Curriculum Maps

Reading

Trimester 1

  • Narrative texts

  • Author’s purpose - word choice and meanings

  • Central ideas and details

  • Text features

  • Notice & Note Signposts (Fiction)

  • Poetry Analysis

  • Summer Reading

  • Refugee by Alan Gratz

  • Short Stories

  • Poetry

  • Independent Reading

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Trimester 2

  • Informational texts

  • Analyze interactions between individuals, events, and ideas in a text

  • Notice & Note Signposts (Non-Fiction)

  • Figurative language

  • Point of View

  • Compare/contrast medium

  • Poetry analysis

  • Harriet Tubman

  • Short Stories

  • Poetry

  • Independent Reading

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Trimester 3

  • Argument texts

  • Author’s purpose

  • Theme and its development over the course of a text

  • Analyze how particular lines of dialogue or incidents in a story or drama propel the action, reveal aspects of a character, or provoke a decision.

  • Poetry analysis

  • Novel - TBD

  • Short Stories

  • Poetry

  • Independent Reading

Writing

Trimester 1

  • Narrative writing

  • Narrative poems

  • Letter to Refugee

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Trimester 2

  • Informational Writing

  • Informational Poems

  • Compare/Contrast

  • Note-taking strategies and research

  • Writing a summary

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Trimester 3

  • Argument

  • Poetry

  • Poetry Anthology


Grammar & Vocabulary

Trimester 1

Grammar

  • Chapter 2-Effective Sentences and Word Choice

  • Chapter 3-Sentence Variety & Structure

  • Chapter 6-Parts of a Sentence

Vocabulary

  • Vocabulary Workshop

  • Academic Vocabulary

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Trimester 2

Grammar

  • Chapter 4 - Effective Paragraphs

  • Chapter 7 - Nouns & Pronouns

  • Chapter 8 - Verbs

Vocabulary

  • Vocabulary Workshop

  • Academic Vocabulary

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Grammar

  • Chapter 5 - Writing an Essay

  • Chapter 9 - Other Parts of Speech

  • Chapter 10 - Subject Verb Agreement

Vocabulary

  • Vocabulary Workshop

  • Academic Vocabulary

Religion

Trimester 1

Confirmation Prep

Jesus Christ the Way

  • New Testament

  • Liturgical Year

    • Ordinary Time

    • Advent

    • Christmas

Trimester 2

Jesus Christ the Truth

  • Liturgical Year

    • Lent

    • Holy Week

    • Triduum

    • Easter

  • Saints, Feasts, and Special People

  • Prayer

Trimester 3

Jesus Christ the Life

  • Liturgy and Worship

  • The Liturgical Life of the Church

  • The Seven Sacraments

  • Prayer

    • kinds and purposes

  • Mary