Units of Study
Unit 1: Reading Closely
- inference
- central idea
- summarizing
- text evidence
Unit 2: Genre and Fiction
Unit 3: Children of War
Unit 4: Features of Nonfiction
- text structure
- text graphics
- finding evidence
Unit 5: Understanding Perspective
- author's point of view
- persuasive techniques
- evaluating sources
- author's claims
Other topics throughout units: grammar, writing, vocabulary workshop, current events
Possible units?? Novel Study, Oral Tradition