Course: Fifth Grade English Language Arts

Course Description

Students will learn the differences between poetry and prose and write poems in various formats.

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Curriculum

10 lessons Poetry
This unit introduces students to various types of poetry by providing examples and graphic organizers to brainstorm ideas.
- Lessons
- Intro to Poetry
  Students will be able to identify specific differences between poetry and prose
- Cinquain Poems
  Students will be introduced to the format of cinquain poems and brainstorm parts of speech to write their own original cinquain poem.
- Synonym Poems
  Students will be able to use a thesaurus to find synonyms to write a synonym poem
- Bio Poem
  Students will be able to write a bio-poem expressing themselves as unique individuals.
- Chain Poems
  Students will be able to draft a list of related words based on one noun and use them to write a chain poem.
- Concrete Poems
  Students will be able to write a concrete poem.
- Acrostic Poems
  Students will be able to write an acrostic poem using alliteration
- Similes and Metaphors
  Students will be able to define similes and metaphors and identify them in poetry.
- List Poems
  Students will be able to write a list poem that creates a mental image by listing what the writer sees, hears, feels, tastes, and smells.
- Extraordianry Ordinary Poems
  Students will be able to create a poem based on an ordinary object.
2 lessons Writing with the Six Traits
This unit is an introduction to writing using the Six Traits of Writing. It is designed to ease students into writing with an awareness of the six traits and develop routines and a standard format for writing class.
- Lessons
- Lesson 1 - Finding Topics
  Students will be able to identify writing topics and choose a topic that interests them to write about
- Focus the Topic
  Students will be able to determine a focus based on a writing topic
2 lessons 2011
- Lessons
- Summarizing Non-Fiction
- Finding Textual Evidence
8 lessons Skeleton Man
- Lessons
- Lesson 1 - Non-Fiction
  SWBAT describe how an author’s cultural background influences his writing
- Lesson 2 - pages 1-11
  SWBAT give examples of the author's cultural references that appear in the text
- Day 2 - NF Lesson
  SWBAT explain differences between traditional American & Native American stories
- Day 2 - pages 12-23
  SWBAT understand the cultural background (perspective) from which the author writes and how that contributes to their text.
- Day ? Creation Stories
  SWBAT explain the meaning behind Native American Creation Stories
- Day 3 - pages 24 - 38
  SWBAT understand the significance of Native American Dreams
- Day 4 - pages 39 - 48
  SWBAT explain the significance of animals to the Native American culture
  SWBAT give examples of the author's cultural references that appear in the text
- Day 5 - page 49 - 62
1 lessons Mystery Writing
- Lessons
- Elements of Mystery Stories
  SWBAT identify the elements of a mystery story