Unit: Grammar Voyage
Students will independently be able to use their learning to think about language and apply it appropriately in speaking and writing
Essential Understandings
Students will understand that…
- Each word has a specific function in a sentence
- Each part of a sentence leads to a clear understanding of content
- The conventional use of language, ideas and communication inspires and empowers us
Unit: Vocabulary
Students will independently be able to use their learning to recognize commonalities in word parts to decode the meaning of unfamiliar words.
Students will understand that…
- Greek and Latin roots provide commonalities in the meaning of words.
- A word’s placement or function in a sentence gives clues to the meaning of a word or phrase.
Unit: ELA Quarter 1
Students will independently be able to use their learning to effectively influence positive change in their environment.
- Individuals interact with one another, other elements of a system, and input from outside the system. These interactions shape and determine the behavior of the system.
- An effectively functioning system consists of components that work together. (boundaries, input, output, elements, interactions)
- Human systems change over time based on needs, resources, and circumstances.
Unit: ELA Quarter 2
Concept Specific
- Individuals initiate change to satisfy their needs by examining the system and manipulating its components.
- An effective system has beneficial outcomes.
- An individual has the power to impact a system.
- The productivity of a system can be evaluated
Unit: ELA Quarter 3
Concept Specific
- Change to any component of a system will alter the system and present an individual with choices, challenges, and consequences.
- Texts identify a systemic change and evaluate the choices, consequences, and challenges that result.
Unit: ELA Quarter 4
Concept Specific
- Individuals act as catalysts for purposeful change which can lead to positive interactions within the system and beyond its boundaries.
- A plan of action promotes change and reflecting upon its impact.
- Human systems change over time based on needs, resources, and circumstances.