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Grade 5 English
Grade 5 English
The syllabus is an outline of what we will be learning. It also helps to give you and overview of the years and our schedule. The specific dates will depend our our students however grading and reporting will not be changed.
The curriculum map provides a detailed overview of the overarching standards and learning objectives during the academic year. It only includes the major learning objectives and standards for the course. However, we will be covering more including grammar, vocabulary, and learning skills that are embedded into each lesson.
Reading
Reading
Unit 1
Unit 1
Interpretation Book Clubs: Analyzing Themes
AUGUST - OCTOBER
Unit 2
Unit 2
Tackling Complexity: Moving up levels of nonfiction
OCTOBER - DECEMBER
Unit 3
Unit 3
Argument and Advocacy: Researching Debatable Issues
DECEMBER - MARCH
Unit 4
Unit 4
Fantasy Book Clubs: The Magic of Themes and Symbols
MARCH - JUNE
Writing
Writing
Unit 1
Unit 1
Narrative Craft: Improving the quality of all writing by building on our knowledge about personal narratives. Learning the techniques, strategies and approaches to craft engaging, powerful narratives to learn lasting knowledge and skills of writers.
AUGUST - NOVEMBER
Unit 2
Unit 2
The Lens of History: Designed to support students' writing of informational texts within a context area study, including social studies and science research reports.
NOVEMBER - FEBRUARY
Unit 3
Unit 3
Shaping Texts: From Essay and Narrative to Memoir. Students will learn to work productively and cycle through the writing process with independence and a sense of repertoire for constructing opinion and narrative writing.
MARCH - JUNE
Unit 4
Unit 4
The Research-Based Argument Essay: Building on prior knowledge on informational essays, students will choose pro or con topics for which they will formulate a thesis supported by factual argument for a research question they select.
MARCH - JUNE
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