Curriculum Overview

1. Summer Reading

   1. The Landry News by Clements
   2. Sadako and the Thousand Cranes by Coerr
   3. The Fighting Ground by Avi

2. Novels

   1. Regarding the Fountain by Kate Kluse
      1. Vocabulary
      2. Humor
      3. Creativity
   2. Welcome Home Jellybean by Marlene Fanta Shyer
      1. Feelings between family members
      2. Sensitivity between people and understanding of impairments
      3. Answering study questions
   3. The Great Gilly by Hopkins
      1. Friendship between different people and family life
      2. Literary forms
   4. Tuck Everlasting by Natalie Babbitt
      1. Long-lasting Life
      2. Morals
      3. Relationship between strangers that become friends
3. Short Story Unit - Literature Works Silver Burdett Ginn
   1. Story maps
   2. Reading and understanding various types of genres
   3. Context and inference clues
4. Poetry Unit
   1. Terms
   2. Contemporary and classical examples
5. Writing
   1. Different types of writing
      1. Descriptive Writing
      2. Narrative Writing
      3. Expository Writing
      4. Persuasive Writing
   2. Topic Sentences and Supporting Details
   3. Paragraphs
   4. Identifying Audience and Purpose
   5. Developing Setting
   6. Maintaining Tense
   7. Organizing Chronologically
   8. Using Word Order
   9. Using Similes and Metaphors
   10. Rough Drafts
   11. Editing and proofreading
   12. Publishing
6. Vocabulary Word Wisdom
   1. Bi-weekly lessons
   2. Learning words-connotation and denotation
   3. Quizzes
7. Grammar
   1. Sourcebook lessons
   2. Journals
   3. Editing Skills
8. Book Reports
   1. Reading requirements
   2. Selections
9. The Write Stuff
   1. Writing newspaper
   2. Ideas and activities
10. Oral Language and Journal
    1. Different topics
    2. Reporting and publishing