Reading/Writing

Reading (Unit 1): A study of fiction, focusing on how theme is revealed through characters’ responses to challenges and/or the point of view of the narrator or speaker in the text.

Students can... (focus standards)

• RL.5.2 Determine the 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.5.5 Explain how a series of chapters, scenes, or stanzas fits together to provide the overall structure of a particular story, drama, or poem.
• RL.5.6 Describe how a narrator’s or speaker’s point of view influences how events are described.

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Writing (Unit 1): Students will write narrative pieces which develop real or imagined experiences or events using effective technique, descriptive details, and clear event sequences.

Students can…

• write narratives to develop real or imagined experiences or events.
• write introductions that orient the reader, establish the situation and introduce the narrator and/or characters.
• use dialogue, description and pacing to develop experiences and events.
• use concrete words, phrases and sensory details to convey experiences and events precisely.
• write a conclusion that follows from the narrated experiences or events.