Week 1:

Essential Question: Why do People Participate in Government?

Writing Skill: Informative Essay

Vocabulary Words:  citizens, responsibility, volunteers, amendment, Constitution, ballot, election, candidate, cast, president

Grammar Skill: Irregular Past Tense Verbs

Spelling Words: R-Controlled Words: alarm, charge, starving, forgot, import, ornament, forward, carnivore

Week 2:

Essential Question: Why do People Participate in Government?

Writing Skill: Informative Essay

Vocabulary Words: convince, passengers, protested, public, segregated, refused, register, rights, strike, migrant workers

Grammar Skill: Regular Past Tense Verbs

Spelling Words: R-Controlled Words -er, -ir, -ur, -ar:

circus, summer, serve, occur, return, thirteen, dangerous, caterpillar

Week 3:

Essential Question: Why do People Participate in Government?

Writing Skill: Informative Essay

Vocabulary Words: denied, ensure, insisted, poll, taxes, Union, vote, suffrage, precious, monument

Grammar Skill: Pronoun-Antecedent Agreement

Spelling Words: Closed Syllables:

button, collect, lesson, problem, subject, suddenly, except, basket