Compare/Contrast to Ruby Holler: Setting, Character, ELA Scope and Sequence Grade (Revised 6/16) Color Shading denotes Journeys Units MONTH TIME TEXT / Genre CONCEPTS WRITING FOCUS GRAMMAR FOCUS September 1. September / October October/ November 4 INTRO to Gr. ELA / Baseline Data / SHILOH Summer Reading Activities NOVEL: Ruby Holler Unit 2 : Wild Encounters Lesson 6 Quest for the Tree Kangaroo (Inf.) Setting Author s Craft Cause and Effect Set up Journal / Review Writing Process Narrative: Write last chapter using author s techniques Organization (From Journeys Ls. 1) Complete Sentences (From Journeys Ls. 2 ) Complete Sentences Kinds of Sentences Compound Sentences Common And Proper Nouns Singular and Plural Nouns Verbs Why Koala has no Tail (Myth) Lesson 7 Old Yeller (Hist. Fiction) What Makes it so Good (Persuasive Text) Lesson 8 Everglades (Narr. Non Fiction) National Parks of the West ((Inf) Lesson 9 Storm Warriors (Historical Fiction) Pea s Island s Forgotten Hereos (Inf.) Lesson 10 Cougars (Inf) Pur fection (Poetry) Author s Purpose Conclusions, Main Ideas and Organization Compare/ Contrast Cause / Effect Pre write research Research Paper Direct and Indirect Objects Conjunctions Complex Sentences Verb and Verb Phrases Direct Quotations Interjections
November / December January / February 4 NOVEL: Bud, Not Buddy Unit 3: Revolution Lesson 11 Dangerous Crossing (Hist. Fiction) Narrative Plot Literary Devices (idiom, sarcasm, irony, dialect, etc.) Compare/Contr ast to Ruby Holler: Setting, Character, Cause and Effect Essay Subject and Object Pronouns Revolution and Rights (Inf.) Lesson 12 Can t You Make the Behave King George? (Narrative Nonfiction) Fact and Problem / Solution Verb Tenses Tea Time (Narrative Nonfiction) Lesson 13 They Called Her Molly Pitcher (Narrative Nonfiction) A Spy for Freedom (Play) Lesson 14 James Forten Now is Your Time! (Bio) Conclusions and Sequence of Events Persuasive Letter Pre write Persuasive Essay Regular and Irregular Verbs Commas and Semicolons Modern Minute Man () Lesson 1 We were there too! (Biography) Patriotic Poetry (Poetry) Compare / Contrast Write Persuasive Essay Transitions
February / March Unit : Under Western Skies Lesson 21 Tucket s Travels (Historical Fiction) Figurative Language Editorial Verbs be and have Wild Weather (Technical Text) Lesson 22 The Birchbark House (Historical Fiction) Infer / Predict Response to Literature Perfect Tenses Using Noun and Noun Phrases Four Seasons of Food () Lesson 23 Vaqueros: America s First Cowboys () Text and Graphic Features Persuasive Argument Easily confused Verbs Rhyme on the Range (Poetry) Lesson 24 Rachel s Journey: The Story of a Pioneer Girl (Historical Fiction) Cause and Effect Response Essay Making Comparisons Westward to Freedom () Lesson 2 Lewis and Clark (Narrative Nonfiction) Main Idea and Response Essay Contractions A Surprise Reunion (Play)
March / April 3 Unit 6: Reading Adventures Lesson 28 Fossils: A Peek into the Past (Inform.) Journey of the Woolly Mammoth, Fossils (Poetry) Fact and Conclusion and Generalization Writing Summary Commas in a Sentence Lesson 29 The Case of the Missing Deer (Realistic Fiction) Fossil Fish Found () Conclusion and Essay Commas Noun and Noun Phrases Encounter; Deep in the Forest (Poetry) April 2 May / June Lesson 30 Get Lost! The Puzzle of the Mazes ) Journey to Cuzco (Myth) The Best Paths; Compass (Poetry) P S S A NOVEL: Maniac Magee Main Ideas and Summarize Essay Punctuation ************* ************** *************** Plot Author s Craft Literary Devices (simile, metaphor, idiom, hyperbole, dialect, etc.) Describe how a characters point-of-view influences how events are described (e.g., racism) Narrative