Common Core Key Points in English Language Arts
The Standards
Literature
Informational Text
Writing
Speaking and Listening
Language
A major focus for the year will be in reading complex texts in the Lexile band of 925 to 1185
and argument writing using evidence from the text.
Units of Study
Fundamentals of ELA
Six Traits of Writing
Response to Literature
(possible texts to be read: Fish Cheeks, Birthday Box, Baseball Saved Us)
Text versus Media Version
(possible texts to be read: I Have a Dream, President Obama's Acceptance Speech or his Inaugural Speech and Monsters
Due on Maple Street or All Summer in a Day)
Descriptive Writing
Narrative Writing
Real Historical Fact versus Fictional
(possible texts to be read: Exploring the Titanic chapters 2 and 3 and excerpts from The Watch that Ends the Night)
Persuasive Writing
Persuasive Commercial for Invention
Short Research Project
Contrasting Point-of-View in One Text
(possible text to be read: Amigo Brothers or Justin Lebo)
Informational Text (focus on how and why individual develops and interacts)
(possible text to be read: My Furthest Back Person)
Informational Text (analysis of both sides of one topic)
(possible text to be read: Burning Out at Nine, Extracurricular Activities)
Persuasive Text Analysis
(possible text to be read: The Eternal Frontier)
Fundamentals of ELA
Six Traits of Writing
Response to Literature
(possible texts to be read: Fish Cheeks, Birthday Box, Baseball Saved Us)
Text versus Media Version
(possible texts to be read: I Have a Dream, President Obama's Acceptance Speech or his Inaugural Speech and Monsters
Due on Maple Street or All Summer in a Day)
Descriptive Writing
Narrative Writing
Real Historical Fact versus Fictional
(possible texts to be read: Exploring the Titanic chapters 2 and 3 and excerpts from The Watch that Ends the Night)
Persuasive Writing
Persuasive Commercial for Invention
Short Research Project
Contrasting Point-of-View in One Text
(possible text to be read: Amigo Brothers or Justin Lebo)
Informational Text (focus on how and why individual develops and interacts)
(possible text to be read: My Furthest Back Person)
Informational Text (analysis of both sides of one topic)
(possible text to be read: Burning Out at Nine, Extracurricular Activities)
Persuasive Text Analysis
(possible text to be read: The Eternal Frontier)