English Language Arts Curriculum
4th Grade
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Course Purpose: |
Students will apply foundational skills when reading to learn and understand other subjects. Students will write narratives and support other writing with opinions and explanations with the use of text evidence. |
Outcomes and Components:
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LA.4.6 |
Students will read and comprehend grade level literature, using and interpreting figurative language and allusions to mythology. | ||
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Pacing Instruct/ Assess |
Component Code |
Component |
Standard(s) |
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LA.4.6.1 |
Read and comprehend text (stories, drama, and poetry) at grade level. Describe in depth a character, setting, and events in a story. |
4.RL.10 4.W.9a |
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LA.4.6.2 |
Determine meaning of words and phrases using context clues with significant characters in mythology and tall tales. | 4.RL.4 | |
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LA.4.6.3 |
Interpret and use figurative language including similes and metaphors, idioms, adages and proverbs, antonyms, and synonyms. |
4.L.5a 4.L.5b 4.L.5c |
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LA.4.6.4 |
Speak and listen for a variety of purposes. | 4.SL.6 | |
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LA.4.6.5 |
Write routinely over various time frames for a range of discipline or specific tasks, purposes, and audiences. | 4.W.10 | |
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Academic Vocabulary: context clues, various, comprehension |
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Content Vocabulary: simile, metaphor, synonym, antonym, adage, proverb, idiom, figurative, allusion, myth, literature |