English Language Arts Curriculum
5th Grade
Course Purpose: |
Students will apply foundational skills to critically read and analyze grade level texts. Students will evaluate spoken language to compare and contrast point of view. Students will support formal writing with explanations and text evidence from multiple sources. |
Outcomes and Components:
LA.5.6 |
Students will identify how a character’s or narrator’s point of view in a story affects how details are described and compares with their own point of view. | ||
Pacing Instruct/ Assess |
Component Code |
Component |
Standard(s) |
LA.5.6.1 |
Describe how a narrator’s or speaker’s point of view influences how events are described. | 5.RL.6 | |
LA.5.6.2 |
Analyze multiple accounts of the same event or topic, noting important similarities and differences in the point of view they represent. | 5.RI.6 | |
LA.5.6.3 |
Compare and contrast the varieties of English (e.g., dialects, registers) used in stories, dramas, or poems. | 5.L.3b | |
LA.5.6.4 |
Use context (e.g., cause/effect relationships and comparisons in text) as a clue to the meaning of a word or phrase. | 5.L.4a | |
LA.5.6.5 |
Use common, grade-appropriate Greek and Latin affixes and roots as clues to the meaning of a word (e.g., photograph, photosynthesis). | 5.L.4b | |
LA.5.6.6 |
Use synonyms and antonyms to better understand how words are related. | 5.L.5c |
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