This unit focuses on reading and responding to a variety of texts including
classical, historical, and contemporary fiction and nonfiction. Read-alouds,
and shared, guided, and independent reading experiences facilitate the teaching
of story elements (setting, plot, character, theme, and conflict), literary
devices, and the characteristics of reading genre.
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Activities in this unit focus on using critical thinking skills to read and
respond to literature. Teachers use questioning techniques, graphic organizers,
and writing tasks that challenge students to work at the application, analysis,
synthesis, and evaluation levels of the cognitive taxonomy.
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This unit focuses on the writing process, writing applications, and writing
conventions. Teachers instruct students about “what good writers do”
and provide them with rubrics, prompts, and practice in producing a variety
of written products related to classroom reading or real-life situations.
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This unit focuses on locating, gathering, and interpreting information from
a variety of sources. Teachers guide students in choosing a topic and appropriate
resources to complete a research project. They assist students in reading, interpreting,
and organizing information from timelines, graphs, tables, charts, and maps.
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This unit focuses on exploring ways poets use special writing techniques to elicit feelings and create images. Students read, listen to, and analyze a variety of poetic forms, they learn to recognize the literary devices used by poets to capture the imagination, and emotions of readers.
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The goal of this unit is to teach students strategies for reading and writing
informational texts. Teachers present instruction as an inquiry into an issue
or a problem worth investigating, allowing students to make real-life connections.
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This unit focuses on reading and writing biography and autobiography. Students
are given the opportunity to read models of biographical works to compare and
contrast how authors handle subject matter effectively.
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This unit is designed for student selected author studies, with activities
that include researching, reading, and responding to literature.
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