Conflict Standards

How are fictionalized characters and real people changed through conflict?

Students read historical fiction and informational text about the Revolutionary War and compare and contrast the ways in which characters and people are changed by historical events. In order to gain a deeper understanding of the period beyond what is addressed in print, students engage in a simulation which allows them to take on the point of view of someone who lived during the time period.

RL.5.1: Quote accurately from a text when explaining what the text says explicitly and when drawing inferences from the text.

RL.5.2: Determine a theme of a story, drama, or poem from details in the text, including how characters in a story or drama respond to challenges or how the speaker in a poem reflects upon a topic; summarize the text.

RL.5.4: Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text

RL.5.6: Describe how a narrator’s or speaker’s point of view influences how events are described.

RI.5.1: Quote accurately from a text when explaining what the text says explicitly and when drawing inferences from the text.

RI.5.2: Determine two or more main ideas of a text and explain how they are supported by key details; summarize the text.

RI.5.3: Explain the relationships or interactions between two or more individuals, events, ideas, or concepts in a historical, scientific, or technical text based on specific information in the text.

RI.5.4: Determine the meaning of general academic and domain-specific words and phrases in a text relevant to a grade 5 topic or subject area.

RI.5.6: Analyze multiple accounts of the same event or topic, noting important similarities and differences in the point of view they represent.

RI.5.8: Explain how an author uses reasons and evidence to support particular points in a text, identifying which reasons and evidence support which point(s).

RF.5.3: Know and apply grade-level phonics and word analysis skills in decoding words.

W.5.1: Write opinion pieces on topics or texts, supporting a point of view with reasons and information.

W.5.4: Produce clear and coherent writing in which the development and organization are appropriate to task, purpose, and audience.

W.5.9: Draw evidence from literary or informational texts to support analysis, reflection, and research.

SL.5.1: Engage effectively in a range of collaborative discussions (one-on-one, group, and teacher-led) on grade 5 topics and texts, building on others’ ideas and expressing their own ideas clearly.

SL.5.2: Summarize a written text read aloud or information presented in diverse media and formats, including visually, quantitatively, and orally.

SL.5.4: Report on a topic or text or present an opinion, sequencing ideas logically and using appropriate facts and relevant, descriptive details to support main ideas or themes; speak clearly at an understandable pace.

L5.1: Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English grammar and usage when writing or speaking.

b. Form and use the perfect (e.g., I had walked; I have walked; I will have walked) verb tenses.

L.5.2: Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English capitalization punctuation, and spelling when writing.

e. Spell grade-appropriate words correctly, consulting references as needed.

L.5.3: Use knowledge of language and its conventions when writing, speaking, reading, or listening.

a. Expand, combine, and reduce sentences for meaning, reader/listener interest, and style

b. Compare and contrast the varieties of English (e.g., dialects, registers) used in stories, dramas, or poems.

L.5.4: Determine or clarify the meaning of unknown and multiple-meaning words and phrases based on grade 5 reading and content, choosing flexibly from a range of strategies.

L.5.6: Acquire and use accurately grade-appropriate general academic and domain-specific words and phrases, including those that signal contrast, addition, and other logical relationships (e.g., however, although, nevertheless, similarly, moreover, in addition)