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Core Content and Skills
English Language Arts 6
2007-2008
BOE Approved
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"Seedfolks" by Paul Fleischman
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Distinguish between different types of a community.
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Understand the meaning of and need for a community.
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"Seedfolks" by Paul Fleischman
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Current events
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Independent reading
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Select just right books.
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Use a reading journal.
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Respond to literature.
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Use a writer’s notebook.
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Generate & develop ideas for writing.
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Identify vivid and figurative language in reading.
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Use vivid and figurative language in writing.
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Develop proper sentence & paragraph structure.
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Understand the workshop model.
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Make connections in reading. (text to text, text to self, text to world)
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Identify nouns and distinguish between different types of nouns.
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Review capitalization and punctuation rules.
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Use context clues to determine meaning of new words. (on going)
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Change the part of speech of words to make sense in a sentence. (on going)
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Using the SQ3R method to infer meaning in text.
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"Seedfolks" by Paul Fleischman
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Current events
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Narrative
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Identify & analyze the elements of realistic fiction.
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Make connections in reading. (text to text, text to self, text to world)
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Identify & analyze the elements of a short story.
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| Realistic Fiction Unit Continued |
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"Seedfolks" by Paul Fleischman
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Independent reading
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Distinguish between different types of a community.
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Understand the meaning of and need for a community.
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Seedfolks
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Independent reading
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Select just right books.
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Use a reading journal.
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Respond to literature.
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Use a writer’s notebook.
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Generate & develop ideas for writing.
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Identify vivid and figurative language in reading.
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Use vivid and figurative language in writing.
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Develop proper sentence & paragraph structure.
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Understand the workshop model.
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Make connections in reading. (text to text, text to self, text to world)
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Identify nouns and distinguish between different types of nouns.
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Review capitalization and punctuation rules.
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Use context clues to determine meaning of new words. (on going)
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Change the part of speech of words to make sense in a sentence. (on going)
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Using the SQ3R method to infer meaning in text.
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Current events
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Seedfolks
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Independent reading
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Identify & analyze the elements of realistic fiction.
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Make connections in reading. (text to text, text to self, text to world)
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Identify & analyze the elements of a short story.
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The Ancient World (Soc. St. Textbook)
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Reference Materials
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Narratives
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Draw conclusions in reading.
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Activating prior knowledge.
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Distinguish between fact and opinion.
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Use strategies to answer multiple choice questions
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Identify main idea, details, sequence, cause and effect in a reading passage.
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Using text features to determine meaning.
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The Ancient World
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Reference Materials
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Narratives
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Identify and analyze the elements of non-fiction texts.
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Using text features to determine meaning.
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Draw conclusions in reading.
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Activating prior knowledge.
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Identify main idea, details, sequence, cause and effect in a reading passage.
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Using text features to determine meaning.
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Activating prior knowledge.
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Distinguish between fact and opinion.
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Draw conclusions in reading.
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Use the "SQ3R" method to read informational text.
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The Ancient World
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Reference Materials
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Narratives
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Review nouns.
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Identify pronouns and adjectives.
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Use pronouns and adjectives to clarify and enhance meaning in writing.
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Identify and revise sentence fragments and run-ons.
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Use the "SQ3R" method to read informational text.
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Various poems
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Jack Prelutsky
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Shel Silverstein
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E.E. Cummings
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Identify and analyze the elements of poetry.
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Visualize / Envision to infer meaning in poems.
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Identify and analyze the different types of poems.
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Identify literary devices and figurative language in poems.
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Use literary devices and figurative language in writing poems.
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Review nouns, pronouns, and adjectives.
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Identify verbs.
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Use verbs to clarify and enhance meaning in writing.
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Identify poet’s message.
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Utilize SQ3R
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Various poems
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Jack Prelutsky
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Shel Silverstein
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E.E. Cummings
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Identify literary devices and figurative language in poems.
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Identify verbs.
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Review nouns, pronouns, and adjectives.
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Use literary devices and figurative language in writing poems.
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Use verbs to clarify and enhance meaning in writing.
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Identify and analyze the elements of poetry.
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Various poems
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Jack Prelutsky
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Shel Silverstein
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E.E. Cummings
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Identify and analyze the different types of poems.
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Identify literary devices and figurative language in poems.
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Identify poet’s message.
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Utilize SQ3R
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Visualize / Envision to infer meaning in poems.
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Identify and analyze the elements of poetry.
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Legends
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Folktales
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Myths: EX; The Theft of Persephone
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"The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe" by C.S. Lewis
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"Tuck Everlasting" by Natalie Babbitt
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"A Wrinkle in Time" by Madeleine L'Engle
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Various Short Stories: EX; The Monkey's Paw, The Lady or the Tiger, To Build a Fire, The Gift of the Magi, The Necklace, The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County, The Legend of Sleepy Hollow, The Tell Tale Heart
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Excerpts from the Illiad and Odyssey
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Various Short Stories: EX; The Monkey's Paw, The Lady or the Tiger, To Build a Fire, The Gift of the Magi, The Necklace, The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County, The Legend of Sleepy Hollow, The Tell Tale Heart
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Define legend.
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Explain the purpose of a myth.
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Define oral tradition.
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Explain the origin of a legend.
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Use details to infer meaning in a myth.
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Define myth.
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Fables
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Myths: EX; The Theft of Persephone
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Legends
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Science Fiction
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Folktales
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Distinguish between fantasy fiction and science fiction.
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Identify and analyze the elements of each genre.
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Explain the purpose of a myth.
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Define oral tradition.
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Explain the origin of a legend.
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Use details to infer meaning in a myth.
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Myths: EX; The Theft of Persephone
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Identify adverbs.
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Use adverbs to clarify and enhance meaning in writing.
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Identify and analyze leads/hook sentences/attention grabbers in reading.
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Use leads/hook sentences/attention grabbers in writing.
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Use details to infer meaning in a myth.
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Review nouns, pronouns, adjectives, and verbs.
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Legends
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Folktales
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Myths: EX; The Theft of Persephone
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"The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe" by C.S. Lewis
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"Tuck Everlasting" by Natalie Babbitt
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"A Wrinkle in Time" by Madeleine L'Engle
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Various Short Stories: EX; The Monkey's Paw, The Lady or the Tiger, To Build a Fire, The Gift of the Magi, The Necklace, The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County, The Legend of Sleepy Hollow, The Tell Tale Heart
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Excerpts from the Iliad and Odyssey
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Various Short Stories: EX; The Monkey's Paw, The Lady or the Tiger, To Build a Fire, The Gift of the Magi, The Necklace, The Celebrated Jumping Frog or Calveras County, The Legend of Sleepy Hollow, The Tell Tale Heart
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Define legend.
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Explain the purpose of a myth.
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Define oral tradition.
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Explain the origin of a legend.
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Use details to infer meaning in a myth.
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Define myth.
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Fables
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Myths: EX; The Theft of Persephone
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Legends
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Science Fiction
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Folktales
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Distinguish between fantasy fiction and science fiction.
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Identify and analyze the elements of each genre.
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Explain the purpose of a myth.
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Define oral tradition.
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Explain the origin of a legend.
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Use details to infer meaning in a myth.
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Myths: EX; The Theft of Persephone
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Identify adverbs.
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Use adverbs to clarify and enhance meaning in writing.
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Identify and analyze leads/hook sentences/attention grabbers in reading.
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Use leads/hook sentences/attention grabbers in writing.
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Use details to infer meaning in a myth.
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Review nouns, pronouns, adjectives, and verbs.
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Reference Materials
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Research packet
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Websites
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www.pvcsd.org/Africaproject/index.html
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Select different sources of informational materials
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Plan and organize
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Use note taking methods
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Use outlines and graphic organizers
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Write correct bibliography
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Introduction of thesis statement
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Implementing the writing process
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Formulate and support a thesis with research
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John Newbery
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The Newbery award
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Review the elements of a story.
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Understand and interpret theme.
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Analyze a character.
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Provide a brief biographical sketch of John Newbery.
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Identify and analyze the criteria for a Newbery Award.
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Analyze why a particular book won the Newbery Award.
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Review the parts of speech.
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Identify how a word’s part of speech can change depending upon the sentence.
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Historical fiction
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The elements of historical fiction
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"Matilda Bone" by Karen Cushman
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"Parzival: The Quest of the Grail Knight"
by Katherine Paterson
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"Crispin: The Cross of Lead"
by Avi
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"The Midwife's Apprentice" by Karen Cushman
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"A Door in the Wall" by Marguerite DeAngeli
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Activate prior knowledge.
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Define historical fiction.
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Identify and analyze the elements of historical fiction.
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Analyze and discuss how setting affects plot.
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Analyze a character.
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Putnam Valley Central School District, 146 Peekskill Hollow Road, Putnam Valley,
NY 10579
Phone (845) 528-8143 Fax (845) 528-0274 |
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