Unit 5

Short Stories:

• “The Story-Teller” Saki

• "The Story of Pyramus and Thisbe" Ovid 

Informational Text:

• “Shakespeare’s Other World” by Kim Zarins

• “Keeping Frenemies in Our Social Circle Damages Our DNA” by Orion Jones

• Meet William Shakespeare

• Authors: William Shakespeare (Newsela)

• “13 Everyday Phrases That Actually Came From Shakespeare” Christina Sterbenz

• “Explainer: Hark! I Hear Poetic Meter” (Newsela)

Novel:

• A Midsummer's Night Dream by William Shakespeare 

• Peter Pan by J M Berrie

• Anne of Green Gables by Lucy Maud Montgomery

• Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum

Reading Skills: 

• • Annotation

  • Making Predictions

  • Making Inferences

  • Conflict

  • Plot

  • Paraphrasing

  • Theme

  • Imagery

  • Mood

  • Characterization

Writing Skills: Creative Writing

• • Using strong verbs and adjectives

  • Characterization

  • Setting

  • Plot Development

  • Point of View

  • Dialogue

  • Imagery

  • Figurative Language [Newsela]

  • Rhyme scheme

  • Meter [Newsela]