English Language Arts Curriculum

5th Grade

Course Purpose:

Students will apply foundational skills to critically read and analyze grade level texts. Students will evaluate spoken language to compare and contrast point of view. Students will support formal writing with explanations and text evidence from multiple sources.

Outcomes and Components:

LA.5.5

Students will analyze grade appropriate literature to increase fluency and comprehension, demonstrating the use of appropriate strategies and skills.

Pacing  

Instruct/

Assess

Component Code

Component

Standard(s)

 

LA.5.5.1

Quote accurately when drawing inferences from a text.

5.RL.1

 

LA.5.5.2

Compare and contrast two or more characters, settings, or events in a story or drama, drawing on specific details, noting similarities and differences. 

5.RL.3

 

LA.5.5.3

Analyze how visual and media elements contribute to the tone and meaning of the text (poetry, graphic novels, folktales, and myths).

5.RL.7

 

LA.5.5.4

Use context clues to figure out word meanings. Use common, grade-appropriate Greek and Latin roots and affixes. Consult reference materials ( dictionaries, glossaries, thesauruses), both print and digital, to pronounce and clarify meanings

5.L.4a

5.L.4b

5.L.4c

 

LA.5.5.5

Write for a specific purpose and audience over various time frames.

5.W.10

 

LA.5.5.6

Summarize a speaker’s point of view and evaluate how each claim is supported by reasons and evidence.

5.SL.3 

 

LA.5.5.7

Utilize combined knowledge of all letter-sound correspondences, syllabication patterns, and morphology to accurately read unfamiliar multisyllabic words in and out of context.

5.RF.3a

Academic Vocabulary: predict, infer, cite, theme, cause/effect, problem/solution, quotation

Content Vocabulary: plot,setting,character, trait, exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, conclusion, resolution, conflict, antagonist, protagonist