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Saint Odilo Catholic School Language Arts The Standards for the English Language Arts center around three core beliefs: Grade 5 In this course students explore the world of reading, writing, speaking, and listening. Students engage in activities which require them to apply their knowledge of language structure by editing for language mechanics, usage, and cohesiveness. Course work includes working independently and in groups to complete projects, learning study and organizational skills, incorporating an increasing vocabulary to speaking and writing, applying word structure and context analysis to define words, demonstrating the writing process, and identifying and extending patterns found in written and spoken language. The course emphasizes the need for students to construct meaning from, and respond to, oral communication and reading selections, and to express ideas and opinions to others through speaking, writing, and drawings. |
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Informational Sources: Synthesizing
The learner will be able to make connections among sources, authors, and daily experiences by synthesizing information read in three entries of a particular resource (newspapers, magazines, books) and judging the information on specific criteria (set by teacher and/or student) such as the value of the information, how well the authors of the sources made and substantiated their points, etc.
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Narrative Patterns: Applying
The learner will be able to recognize and apply narrative patterns.
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Author Technique: Evaluate
The learner will be able to evaluate the effectiveness of author technique.
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Author Intention: Evaluate
The learner will be able to evaluate the author's purpose in a given work.
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Point of View: Evaluate
The learner will be able to evaluate how author point of view influences reading materials.
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Comprehend: Differences
The learner will be able to understand the differences of various genres.
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| Language Expressions |
| This unit includes comprehending and applying the rules which govern language expressions and usage. Students studying this unit develop an intuitive sense of language structure, and the ability to make judgments regarding how language expressions relate to the cohesiveness of sentences and passages. |
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Noun: Forms/Edit
The learner will be able to edit writing for noun forms.
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Subject-Verb: Agreement
The learner will be able to use correct subject-verb agreement.
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Pronoun: Case/Edit
The learner will be able to edit written works for correct use of pronouns.
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Sentence Structure: Identify Complete
The learner will be able to identify complete sentences.
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Sentence Structure: Recognize Errors
The learner will be able to recognize and correct errors in sentence structure.
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Sentence Structure: Grammar/Effective
The learner will be able to write grammatically correct, effective sentences.
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Sentence Structure: Use
The learner will be able to use correct sentence structure.
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Fragment: Identify
The learner will be able to identify incomplete sentences.
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Run-On: Identify
The learner will be able to identify run-on sentences.
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Sentence Combining
The learner will be able to combine multiple complete sentences into one complete sentence.
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Sentence Combining: Concise/Clarity
The learner will be able to combine two sentences concisely and with clarity of meaning.
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Sentence Combining: Multiple Sentences
The learner will be able to combine a series of sentences by adding a phrase or clause, using conjunctions for smooth transitions, and using compound predicates, subjects, and objects.
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Idiom: Define/Interpret
The learner will be able to define and interpret idioms.
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Simile: Recognize
The learner will be able to show an understanding of similes by reading sentences and choosing the best similes for the underlined words or phrases.
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Metaphor: Interpret
The learner will be able to interpret metaphors and show an understanding of how they are used in comparisons.
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Edit: Context
The learner will be able to edit a series of sentences for double negatives, verb forms, subject-verb agreement, redundancies, and clarity.
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Conjunction: Use
The learner will be able to correctly use conjunctions in a sentence.
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| Language Mechanics |
| This unit includes comprehending and applying the rules which govern punctuation and capitalization. Students studying this unit incorporate knowledge of language mechanics into original writing, and successfully edit passages for language mechanics errors. |
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Punctuation: Apply
The learner will be able to apply fundamental punctuation rules to written works.
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Capitalization: Complete Sentence
The learner will be able to apply knowledge of capitalization rules by identifying the correct capitalization required to complete a given sentence.
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Comma: Understand
The learner will be able to edit sentences for the correct use of commas and show an understanding of how commas alter meaning.
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Punctuation: Use
The learner will be able to use periods (in abbreviations and at the end of sentences), question marks, exclamation marks, commas (in letter openings/closings, dates, between cities and states, and with direct quotes), and apostrophes (possessives and contractions).
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Capitalization: Use Correctly
The learner will be able to use capitalization correctly.
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| Listening |
| This unit includes identifying and distinguishing between sounds and patterns in sounds, and constructing meaning from information delivered verbally. |
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Summary: Summarize/Respond
The learner will be able to summarize oral presentations given by others, and respond appropriately to another by paraphrasing their point of view and providing counterpoints.
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Speech: Content/Critique
The learner will be able to critique a speaker for speech content (ideas selected for speech, organization of ideas, facts and opinions given as support, appropriateness of topic for given audience).
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Questions: Clarify/Analyze/Synthesize
The learner will be able to formulate questions which require a speaker to clarify meaning, analyze, and synthesize information.
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Draw Conclusion: Underlying Relationship
The learner will be able to draw a conclusion from underlying relationships.
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Detail: Relevant/Irrelevant/Distinguish
The learner will be able to distinguish between relevant and irrelevant details in an orally read passage.
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Main Idea: Identify
The learner will be able to identify the main idea in an orally read passage.
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Informational Concept: Basic
The learner will be able to understand basic informational concepts.
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Inference: Orally Read Passage
The learner will be able to make inferences from an orally read passage.
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| Reading Operations |
| This unit includes constructing meaning from fiction and non-fiction selections at comprehension, application, analysis, synthesis, and judgment levels of understanding. Students are able to identify, discuss, and compare both concrete and abstract elements of selections (setting, plot, characterization, genre, historical period, theme, tone, moral message, and psychological and political implications). |
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Story Elements: Response
The learner will be able to read a grade level appropriate story and demonstrate comprehension of the story by taking one element (a character, the setting, a theme) and writing an original story which develops and elaborates on the element by placing it in a new scenario. (e.g., Write an original story which captures the themes of maturity, personal growth, rites of passage, and becoming an adult from a young adult literary selection.) The student must identify the element, explore it, and capture it in an original piece. The student should also write a reflection piece which explains why specific creative decisions were made in writing the original story.
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Story Elements: Revising
The learner will be able to add new details, characters, or a new ending, to a short story. The additions should reflect a familiarity with the story and be consistent with the story in some way (style, theme, etc.).
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Strategies: Self-Checking
The learner will be able to develop methods for self-checking comprehension (rereading, self-questioning, skimming, responding in writing, summarizing, listing events in sequential order, separating causes/effects and facts/opinions, and thinking about the logical next steps, words, events of a story).
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Relationship
The learner will be able to analyze and discuss cause and effect, fact and opinion, propaganda, and assumptions in literature, in small group settings, and in written responses.
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Response: Judging
The learner will be able to read and interpret selections of fiction and nonfiction, and be able to make inferences, draw conclusions, and judge the selections on a given set of criteria.
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Comprehension: Display Skills
The learner will be able to display comprehension skills.
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Reading Behaviors: Apply
The learner will be able to apply meaning while reading.
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Construct Meaning: Clues
The learner will be able to consider book titles, chapter titles, illustrations, and prior exposure (to topics, genres, authors, time periods, etc.) as clues to constructing meaning.
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Response Logs
The learner will be able to keep a reading response log which includes sections for detailing events, and for providing an emotional and/or intellectual reaction to story elements. Such a log should be referred to by the student as a measure of the student's growth as a reader, for topics for group discussions, and as a way to become an engaged reader.
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Response: Short Paper
The learner will be able to write a brief response to a short passage which addresses the necessary points and details and shows an understanding of the passage.
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Response: Connection/Text
The learner will be able to make connections among reading materials.
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Prior Knowledge: Understand Text
The learner will be able to use prior knowledge to understand texts.
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Written: Connection
The learner will be able to create a written response to reading materials that connects similar themes and ideas found in texts.
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Monitor: Strategies/Develop
The learner will be able to develop strategies for monitoring his/her reading process.
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Cause/Effect: Understanding
The learner will be able to understand the relationship between cause and effect.
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Main Idea: Stated
The learner will be able to determine the main idea stated in a passage.
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Main Idea: Implied
The learner will be able to identify the implied main idea of a given passage.
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Draw Conclusion: Reading Material
The learner will be able to draw conclusions about reading materials.
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Predict Outcome: Nonfiction
The learner will be able to demonstrate the ability to predict the outcome of a given nonfiction passage (using details from the text to justify an outcome).
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Predict Outcome: Information
The learner will be able to make predictions from information in written material.
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Fact/Opinion
The learner will be able to distinguish between fact and opinion.
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Summary: Strategies
The learner will be able to summarize material while he/she reads.
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Summary: Passage Elements
The learner will be able to read a given passage, and summarize the main ideas, facts, and details of the passage.
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Theme: Identify
The learner will be able to identify the theme of a given reading passage.
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Inference: Information
The learner will be able to make inferences from information in written material.
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Detail: Identify
The learner will be able to identify details from reading passages.
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Story Elements: Character/Identify
The learner will be able to identify story elements, such as characters.
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Story Elements: Identify
The learner will be able to identify story elements.
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Story: Elements/Identify
The learner will be able to identify story elements, such as setting, plot, and characters.
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Passage Elements: Contrast
The learner will be able to find contrasts with passage elements.
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Compare: Reading Material
The learner will be able to make comparisons about reading material.
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Compare/Contrast: Reading Materials
The learner will be able to compare and contrast reading materials.
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Strategies: Knowing
The learner will be able to know of a variety of strategies which aid comprehension.
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Strategies: Extend Information
The learner will be able to extend information beyond passage ideas while reading.
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Strategies: Critical Thinking
The learner will be able to apply critical thinking when reading materials.
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Sources of Text
The learner will be able to determine the source of a piece of text.
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Plot: Climax
The learner will be able to recognize plot climax in reading selections.
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Critical Thinking: Reading Materials
The learner will be able to critically examine reading materials.
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Reality/Fantasy
The learner will be able to distinguish between reality and fantasy.
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Sequence: Identify Order
The learner will be able to identify the order of events which occur within a reading selection.
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Sequence: Time/Identify
The learner will be able to identify the time structure of a reading passage.
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Sequence: Use/Understand
The learner will be able to use sequence to understand reading materials.
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Questions: Aid Understanding
The learner will be able to generate questions to aid understanding while reading.
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Structure: Increase Understanding
The learner will be able to use text structure to increase understanding of reading materials.
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Response: Evaluate/Author
The learner will be able to evaluate the effectiveness and purpose of an author in a written response to reading.
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Synthesizing: Information/Multiple Texts
The learner will be able to demonstrate skills for constructing meaning by synthesizing information from multiple written texts.
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Analyze: Literary Device/Reading
The learner will be able to analyze literary devices used in reading materials.
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Techniques: Discern/Reading Materials
The learner will be able to discern persuasive techniques used in reading materials.
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Written: Literal Questions
The learner will be able to write in response to literal questions from reading materials.
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Written: Understanding
The learner will be able to write in response to reading materials in order to demonstrate a thorough understanding of the text.
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Written: Strategies
The learner will be able to create a written response that demonstrates understanding and use of reading strategies.
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Written: Extend
The learner will be able to create a written response that extends the use of information from documents and/or forms.
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Written: Extend Meaning
The learner will be able to create a written response that extends the meaning of reading materials to other contexts.
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Written: Interpret
The learner will be able to create a written response that interprets information found in documents and/or forms.
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Graphic Feature: Use
The learner will be able to use common graphical features to increase understanding of reading materials.
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| Speaking |
| This unit includes practicing techniques and strategies (voice modulation, body language, ordering of ideas, visual aids, etc.) to convey meaning and to present information and opinions to groups. Students learn to choose appropriate topics, and methods of presenting topics, for specific audiences. |
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Informative: Panel/Speech/Interview
The learner will be able to present information to a group in a panel, speech, interview, or dramatization format using body language, eye contact, effective word choices and sentence construction, voice modulation, timing, and precise pronunciation to communicate.
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Story: Retell/Summarize
The learner will be able to orally retell or summarize a story.
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| Spelling |
| This unit includes studying language and word structure to discern the correct spelling of words. Students edit passages for correct spelling by making connections between spelling, meaning, and structure. |
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Edit: Contextual
The learner will be able to edit for spelling using context clues, affixes, base words, and other spelling patterns, and make connections between word etymology, spelling, and meaning.
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Strategies
The learner will be able to develop a study method for learning how to spell new words (such as keeping a log of words misspelled frequently).
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Vowels: Substitutions
The learner will be able to correctly substitute vowel digraphs for diphthong sounds.
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Vowels: Diphthongs
The learner will be able to correctly use and spell diphthongs.
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Sight Words
The learner will be able to analyze a series of words and identify which word is spelled incorrectly.
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Root Words: Building
The learner will be able to correctly spell words where an affix may or may not change the spelling of the root word.
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Homophones
The learner will be able to review sentences for the appropriate use and correct spelling of homophones.
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Sound/Letter: Multiple Representations
The learner will be able to correctly spell words whose sounds have multiple letter representations (graphemes).
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Spelling
The learner will be able to choose a word that best completes a sentence and is spelled correctly.
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Irregular Words
The learner will be able to correctly write words with irregular spelling.
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Suffix: Spell
The learner will be able to correctly spell words which have a suffix.
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| Study and Research Skills |
| This unit includes developing organization and research skills needed to find appropriate resources, to judge resources as relevant or not relevant to a given topic, to categorize and synthesize information, to take notes in class, and to study for exams. |
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Research Project: Management
The learner will be able to work in a group, as an actively participating member, to decide on a research topic, plan the project, set goals, make timelines for completing the project on time, develop a thesis statement, collect, compile, and synthesize information from a variety of sources, prepare a group presentation to inform others on the topic, and participate in the presentation using visual/audio aids.
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Dictionary: Entry
The learner will be able to find specific dictionary entries and details of dictionary entries: pronunciation of a specific letter in a given word, parts of speech, correct use of a word, and the number of syllables in a word.
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Index: Locate Information
The learner will be able to locate page numbers for specific topics when given an index.
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Encyclopedia: Locate Information
The learner will be able to locate information in an encyclopedia.
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Stimuli: Dual/Synthesize
The learner will be able to synthesize information in dual stimuli, such as information presented in both text and graphs.
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Card Catalog
The learner will be able to use a card catalog to identify parts of a book (such as the author, topic, title, total pages, publisher, location of publisher, and information about the author).
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Diagrams: Analyze
The learner will be able to analyze a diagram.
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| Vocabulary |
| This unit includes studying and applying knowledge of word structure (bases and affixes) to define unfamiliar words and understand technical or informational content. |
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Vocabulary: Substitution
The learner will be able to read a passage from a grade level appropriate book, and make word substitutions, using synonyms and figures of speech, which accomplish a predetermined purpose (changing the mood of the passage, altering the passage to make it appropriate for a different audience, utilizing words which have connotations beyond a dictionary definition, and adding new information).
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Word Choice: Poems
The learner will be able to select vivid, precise, and interesting words to write haikus, cinquains, diamantes, limericks, and formula poems with consistent themes.
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Connotation: Describe
The learner will be able to study words, their multiple definitions and layers of meaning, and describe the connotations of specific words.
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Compound Word: Define
The learner will be able to define compound words in a sentence.
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Analogy: Create/Interpret
The learner will be able to create and interpret analogies.
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Sentence Completion
The learner will be able to identify the vocabulary word that best completes a given sentence as read aloud by the teacher.
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Context: Technical
The learner will be able to determine the meaning of unfamiliar technical terms by analyzing the context (a paragraph or more) in which the words are used.
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Relationship
The learner will be able to determine the meaning of a word through its relationship to another word.
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Vocabulary: Read/Identify/Understand
The learner will be able to read, identify, and understand grade specific vocabulary words.
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Strategies: Variety
The learner will be able to apply a variety of vocabulary strategies.
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| Writing |
| This unit includes utilizing each stage of the writing process to create original pieces. Students explore a variety of organizational formats and purposes for writing (communicating ideas, opinions, and feelings, clarifying thoughts, and solving problems). |
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Strategies
The learner will be able to execute writing strategies (compare/contrast, cause/effect, examples, case studies, elaboration, evidence, definition, sentence construction, organization of ideas, descriptive language, voice, and classification) with control and purpose in writing for pleasure, in content areas, and to communicate ideas and opinions to members of the community.
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Expository: Audience
The learner will be able to write pieces which inform a given audience, and include logically organized and relevant ideas.
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Descriptive: Character Letter
The learner will be able to apply knowledge of a historical character and writing skills to create a one page letter which explains a modern invention to the character. The description should be appropriate for the historical character's educational background, age, time period, experiences, and tied in some way to the character's interests. The modern invention must be explained in clear, precise, and vivid terms. The pros, cons, functions, and appearance of the invention should be included. Each stage of the writing process (prewriting, drafting, revising, rewriting, editing, and publishing) should be self-evaluated, or evaluated by peers, parents, or teachers.
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Edit: Adjectives/Adverbs
The learner will be able to edit for correct use of adverbs and adjectives.
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Edit: Language Conventions
The learner will be able to proofread sentences for punctuation errors and complete sentences using correct punctuation and capitalization.
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Edit: Language Conventions
The learner will be able to edit written works for language conventions.
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Edit: Language Conventions
The learner will be able to edit written works for the correct application of the following English language conventions: pronouns and their references, subject-verb agreement, irregular verbs, verb tenses, plural possessives, capitalization, punctuation (commas between cities/states, dates, after yes or no responses, after introductory phrases, and after nouns of direct address), and spelling.
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Topic Sentence: Create/Edit
The learner will be able to create and edit a topic sentence which develops the topic of a given paragraph.
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Collection: Compile/Different Areas
The learner will be able to compile a portfolio of writing samples which includes writing from different content areas, reports, short stories, persuasive, and expository pieces, and poems with drafts from each stage of the writing process. The writing should reflect the writer's growth in such areas as writing strategies, vocabulary, language conventions, and interests throughout a month, semester, or year. The portfolio should also include an explanation of why the pieces were selected, a self-evaluation of progress, and a judgment statement on whether goals set by teacher and/or student were met.
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Conclusion: Use
The learner will be able to use a conclusion in a written work.
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Edit: Proofread
The learner will be able to proofread written works.
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Organization: Information
The learner will be able to use writing as a way to organize information.
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Expository: Essay
The learner will be able to write an expository essay.
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Persuasive: Strategies
The learner will be able to write to persuade a given audience on a given topic utilizing word choices, language expressions, examples, metaphors, and other persuasion techniques.
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Sequence: Identify
The learner will be able to identify correct sentence sequence.
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Sequence: Ideas
The learner will be able to order ideas sequentially when writing.
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Sequence: Sentence Variety
The learner will be able to logically order a series of simple, compound, and complex sentences.
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Research Paper: Development
The learner will be able to understand the development of a research paper.
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Main Idea: Details/Subtopics
The learner will be able to write a composition which includes a main idea, subtopics, and supporting details.
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Clarity/Focus: Relevant Information
The learner will be able to include relevant information in his/her writing.
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Edit: Verb Form
The learner will be able to edit written works for correct verb forms.
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Edit: Sentence Structure
The learner will be able to edit for correct sentence structure.
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Edit: Proofreading
The learner will be able to identify the word that is spelled incorrectly in a given sentence.
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Edit: Capitalization
The learner will be able to edit sentences for capitalization errors.
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Edit: Punctuation
The learner will be able to edit for correct use of punctuation.
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Edit: Paragraph Coherence
The learner will be able to edit a paragraph for cohesiveness, theme, and sequence of ideas.
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Expressive: Feelings
The learner will be able to write to express feelings and emotions.
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Support: Write Text
The learner will be able to write a supported text.
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Conventions: Margins
The learner will be able to write legibly within margins.
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Transition: Edit
The learner will be able to identify the best transition for a given sentence.
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Transition: Conjunction/Use
The learner will be able to use transitional conjunctions in his/her writing.
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Transition: Phrase/Use
The learner will be able to use transitional phrases in his/her writing.
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Transitions: Use Effective
The learner will be able to use effective transitions (and, but, or) in his/her writing.
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Usage: Edit
The learner will be able to edit written works for usage.
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Topic Sentence: Identify/Best
The learner will be able to select the best topic sentence for a given paragraph.
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Strategies: Understand/Use Sources
The learner will be able to understand how to use information sources as a prewriting strategy.
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Strategies: Outline/Understand
The learner will be able to understand how to use an outline as a prewriting strategy.
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Strategies: Apply/Variety
The learner will be able to apply a variety of prewriting strategies.
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