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.5.7

Students will analyze how specific visual and text elements contribute to the meaning, mood, tone, or impact of the text. Students will interpret visual information and details in a text to help them better understand a topic.

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Standard(s)

 

LA.5.7.1

Analyze how visual and multimedia elements contribute to the meaning, tone, or beauty of a text (e.g., graphic novel; multimedia presentation of fiction, folktale, myth, poem). 5.RL.7
 

LA.5.7.2

Draw on information from multiple print or digital sources, demonstrating the ability to locate an answer to a question quickly or to solve a problem efficiently. 5.RI.7
 

LA.5.7.3

Interpret figurative language, including similes in context. 5.L.5a
 

LA.5.7.4

Use homographs to better understand how words are related. 5.L.5c

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