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1 QUARTER 1 INTRODUCTION UNIT 8/24-9/16 Intro to Poetry: Setting in Enchantment by Joanne Ryder from Teaching Literary Elements Using Poetry Intro to Short Stories: Theme in This Is What It Means to Say Phoenix, Arizona by Sherman Alexie Intro to Essays: Inference in Passive Panic from The Economist Week 2-3 Novel: Personification and Irony in Review of Touching Spirit Bear by Ben Mikaelsen UNIT 1: READING LITERATURE KEY IDEAS AND DETAILS Theme: Using Good Judgment 9/19-10/28 Week 4 Poetry: Symbolism in Quilt by Janet S. Wong from Teaching Literary Elements Using Poetry and Abandoned Farmhouse by Ted Kooser from Reading Poetry in the Middle Grades Short Story: Metaphor in The Journey by Duane Big Eagle from America Street Week 5-7 Novel: Character in Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck Week 8-9 Common Core Progress 8, Unit 1 Analyzing Meaning Analyzing Theme and Summarizing Analyzing Plot and Character Close Reading One Step Closer to Freedom Context Clues Reading Syllabus 1

2 QUARTER 2 UNIT 3: READING INFORMATIONAL TEXT KEY IDEAS AND DETAILS Theme: Fighting for Beliefs 10/31-11/22 Poetry: Mood in Junkyard Dog by Tony Johnston from Teaching Literary Elements Using Poetry and Deserted Farm by Mark Vinz from Reading Poetry in the Middle Grades Essay: Analogy in Letter from Birmingham Jail by Martin Luther King, Jr. from The Best American Essays of the Century Week 2 Nonfiction Book: Analyzing Relationships in Reading Informational Texts: Nonfiction Passages and Exercises Based on the Common Core State Standards (Book III) Week 3-4 Common Core Progress 8, Unit 3 Drawing Inferences Determining Central Ideas/Summarizing Analyzing Relationships in a Text Close Reading Fireside Chat 19 Greek and Latin Roots and Affixes UNIT 5: READING LITERATURE CRAFT AND STRUCTURE Theme: American Places 11/28-1/13 Week 5 Poetry: Onomatopoeia in Washing Machine by Bobbi Katc from Teaching Literary Elements Using Poetry and Metaphor in A Poison Tree by William Blake from Reading Poetry in the Middle Grades Short Story: Allusions in The No-Guitar Blues by Gary Soto from America Street Reading Syllabus 2

3 Week 6 Irony in Rip Van Winkle by Washington Irving Week 7-8 Common Core Progress 8, Unit 5 Analyzing Word Choice Comparing and Contrasting Text Structures Analyzing Point of View Close Reading Life at Colony Camp: A Blog Figurative Language Reading Syllabus 3

4 QUARTER 3 UNIT 7: READING INFORMATIONAL TEXT CRAFT AND STRUCTURE Theme: Scientific Solutions 1/16-3/17-2 Poetry: Structure in The Wreck of the Hesperus by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow and Seeing the World by Steven Herricl from Reading Poetry in the Middle Grades Essay: Technical Terms in Invention from Headstrong: 52 Women Who Changed Science and the World by Rachel Swaby Week 3-7 Nonfiction Book: Sequential Structure, Casual Structure, and Comparative Structure in Reading Informational Texts: Nonfiction Passages and Exercises Based on the Common Core State Standards (Book IV) Week 8-9 Common Core Progress 8, Unit 7 Understanding Technical Language Analyzing Text Structure Determining Point of View and Purpose Close Reading The Wonders of Medical Imaging Reference Materials Reading Syllabus 4

5 QUARTER 4 UNIT 9: READING LITERATURE INTEGRATION OF KNOWLEDGE AND IDEAS Theme: Facing Our Fears 3/21-5/5 Poetry: Theme in Friends in the Klan by Marilyn Nelson and Word Choice in Spring Storm by Jim Wayne Miller from Reading Poetry in the Middle Grades Short Story: Archetypes in The Wrong Lunch Line by Nicholas Mohr Week 2-4 Novel: Quest in To Kill a Mockingbird (Part 1) by Harper Lee Week 5-6 Common Core Progress 8, Unit 9 Analyzing Adaptations of Fiction Analyzing Sources of Fiction Close Reading Little Women (excerpt) Word Relationships UNIT 11: READING INFORMATIONAL TEXT INTEGRATION OF KNOWLEDGE AND IDEAS Theme: Important Discoveries 5/8-6/9 Week 7 Poetry: Sound in Nothing Gold Can Stay by Robert Frost and Details in Four Haiku by J. Patrick Lewis in Reading Poetry in the Middle Grades Essay: Selections from Reading Informational Texts: Nonfiction Passages and Exercises Based on the Common Core State Standards (Book IV) Week 8-10 AND Novel: Evidence in an Arguments in To Kill a Mockingbird (Part 2) by Harper Lee Reading Syllabus 5

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