Third Nine Weeks
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Reading/Literature
Organizational Patterns of Texts
Common Graphic Features (Captions)
Author's Purpose
Characteristics of Genres of Writing (Short Stories and Poetry)
Sound (Alliteration, Onomatopoeia, Internal Rhyme, End Rhyme
and Rhyme Scheme)
Figurative Language (Simile, Metaphor, Personification, Hyperbole)
Theme vs. Topic
Plot Structure (action, foreshadowing and climax)
Characterization (dynamic and static)
Vocabulary
Idioms and Analogies
Writing/Grammar
Write, combine and vary sentences to match purpose/audience
Comma and Semicolon usage (compound, complex and
compound-complex sentences and split dialogue)
Fourth Nine Weeks
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Reading/Literature
Identify and Analyze Similarities and Differences in Traditional
Literature from Different Cultures
Common Graphic Features (illustrations)
Characteristics of Genres (mythology, fables and folklore)
Vocabulary
Context Clues
Prefixes, Suffixes and Root Words
Writing/Grammar
Parallel Sentence Structures
Ellipses (omitted words and pauses in dialogue)
Accessing Information
Categorize and Organize Information (maps, webs and outlines)