Tolerance KKK Civil rights movement African Americans in U.S. military November Building Awareness Informational Text: Reading Standards: Informational Text Sentence fragment “Don’t by Gathering and the Water!: The story of the RI.3 Inference Sharing Information chemical spill that turned the RI.6 Author’s Purpose water in nine West Virginia RI.9 Cause/effect counties to poison. Language Standards: Literary Device L.1 Suspense Narrative Nonfiction: “The Boston Molasses Flood of 1919” Mood Writing Standards: Work: Two W.2 Compare/contrast “Compare Disasters” Paired Texts: This You?” Reading Standards: Informational Text Text structure “Is (stress and anxiety among RL.5 Key ideas and details children and teens) and Interpreting text “In China, the Test that Determines Text feature Your Life” (newspaper article: Synthesizing Information Beijing) Group Work: Solutions” “Stress Language Standards: Loves a Comeback”: L.4d “Grammar Among vs. Between Novel: The Giver, by Lois Lowry Tone Reading Standards for Literature: RL.4 Author’s point of view Companion Poems: Poison Tree” by William RL.5 Wrath “A and Sharing,” by Foe “Summertime Nikki Grimes Deceitful Wiles Context clues scheme Rhyming couplets
Tolerance KKK Civil rights movement African Americans in U.S. military November Building Awareness by Gathering and Sharing Information Informational Text: “Don’t the Water!: The story of the chemical spill that turned the water in nine West Virginia counties to poison. Narrative Nonfiction: “The Boston Molasses Flood of 1919” Work: “Compare Two Disasters” Paired Texts: “Is This You?” (stress and anxiety among children and teens) and “In China, the Test that Determines Your Life” (newspaper article: Beijing) Group Work: “Stress Solutions” “Grammar Loves a Comeback”: Among vs. Between Novel: The Giver, by Lois Lowry Companion Poems: “A Poison Tree” by William and “Summertime Sharing,” by Nikki Grimes Reading Standards: Informational Text RI.3 RI.6 RI.9 Language Standards: L.1 Writing Standards: W.2 Reading Standards: Informational Text RL.5 Language Standards: L.4d Reading Standards for Literature: RL.4 RL.5 Sentence fragment Inference Author’s Purpose Cause/effect Literary Device Suspense Mood Compare/contrast Text structure Key ideas and details Interpreting text Text feature Synthesizing Information Tone Author’s point of view Wrath Foe Deceitful Wiles Context clues scheme Rhyming couplets