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Language Arts
Language Arts
Reading and Writing Focus
Quarter 1
August 2026
Get to know each other through activities
Beginning of the Year Assessments - iReady diagnostic and writing assessment
September:
Period 2 & 7: Fiction Novel - Hoot - Respond to Text with comprehension questions and vocabulary
Period 8: Tangerine- Respond to text and Literary Analysis quizzes
Greek and Latin Roots
October
Fiction Novel -Finish - Hoot & Tangerine
Quarter 2
October through December 2026
Historical fiction:
Period 2 & 7: The Breadwinner - Respond to Text with comprehension questions and vocabulary and Literary Analysis quizzes
Period 8: Ground Zero - Respond to Text with comprehension questions and vocabulary and Literary Analysis quizzes
Greek and Latin Roots and vocabulary from text
Writing - Extended Constructed Responses
December - iReady Mid-Year diagnostic
Poetry Elements and Analyze Poetry
Quarter 3
January - March 2027
Period 2 & 7: Historical Fiction Novel -
Number the Stars Respond to Text with comprehension questions and vocabulary and Literary Analysis quizzes
Period 8: TBD - Respond to Text with comprehension questions and vocabulary and Literary Analysis quizzes
Informational texts and response to text
Quarter 4
March - May 2027
Novel: Shadow Club
Respond to Text with comprehension questions and vocabulary and Literary Analysis quizzes
Writing: Narrative writing
Understand Poetry Elements and Analyze Poetry
April
CMAS testing
iReady End of Year Diagnostic
April & May
-Persuasive writing unit
-Novel Study Presentations
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