and-

• Use classification

• Write instructions

• Use cause-and-

effect paragraph

• Write a short story • Writing Workshop: Expository essay

• Factual conditionals:

to show categories effect words to show relationships between ideas

• Use sequence words to show the order of instructions

Present and future

• Restrictive and nonrestrictive clauses

“Tears of Sorrow and Joy” Short story

Smithsonian American Art Museum: Exploring Mixed Identity in America

UNIT 3 When should you take a stand?

from going going, Naomi Shihab Nye Novel excerpt from Freedom Walkers: The Story of the Montgomery Bus Boycott, Russell Freedman Informational text “The Ravine,” Graham Salisbury Short story “Speak Your Mind,” Charlotte Steinecke and Emily Cutler Informational text “The Graduated Driver’s License Program” Informational text

accustomed entitled offense official privilege protested vacated apathy blog Congress petition protest

“Music in the Cafeteria” Informational text

access community construction establishment previous principle constitutional occupying policy required restricted violating affect circumstances injure internal predict reconstruct activist communicate

elections public awareness publication

hyperbole dialogue character motivation flashback plot author’s purpose

• Homophones • Spelling long i • Inflections -ed and -ing

• Spelling long /oo/


• Recognize sequence • Predict • Evaluate new information

• Text Analysis:

Author’s purpose; Evidence

• Retell • Reader’s Theater • Listening & Speaking Workshop: TV news show

• Used to + verb and would + verb for habit in the past

• Simple past • Reported speech • Passive form of

modals: should + be + past participle

• Reciprocal pronouns • Subjunctive mood


• Write a critique • Write a personal letter • Write a letter to the editor

• Write an analytical essay

• Writing Workshop: Persuasive essay

• Use strong words

and phrases to support a position or opinion

• Give reasons

and examples to support main ideas

• Persuade a

friend; include date, salutation, body, closing, and signature

• State opinion

clearly and support with facts and examples; use emotional appeal

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UNIT 4 What does it take to beat the odds?

“The Great Circle,” Hehaka Sapa Oral narrative from Touching Spirit Bear, Ben Mikaelsen Novel excerpt “Take a Chance,” Johnny Ball Informational text “A Survival Mini-Manual” Informational text “John Henry,” Adrien Stoutenburg Tall tale “John Henry,” Pete Seeger Song

Key Words bred equalized expressed maneuver prey stationary advocate championed diagnosis engaged symptoms turbulent

from Franklin Delano Roosevelt: The New Deal President, Brenda Haugen Informational text from Madam President, Catherine Thimmesh Informational text

Academic Words cycle generations ignore injuries symbol conduct definitely encounter estimate surviving challenge labor methods period physical technology assumed contacted

image intensified persisted virtually

adaptation drama identities outcome presumption civil convinced despite individuals tension apparently chemical exposure

identified target volunteers clarifying issues principled validate

Literary Words character narrator imagery repetition (alliteration, assonance, rhyme, rhythm) archetype syntax diction voice structure style tone

Word Study • Suffixes • R-Controlled vowels • Spelling long e • Spelling long o

reading Strategy • Read for enjoyment • Skim • Draw conclusions • Summarize • Literary Analysis: Literary nonfiction and speeches

LiStening & Speaking • Retell • Reader’s Theater • Listening & Speaking Workshop: Interview

Writing grammar • Transitions and transitional expressions

• Gerunds as objects

of verbs and objects of prepositions

• Agreement with

generic nouns and indefinite pronouns



narration • Write a narrative paragraph

• Relate events in a

• Write a story with a starter

• Rewrite a familiar story

• Write a biographical paragraph

• Habit in the past:

• Write an

• Using negatives


would; past ability: could/couldn’t correctly

logical sequence

• Establish and

develop a setting

• Tell a story from a different point of view

• Develop a character using traits

interpretative response Narrative essay

• Using contractions correctly

“Steve Jobs: A Virtual Genius” Literary biography

Smithsonian American Art Museum: Beating the Odds

UNIT 5 How do conflicts affect us?

from Romeo and Juliet, William Shakespeare, adapted by Diana Stewart Play “Furious Feuds: Enemies by Association,” Alfred Meyer Informational text from Romiette and Julio, Sharon M. Draper Novel excerpt from Conflict Resolution: The Win-Win Situation, Carolyn Casey Informational text

ancestor aristocratic centuries claim descendants rekindled accommodation avoidance compromise defuse negotiate preserves

“Hometown Hero” Play

foreshadowing stage directions mood plot allusion archetype drama comedy tragedy motif

• Antonyms • Long vowel spelling patterns

• Prefixes in-,im-,

inter-,re-, and un-

• Spelling long and short u

• Monitor

comprehension

• Take notes • Make inferences • Compare and contrast

• Retell • Reader’s Theater • Listening & Speaking Workshop: TV talk show


• Transforming nouns

exposition • Write a news article

• Showing opposition:

• Write a problem-and-

into adjectives

Adverb clauses beginning with although,even though,evenafter

solution paragraph

• Support a position • Write to compare and contrast

• Modals of advisability: • Write a script should,oughtto, • Writing Workshop: hadbetter; adverb

Structure and elements of drama

clauses of condition: if

Expository essay

• Present real

• Use the 5Ws (who,

where,when,what, why)

• Define a problem

and give examples; pose a question and present a solution

• State a position

and give reasons to support it

• Describe a conflict

and then show how it can be resolved

conditional

Smithsonian American Art Museum: Fighting for Land

UNIT 6 Do things really change?

from Catherine, Called Birdy, Karen Cushman Novel excerpt “The Dinner Party,” Mona Gardner Short story from Oh, Rats!: The Story of Rats and People, Albert Marrin Informational text from Outbreak: Plagues that Changed History, Bryn Barnard Informational text from Dateline: Troy, Paul Fleischman Myth from Top Secret: A Handbook of Codes, Ciphers, and Secret Writing, Paul B. Janeczko Informational text

epidemic fragility host immune society stages devious humane intercepted organic spies tactic

“Solving the Mystery of Marfa’s Lights” Informational text

consented economics reaction status tradition consumers eliminate expose predominant regions structure approached committed ethical ignored notion

rigid code equipment instructions intelligence strategic traced

first-person point of view third-person point of view theme tone

• Silent letters • Etymology • Homographs • Spelling soft c and soft g

• Ask questions (5Ws) • Analyze different kinds of texts

• Make generalizations • Identify main ideas • Text Analysis: Informational texts

• Reader’s Theater • Retell • Listening & Speaking Workshop: Speech

• Adjective clauses:

relative pronouns as subjects and objects

research report

• Write an introductory paragraph

• Verb forms in


• Passive voice: overview of verb forms


reported speech

• Adverb clauses of time: since(then), when,once,after

and citations and citations

• Support ideas with examples


• Narrow a topic and

choose a controlling idea

• Support an idea with facts, quotations, and citations

• Give reasons and

explanations to support a premise; include paraphrases

• Expand on a main idea by giving examples and explanations to support a premise

“Marfa’s Legendary Lights” Informational text

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UNIT 1 How do the senses shape our experiences?

“The Sounds of the City,” James Tuite Literary nonfiction “The Sounds of the Desert,” Sandra Day O’Connor and H. Alan Day Literary nonfiction “How We Hear” Informational text from Girl with a Pearl Earring, Tracy Chevalier Novel excerpt “How We See” Informational text “Mere Ghosts of Their Former Selves” Informational text

Key Words amplify impulses membrane molecules produced stimulate volume absorb blend distinguish focus muscles reflect

“Putting the Ghosts in Ghost Towns” Informational text

Academic Words consist contrast image identify perceive similar project specific function injury interpret reverse structure transmit analyze component create demonstrate proceed adjust

Literary Words onomatopoeia imagery personification figurative language simile metaphor

Word Study • Spelling long vowels • Antonyms • Inflections -ed, -ing, -er, and -est

• Homographs

reading Strategy • Predict • Preview • Visualize • Skim • Text Analysis:

Expository and procedural texts

LiStening & Speaking • Retell • Reader’s Theater • Listening &

Speaking Workshop: Team Presentation

Writing grammar




• Use sensory

• Describe an event or

• Use chronological

• Describe a person • Describe an object • Write a critique • Writing Workshop:

• Use physical traits

narration • Write a story from a different point of view

• Focus on the

• Unreal conditional


• Write a story

• Possessive adjective

• Write a friendly letter • Write a story with a

• Prepositions

of location and direction

• Subject-verb agreement

• Adjectives with and without commas

• More prepositions of location and direction

experience

Descriptive essay

details order

and character traits

• Use order of

importance or spatial order

Smithsonian American Art Museum: Technology’s Impact on the Senses

UNIT 2 How do generations differ from one another?

“Mendel and the Laws of Heredity” Informational text “A Son Searches for His Father,” retold by Daniel Comstock Classical literature “My Father and the Figtree,” Naomi Shihab Nye Poem “I Ask My Mother to Sing,” Li-Young Lee Poem “Mother to Son,” Langston Hughes Poem

contributes control dominant generation heredity offspring autonomy longevity maturity respect vitality wisdom

“That Older Generation,” Barbara Weisberg Informational text “An Hour with Abuelo,” Judith Ortiz Cofer Short story “Sonnet for My Mother” Poem

conclude factor identical investigate research communicate culture perspective symbol tradition decline individual influence vary achievement adapt affect impact motivation

rhythm symbol point of view characterization dialogue plot setting

aspect illustrate challenge instructions community signify discrimination participation period convince drama exclude organization react attribute cooperate emerge role benefit

motivation dialogue allusion anecdote paradox

• Levels of specificity • Etymology • Suffix -al • Phrasal verbs

• Use visuals • Read aloud for enjoyment

• Monitor

comprehension

• Make inferences • Literary Analysis:

• Retell • Reader’s Theater • Listening & Speaking Workshop: Skit

• Infinitives of purpose • Habitual past structures

sentences

agreement

• Possessive nouns

Figurative language and poetic devices

narrative

starter

consequences of a point of view shift that has a clear beginning, middle, and end

• Use a strong,

distinctive voice

• Write a poem • Writing Workshop:

• Focus on

• Words that express

persuasion • Write an editorial

• State an opinion

• Embedded questions

• Write a review • Write a formal e-mail • Write a letter to the

• Make a

Fictional narrative

establishing character through dialogue

“Civil Disunion” Poem

Smithsonian American Art Museum: Family Tales

UNIT 3 What makes a community?

“The Great Migration” Informational text from A Raisin in the Sun, Lorraine Hansberry Play excerpt “The Savage, Beautiful World of Army Ants,” Alex Chadwick Informational text from Of Beetles and Angels, Mawi Asgedom Literary nonfiction and speech “The Outsiders” Play

equality livelihoods obstacles prejudice riot turmoil colony incompetent organize patterns raids signals

• Suffixes -ist, -or, -er • Shades of meaning:

euphemisms, indirect meanings, veiled meanings

• Summarize • Analyze text structure


• Spelling the /ch/ sound

• Identify author’s

• Double consonants


purpose

Literary devices

• Retell • Reader’s Theater • Listening & Speaking Workshop: Speech

opposition

• Modals: be able to, may, might

• Adverb clauses of time

• Negative forms • Contractions • Reciprocal pronouns

editor

• Write a script • Writing Workshop: Persuasive brochure

and support it with facts and examples recommendation and support it with details that show an understanding of the work

• Show awareness of the reader’s interests and concerns

• Make an emotional appeal

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UNIT 4 How does the sea affect our lives?

“Poogweese,” retold by Chief Lelooska Myth “Tsunamis,” Niki Walker Informational text from 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, Jules Verne Novel excerpt “Life in the Oceans,” Miranda Macquitty Informational text “Gift from the Gulf” Short story

Key Words disaster displace disturbance erupts geologists trigger volume camouflage currents decrease depth plentiful recycle surface

Academic Words consequence domain encounter insufficient reveal dimensions energy occur phenomena release conduct outcome sequence strategy undertaking category constitute environment

extract maximum significant survival

Literary Words archetype setting suspense climax

Word Study

reading Strategy

• Prefixes super-, dis-,

• Analyze cultural

• Etymology • Suffix -ous • Compound words

• Identify cause and

under-, and re-

context effect

• Recognize sequence • Compare and

LiStening & Speaking • Retell • Reader’s Theater • Listening & Speaking Workshop: TV Documentary

Writing grammar • Participial adjectives • Subordinating conjunctions to express cause and effect

• Expressions that

indicate sequence

contrast

• Adjective clauses:


Review

Elements of fiction

• Restrictive and nonrestrictive clauses

Writing Modes/ Assignments exposition • Write a news article

• Write a cause-andeffect paragraph


• Use the 5Ws • Show how cause and effect are logically related

• Write instructions • Write a paragraph

• Make sure that

• Write an analytical


that classifies something essay


sequence is clear and directions are easy to follow showing categories clearly

Expository essay

Smithsonian American Art Museum: The Power of the Sea

UNIT 5 How do struggles build character?

“Hard Times and Happy Days,” Barbara Weisberg Informational text “Happy Days Are Here Again,” Milton Ager and Jack Yellen Song from The Grapes of Wrath, John Steinbeck Novel excerpt “Extreme Weather” Informational text from Things Fall Apart, Chinua Achebe Novel excerpt “A Bedtime Story,” Mitsuye Yamada Poem “Harry Belafonte: Entertainer and Humanitarian” Literary biography

demand pension production stock supply surplus unemployment circulates humidity moisture pressure reservoirs torrents turbulence

assistance attitude economy compensation unpredictable invest recovery regulate assess finance institution method region cycle exceed generate process appreciation

conflict mood moral

access resolve deny transform issue ultimately objective status demonstration legislation policy principle awareness establish implement promote resources conform diversity prohibit

extended metaphor tone repetition voice diction syntax

• Frequently


• Related words • Irregular plurals • The silent letters gh

• Draw conclusions • Use prior knowledge • Identify with a

misspelled words

and solutions

character

• Retell • Reader’s Theater • Listening & Speaking Workshop: TV News Show

• Past perfect and past perfect progressive

• Adjective clauses

reduced to adjective phrases

• Count and noncount nouns


Literary elements; Speeches

exposition • Write a problem-andsolution paragraph

• Describe a problem

• Write a summary • Write a compare-

• Include the main

and-contrast paragraph

and explain how it was solved

events and the most important details

• Explain how things

• Noun clauses with

• Write an

• Voice and verbals • Quotation marks,


• State the meaning

• Parallel structure


• Ask a research

• Restrictive and

• Support ideas with

that

interpretation Expository essay

dashes, and parentheses

are alike and how they are different

of a work and use examples to support the statement

Smithsonian American Art Museum: Showing the Strain

UNIT 6 Why are ideals important?

“The Civil Rights Movement,” Eric Waldemar Informational text “I Have a Dream,” Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Speech “The Peace Corps: An American Ideal” Informational text “We Are Each Other’s Business,” Dr. Eboo Patel Literary nonfiction “Raoul Wallenberg and the Rescue of Hungary’s Jews” Literary nonfiction “Student Community Service Requirement: Pro and Con” Informational text “Special Senior Meals: A Student Debate” Informational text

boycott enforced integrate intervene oppression reform association entrepreneurs humanitarian innovative malnutrition support volunteers

• Suffixes -ment,

-ness, and -ship

• Related words • Homophones • Spelling the /k/ sound

• Take notes • Analyze historical context

• Scan • Connect ideas • Text Analysis: Types of evidence

• Retell • Reader’s Theater • Listening & Speaking Workshop: Oral Report

with coordinating conjunctions nonrestrictive relative clauses

• Expressions that

introduce examples

• Punctuation of quoted speech

• Subjunctive mood

facts and details

• Support ideas with examples

• Include quotations and citations

question. Select and narrow a topic. Present the topic in an interesting introduction

• Develop a controlling idea using facts and details


• Develop a controlling


• Use quotations to

essay

Research report

idea using examples support ideas. Cite sources

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