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- Textbook stories, worksheets Home-made fireworks activity Test on Fireworks and Floods February Castles Non Fiction/Fiction Book - Spelling Tests - Videos - Pictures - Textbook stories, worksheets Build a Castle Project Evaluate Castle Project March Recycling Non Fiction Book - Spelling Tests - Videos - Pictures - Textbook stories, worksheets - Debate School Recycling Activity April Bridges Fiction Book - Spelling Tests - Videos - Pictures - Textbook stories, worksheets - Visit a Hamburg Bridge - Build a Bridge Project Test on Castles and Recycling
Grade 5 English Topic: Instructional Approaches: January Poetry - Spelling Tests - Reading Silently and Reading Conferences - Black out - Meter and Rhyme - Haikus - Cinquains - Rhyming Poems - Grammar (Modal verbs, commas) - Poetic devices (Similes/Metaphors/ Onomatopoeia) - Simile poems February Poetry - Spelling Tests 1. - Reading Silently 2. and Reading Conferences - Explication 3. - Grammar (Apostrophes) 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. March Non Fiction - Spelling Tests 9. - Reading Silently and10. Reading Conferences - Grammar (Apostrophes 11. and Commas) - Fact vs. Opinion in Media - Encyclopedia and 12. Dictionary Skills - Biographies Current Events April Non Fiction - Spelling Tests - Reading Silently and Reading Conferences Balanced Report on Controversial Issue (Zoos pro/con) Non-Chronological Report (Spanish Country in pairs)
- Shape - Altered - Explication Special Activities: Evaluation: Evaluate each poem Poetry Project of a 10 line poem Poetry Portfolio and Test in April Evaluate each piece of writing - Evaluate each piece of writing - Country Project in pairs Poetry/Non Fiction Test
Grade 6/7 English January Topic: Instructional Approaches: Poetry - Black out - Meter and Rhyme - Haikus - Cinquains - Rhyming Poems - Grammar (Modal verbs, commas) - Poetic devices (Similes/Metaphors/ Onomatopoeia) - Simile poems - Shape - Altered - Explication February Poetry/Essays - Explication 13. - Grammar (Apostrophes) - Essays 14. 15. 16. 17. March Non Fiction - Grammar 18. (Apostrophes and 19. Commas) - Fact vs. Opinion in Media 20. - Encyclopedia and 21. Dictionary Skills - Biographies 22. Current Events/5Ws April Non Fiction Newspaper Articles Non-Chronological Report (Animal Reports) Survey/Poll Chart Reading Activity Balanced Report on Controversial Issue
Creation of Class Magazine Evaluate each piece of writing Test on Poetry and first half of Non Fiction