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Common Core State Standards
Please review the assessments prior to teaching the units. Some lessons will require supplemental lessons outside Pearson CA Literature.
Unit 1 Fiction and Nonfiction
About the Unit: Unit 1 focuses on the structure of fiction and nonfiction.
How do we decide what is true?
Essential Learnings:
 Students will be able to use a variety of strategies (e.g. context clues, word parts, etc.) to determine the meaning of unknown words
 Students will be able to read a text and analyze its features and organizational structure
 Students will be able to apply conventions of grammar (e.g. pronouns, capitalization, and spelling) in writing
 Students will be able to draft and revise a descriptive expository essay with precise language and consistency between paragraphs
Reading Literature
Reading Informational Text
3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 9, 10
Focus Standards for this Unit:
Speaking and Listening
Language
4, 6
4, 1
Writing
3, 9, 10
Writing Workshop: Narration: Autobiographical Narrative, pp. 154-161 CCSS: Writing 3 CCSS: Language 1
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Dates
Unit 1
Fiction and
Nonfiction
Standards
Support
Resources
Academic Vocabulary
Set up classroom rules and procedures.
8/26
To
9/4
Model Selection
or Homecoming
(2-41)
RL
9/08
To
9/11
Drive-In Movies
or Market
Square Dog
(42a-64)
Informational
Text (Web page
eText p. 66 &
Caribbean; Why
Monkeys Live in
Trees (66-91)
My Papa, Mark
Twain or Stage
Fright
(92a-109)
Names/
Nombres or
Lady and the
Spider
(110a-173)
Wrap-up and
review
RL
RIT
3, 6, 10
SL
4
L
W
3
RL
RIT
5, 8, 9
SL
L
W
9/14
To
9/18
9/21
To
10/2
10/5
To
10/9
10/12
To
10/16
RIT
SL
L
W




9
RL
RIT
6, 9
SL
L
4, 1
W
10
RL
RIT
4, 5
SL
6
L
1
W
3
RL
RIT
SL
L
W
Step Up To
Writing
Spelling
Workbook
Graphic
Organizer
Transparency
(Plot
Mountain)
Planet
Promethean
(Context
Clues)
Fiction:
character
plots, sub-plots
setting, narrator
point of view
first person, third person
theme , rising action
climax, falling action
conflict, resolution
Nonfiction:
main idea, detail
evidence
popular media:
exposition, URL
home page
links, menus
headline, byline
dateline, caption
evidence
Assessment, Unit 1 RI.3, RI.4, RI.6, RI.8, L.1a, L.4a, W.3a
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Unit 2 Short Stories
About the Unit: Unit 2 focuses on reading and analyzing short stories.
Is conflict always bad?
Essential Learnings:
 Students will be able to compare and contrast the shades of meaning of similar words within a text.
 Students will be able to analyze how elements of fiction impact the plot and development of themes.
 Students will be able to use perfect verb tenses, colons, semi-colons, and commas in writing.
 Students will be able to draft and revise multi-paragraph response to literature compositions.
Focus Standards for this Unit:
Reading Literature
Reading Informational Text Speaking and Listening
Language
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 10
1, 4, 5, 6
1, 4
Writing
3, 4, 7, 10
Writing Workshop: Narration: Short Story. pp. 354-361 CCSS: Writing 6, CCSS: Language 2
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Dates
Unit 2
Short Stories
10/19
To
10/23
The Tail of the
Dragon or Dragon
(176-217)
Standards
RL
RIT
10/26
To
10/30
11/2
To
11/6
Components of
literacy works –
Becky (250-269)
RL
The Circuit or the
All-American
Slurp
(270a-299)
The King of Mazy
May or Aaron’s
Gift
(300a-373)
RL
11/23
To
11/24
Wrap-up and
review
RIT
SL
L
W

4, 7


W

Zlateh the Goat or
The Old Woman
Who Lived w/the
Wolves
(218a-269)
11/16
To
11/20
L
1, 3, 6
RL
11/9
To
11/13
SL
1, 6, 3

RIT
SL
4, 1
4, 7
L
W
3
Support
Resources
Step Up To
Writing
Realia
Online
resources
Graphic
organizers
Short videos
Academic Vocabulary
Plot, climax
resolution
internal conflict
external conflict
character Trait
characterization (direct and
indirect)
influence
4
RIT
SL
1
1, 2, 5
RL
RIT
1, 10, 4, 7
SL
L
W
4
10
L
W
4, 5, 6
RL
RIT
SL
3
L
W
setting
theme
inference
subject
predicate
protagonist
antagonist
Assessment, Unit 2 RL.1, RL.2, RL.3, RL.5, L.1c, L.1d, W.3d
Writing Assessment: Narrative W.3
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Unit 3 Types of Nonfiction
About the Unit: Unit 3 is on elements, structure of nonfiction text.
What is important to know?
Essential Learnings:
 Students will be able to identify types of figurative language and explain literal meaning and multiple meanings
 Students will be able to identify the techniques authors use in nonfiction text and analyze their effectiveness
 Students will be able to write compound sentences
 Students will be able to write a multi-paragraph persuasive essay
Focus Standards for this Unit:
Reading Literature
Reading Informational
Speaking and Listening
Language
Text
1, 2, 3, 5,
1, 6
1, 4, 5
Writing
1, 4, 7, 9
Writing Workshop: Exposition: Persuasive Essay, pp. 526-533 CCSS: Writing 1,6 CCSS: Language 2,3
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Dates
11/30
To
12/4
12/7
To
12/11
12/14
To
12/18
1/4
To
1/08
1/11
To
1/15
1/19
To
1/29
Unit 3
Types of
Nonfiction
Water or Hard
As Nails
(376-417)
Jackie Robinson
or the Shoutout
(418a-467)
Informational
Text (Jackie
Robinson p.
438)
(444-467)
Turkeys or
Langston
(468a-487)
La Lena or
Pigman
(488a-533)
Informational p.
512
(516-545)
Support
Resources
Standards
RL
RIT
SL
L
3, 10, 6
RL
RL
4, 7
RIT
SL
L
5, 10, 6
6
1
RIT
SL
L
3, 5, 8
RL
RIT
W
W
4
W
9
SL
L
RL
biography
autobiography
persuasive
assertion
conclusion
support
purpose
propaganda
expository
author’s conclusion
W
1, 2, 10, 6
RL
Step Up
To
Writing
Academic Vocabulary
RIT
SL
L
W
1, 2
1
5, 4
1
RIT
SL
L
W
simile
metaphor
personification
hyperbole
onomatopoeia
identify
clarify
Assessment, Unit 3 RI.1, RI.2, RI.3, RI.5, L.4a, L.5b, W.1c
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Unit 4 Poetry
About the Unit: Unit 4 is on poetry.
Do we need words to communicate well?
Essential Learnings:
 Students will be able to define how tone and meaning are conveyed through literary devices (e.g. language, shades of meaning, sentence
structure)
 Students will be able to choose correct forms of writing and write following the convention of that form
 Students will be able to draft and revise compare and contrast and problem and solution essays
Focus Standards for this Unit:
Reading Literature
Reading Informational
Speaking and Listening
Language
Writing
Text
1, 2 ,4, 5, 6, 7, 9, 10
6
1, 3, 4, 5
3, 4, 6
Writing Workshop: Exposition: Comparison-Contrast Essay, pp. 668-675 CCSS: Writing 4, 5
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Dates
2/1
To
2/5
2/8
To
2/12
2/22
To
2/26
2/29
To
3/4
3/7
To
3/11
3/14
To
3/20
Unit 4
Poetry
Collection 1: Isabel,
etc.
Collection 2: A
Dream w/in a Dream
(548-583)
Collection 3:
Willow, etc.
Collection 4:
Abuelito, etc.
(a584-619)
Writing Workshop
(608-619)
Collection 5: Haiku,
etc.
Collection 6: Haiku,
Concrete Cat;
Limerick
(620a-635)
Collection 7: No
Thank You, etc.
Collection 8: The
Fairies Lullaby
(636a-675)
Standards
RL
RIT
SL
4, 5
RL
L
W
4, 4, 1
RIT
10, 4, 6, 7
SL
L
W
6
4, 5, 3, 4
4
RL
RIT
SL
L
W
RL
RIT
SL
L
W
RIT
SL
L
2, 4
RL
Academic Vocabulary
simile
metaphor
alliteration
tone
mood
rhythm
rhyme
rhyme scheme
meter
4
1, 10, 4, 9
RL
Support
Resources
-Step Up To
Writing
-Music (hip-hop)
=And Still I Rise
by Maya Angelou
(for repetition,
metaphor &
similes, and tone)
-Dear March by
Emily Dickinson
(for
personification)
W
3, 6
RIT
SL
L
W
imagery
symbolism
figurative language
repetition
onomatopoeia
sensory language
stanza
personification
Wrap-Up
(660-687)
Assessment, Unit 4 RL.2, RL.4, RL.5, L.4a, W.3d
Performance Task The Grand Canyon
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Unit 6 Themes in Folk Literature (Teach before Unit 5)
About the Unit: Unit 6 is about folk literature and forms of fiction.
How much do our communities shape us?
Essential Learnings:
 Students will be able to use context clues, knowledge of foreign words and root words to determine the meaning of unknown words
 Students will be able to identify various forms of fiction based on their characteristics; and how elements such as character traits impact the
main idea
 Students will be able to write sentences w/pronoun, compound subject, and subject/verb agreement
 Students will be able to draft and revise a multi-paragraph fictional narrative
Focus Standards for this Unit:
Reading Literature
Reading Informational
Speaking and Listening
Language
Writing
Text
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9, 10
3
2, 3, 4, 5
2, 3, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10
Writing Workshop: Research Report, pp. 988-997 CCSS: Writing 8, CCSS : Language 2
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Dates
3/21
To
3/24
4/4
To
4/8
4/11
To
4/15
4/18
To
4/22
4/25
To
4/29
5/2
To
5/6
Unit 6
Themes in Folk
Literature
Fable/Folktale:
Tiger Who Would Be
King, Ant & Dove,
Lion & the Bulls, and
A Crippled Boy
(822-855)
Collection 3: Myth:
Arachne / Whale
Rider
(856a-911)
Informational Text
(878-883)
Folktale: Why
Tortoise Shell Is Not
Smooth, He Lion,
Bruh Bear, Bru
Rabbit
(912-931)
Folktales: Three
Wishes; The Stone
(932a-957)
Support
Resources
Standards
RL
RIT
10, 9
RL
RIT
SL
L
W
3
4, 2
3
SL
L
W
4, 3
8, 7, 10
L
W
1, 5
RL
RIT
SL
6, 9
RL
-Step Up To
Writing
-Reading Kit
-Graphic
Organizers
Academic Vocabulary
universal theme
irony
fantasy
folktale
fable
myth
moral (only for fable)
legend
historical fiction
oral tradition
8, 9
RIT
SL
4, 7
RL
10, 2, 3
RIT
RL
RIT
SL
L
W
5, 5, 2
2
L
W
3, 6
2
SL
L
W
Wrap-Up
(958-993)
Assessment, Unit 6 RL.2, RL.5, L.2a, L.3a, W.2b, W.2c
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Unit 5 Drama (Teach after Unit 6)
About the Unit: Unit 5 is on drama.
What is drama?
Essential Learnings:
 Students will be able to apply literary response and reading comprehension skills they have learned during the year.
 Students will be able to draft and revise a multi-paragraph research paper with appropriate citations
Focus Standards for this Unit:
Reading Literature
Reading Informational
Speaking and Listening
Language
Text
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7
1, 3, 7
3
4
Writing
10
Writing Workshop: Exposition: Cause–and-Effect Essay, pp. 800-807 CCSS: Writing 2, 6, CCSS: Language 2
Dates
5/9
To
5/13
5/16
To
5/20
5/23
To
5/27
5/31
To
6/10
Unit 5
Drama
Phantom Tollbooth
(Act I)
(690-743)
Phantom Tollbooth
(Act II)
(744a-781)
Standards
RL
RIT
1, 2, 3, 5, 7
7
RL
RIT
SL
3, 4
L
W
4
10
L
W
L
W
3
RL
RIT
Informational Text
p. (782-819)
Wrap-Up
SL
Support
Resources
Grade level
novels
SL
1, 3
RL
RIT
SL
L
Academic Vocabulary
(apply unit 2 vocabulary)
act
scene
props
sets
stage directions
drama
comedy
tragedy
screen play
W
Assessment, Unit 5 RL.1, RL.2, RL.5, RI.1, L.4a, L.4d, W.3b
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