Language Functions Grammar Vocabulary Reading Writing Students will be able to Students will be able to use Students will be able to Students will be able to Students will be able to make comparisons. the past and present form define vocabulary beyond analyze plot, character, write a story scene. Students will be able to of a verb. the literal meaning. and setting. Students will be able to summarize. Students will be able to write a literary response. compare a topic. Students will be able to analyze text features. Students will be able to analyze interactions. Learning I can tell how people are I can use the present tense I can create a mental I can analyze how a I can choose a good topic Targets alike using words like both, when I compare people, image of an idiom to help writer’s use of historical for a story scene. and, and too. places, or things the way understand what it means and fictional details they are now. and apply it to a situation. affects the character, setting, and plot. I can tell how people are I can conjugate verbs so I can use context clues to I can compare historical I can gather details about different words like that they agree with the figure out idioms. and fictional details in a a topic using a five-senses or subject. story. diagram. but different. I can use comparative I can use past tense verbs to I can determine the I can understand a topic I can write a beginning adjectives. talk about a past action. meaning of a simile or by comparing details in using sensory words that metaphor by asking myself multiple texts and sparks the reader’s what two things are being analyzing how writers curiosity. compared and how are interpret similar facts and they alike. information. I can identify the main I can interpret I can use visuals I can add detail to my ideas and the most personification by picturing (illustrations, description of events. important details of what what the writer is saying. photographs, diagrams, I’ve read. graphs, and maps) that appear in fiction and nonfiction texts to access information.
Language Functions Grammar Vocabulary Reading Writing Students will be able to make comparisons. Students will be able to summarize. Students will be able to use the past and present form of a verb. Students will be able to define vocabulary beyond the literal meaning. Students will be able to analyze plot, character, and setting. Students will be able to compare a topic. Students will be able to analyze text features. Students will be able to analyze interactions. Students will be able to write a story scene. Students will be able to write a literary response. Learning Targets I can tell how people are alike using words like both, and, and too. I can use the present tense when I compare people, places, or things the way they are now. I can create a mental image of an idiom to help understand what it means and apply it to a situation. I can analyze how a writer’s use of historical and fictional details affects the character, setting, and plot. I can choose a good topic for a story scene. I can tell how people are different words like but or different. I can conjugate verbs so that they agree with the subject. I can use context clues to figure out idioms. I can compare historical and fictional details in a story. I can gather details about a topic using a five-senses diagram. I can use comparative adjectives. I can use past tense verbs to talk about a past action. I can determine the meaning of a simile or metaphor by asking myself what two things are being compared and how are they alike. I can understand a topic by comparing details in multiple texts and analyzing how writers interpret similar facts and information. I can write a beginning using sensory words that sparks the reader’s curiosity. I can identify the main ideas and the most important details of what I’ve read. I can interpret personification by picturing what the writer is saying. I can use visuals (illustrations, photographs, diagrams, graphs, and maps) that appear in fiction and nonfiction texts to access information. I can add detail to my description of events.