8th Grade English Language Arts
Jeri Ruble
2013-2014
Room number: 30
Phone: 864-260-4888, ext. 131
Web page address: http://www.anderson5.net/domain/222
E-mail address: jeriruble@anderson5.net
Course Description: The eighth grade English/Language Arts curriculum will closely follow the Common Core State Standards for Literacy. These
standards are based on four areas of study - Reading (fiction and informational), Writing, Speaking and Listening, and Language. To be ready for
college, workforce training, and life in a global society, students need the ability to gather, comprehend, evaluate, synthesize, and report on
information and ideas, to conduct original research in order to answer questions or solve problems, and to analyze both print and non-print texts in
media forms old and new.
Organization: Students will engage effectively in a range of collaborative discussions (one-on-one, in groups, and teacher-led) with diverse partners
on grade 8 topics, texts, and issues, building on others’ ideas and expressing their own clearly. They will also write and read routinely over extended
time frames (time for research, reflection, and revision) and shorter time frames (a single sitting or a day or two) for a range of discipline-specific
tasks, purposes, and audiences. Students will have individualized instruction through the use of Compass Odyssey and our Mirrors and Windows
textbooks.
Course Objectives/Common Core Standards:
Reading: Literature
Key Ideas and Details:
1. Cite textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text.
2. Determine a theme or central idea of a text and analyze its development over the course of the text, including its relationship to the
characters, setting, and plot; provide an objective summary of the text.
3. Analyze how particular lines of dialogue or incidents in a story or drama propel the action, reveal aspects of a character, or provoke a
decision.
Craft and Structure:
4. Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, including figurative and connotative meanings; analyze the impact
of specific word choices on meaning and tone, including analogies or allusions to other texts.
5. Compare and contrast the structure of two or more texts and analyze how the differing structure of each text contributes to its meaning
and style.
6. Analyze how differences in the points of view of the characters and the audience or reader (e.g., created through the use of dramatic irony)
create such effects as suspense or humor.
Integration of Knowledge and Ideas:
7. Analyze the extent to which a filmed or live production of a story or drama stays faithful to or departs from the text or script, evaluating the
choices made by the director or actors.\ N/A
8. N/A
9. Analyze how a modern work of fiction draws on themes, patterns of events, or character types from myths, traditional stories, or religious
works such as the Bible, including describing how the material is rendered new.
Range of Reading and Level of Text Complexity:
10. By the end of the year, read and comprehend literature, including stories, dramas, and poems, in the grades 6–8 text complexity band
proficiently, with scaffolding as needed at the high end of the range.
Reading: Informational Text
Key Ideas and Details:
1. Cite the textual evidence that most strongly supports an analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text.
2. Determine a central idea of a text and analyze its development over the course of the text, including its relationship to supporting ideas;
provide an objective summary of the text.
3. Analyze how a text makes connections among and distinctions between individuals, ideas, or events (e.g., through comparisons, analogies,
or categories).
Craft and Structure:
4. Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, including figurative, connotative, and technical meanings; analyze
the impact of specific word choices on meaning and tone, including analogies or allusions to other texts.
5. Analyze in detail the structure of a specific paragraph in a text, including the role of particular sentences in developing and refining a key
concept.
6. Determine an author’s point of view or purpose in a text and analyze how the author acknowledges and responds to conflicting evidence or
viewpoints.
Integration of Knowledge and Ideas:
7. Evaluate the advantages and disadvantages of using different mediums (e.g., print or digital text, video, multimedia) to present a particular
topic or idea.
8. Delineate and evaluate the argument and specific claims in a text, assessing whether the reasoning is sound and the evidence is relevant
and sufficient; recognize when irrelevant evidence is introduced.
9. Analyze a case in which two or more texts provide conflicting information on the same topic and identify where the texts disagree on
matters of fact or interpretation.
Rang of Reading and Level of Text Complexity:
10. By the end of the year, read and comprehend literary nonfiction at the high end of the grades 6–8 text complexity band independently and
proficiently.
Writing:
Text Types and Purposes:
1. Write arguments to support claims with clear reasons and relevant evidence.
a. Introduce claim(s), acknowledge and distinguish the claim(s) from alternate or opposing claims, and organize the reasons and
evidence logically.
b. Support claim(s) with logical reasoning and relevant evidence, using accurate, credible sources and demonstrating an understanding
of the topic or text.
c. Use words, phrases, and clauses to create cohesion and clarify the relationships among claim(s), counterclaims, reasons, and
evidence.
d. Establish and maintain a formal style.
e. Provide a concluding statement or section that follows from and supports the argument presented. Write informative/explanatory
texts to examine a topic and convey ideas, concepts, and information through the selection, organization, and analysis of relevant
content.
2. Write informative/explanatory texts to examine a topic and convey ideas, concepts, and information through the selection, organization,
and analysis of relevant content.
a. Introduce a topic clearly, previewing what is to follow; organize ideas, concepts, and information into broader categories; include
formatting (e.g., headings), graphics (e.g., charts, tables), and multimedia when useful to aiding comprehension.
b. Develop the topic with relevant, well-chosen facts, definitions, concrete details, quotations, or other information and examples.
c. Use appropriate and varied transitions to create cohesion and clarify the relationships among ideas and concepts.
d. Use precise language and domain-specific vocabulary to inform about or explain the topic.
e. Establish and maintain a formal style.
f. Provide a concluding statement or section that follows from and supports the information or explanation presented. Engage and
orient the reader by establishing a context and introducing a narrator and/or characters; organize an event sequence that unfolds
naturally and logically.
a. Use narrative techniques, such as dialogue, pacing, and description, to develop experiences, events, and/or characters.
b. Use a variety of transition words, phrases, and clauses to convey sequence and signal shifts from one time frame or setting to
another.
c. Use precise words and phrases, relevant descriptive details, and sensory language to convey experiences and events.
d. Provide a conclusion that follows from the narrated experiences or events.
3. Write narratives to develop real or imagined experiences or events using effective technique, relevant descriptive details, and wellstructured event sequences.
a. Engage and orient the reader by establishing a context and point of view and introducing a narrator and/or characters; organize an
event sequence that unfolds naturally and logically.
b. Use narrative techniques, such as dialogue, pacing, description, and reflection, to develop experiences, events, and/or characters.
c. Use a variety of transition words, phrases, and clauses to convey sequence, signal shifts from one time frame or setting to another,
and show the relationships among experiences and events.
d. Use precise words and phrases, relevant descriptive details, and sensory language to capture the action and convey experiences and
events.
e. Provide a conclusion that follows from and reflects on the narrated experiences or events.
Production and Distribution of Writing:
4. Produce clear and coherent writing in which the development, organization, and style are appropriate to task, purpose, and audience.
(Grade-specific expectations for writing types are defined in standards 1–3 above.)
5. With some guidance and support from peers and adults, develop and strengthen writing as needed by planning, revising, editing, rewriting,
or trying a new approach, focusing on how well purpose and audience have been addressed.
6. Use technology, including the Internet, to produce and publish writing and link to and cite sources as well as to interact and collaborate
with others, including linking to and citing sources.
Research to Build and Present Knowledge:
7. Conduct short research projects to answer a question (including a self-generated question), drawing on several sources and generating
additional related, focused questions that allow for multiple avenues of exploration.
8. Gather relevant information from multiple print and digital sources, using search terms effectively; assess the credibility and accuracy of
each source; and quote or paraphrase the data and conclusions of others while avoiding plagiarism and following a standard format for
citation.
9. Draw evidence from literary or informational texts to support analysis, reflection, and research.
a. Apply grade 8 Reading standards to literature (e.g., “Analyze how a modern work of fiction draws on themes, patterns of events, or
character types from myths, traditional stories, or religious works such as the Bible, including describing how the material is
rendered new”).
b. Apply grade 8 Reading standards to literary nonfiction (e.g., “Delineate and evaluate the argument and specific claims in a text,
assessing whether the reasoning is sound and the evidence is relevant and sufficient; recognize when irrelevant evidence is
introduced”).
Range of Writing:
10. Write routinely over extended time frames (time for research, reflection, and revision) and shorter time frames (a single sitting or a day or
two) for a range of tasks, purposes, and audiences.
Speaking and Listening:
Comprehension and Collaboration:
1. Engage effectively in a range of collaborative discussions (one-on-one, in groups, and teacher led) with diverse partners on grade 7 topics,
texts, and issues, building on others’ ideas and expressing their own clearly.
a. Come to discussions prepared, having read or researched material under study; explicitly draw on that preparation by referring to
evidence on the topic, text, or issue to probe and reflect on ideas under discussion.
b. Follow rules for collegial discussions and decision-making, track progress toward specific goals and deadlines, and define individual
roles as needed.
c. Pose questions that connect the ideas of several speakers and respond to others’ questions and comments with relevant evidence,
observations, and ideas.
d. Acknowledge new information expressed by others, and, when warranted, qualify or justify their own views in light of the evidence
2. Analyze the purpose of information presented in diverse media and formats (e.g., visually, quantitatively, orally) and evaluate the motives
(e.g., social, commercial, political) behind its presentation.
3. Delineate a speaker’s argument and specific claims, evaluating the soundness of the reasoning and relevance and sufficiency of the
evidence and identifying when irrelevant evidence is introduced.
Presentation of Knowledge and Ideas:
4. Present claims and findings, emphasizing salient points in a focused, coherent manner with pertinent descriptions, facts, details, and
examples; use appropriate eye contact, adequate volume, and clear pronunciation.
5. Integrate multimedia and visual displays into presentations to clarify information, strengthen claims and evidence, and add interest.
6. Adapt speech to a variety of contexts and tasks, demonstrating command of formal English when indicated or appropriate.
Language:
Conventions of Standard English:
1. Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English grammar and usage when writing or speaking.
a. Explain the function of verbals (gerunds, participles, infinitives) in general and their function in particular sentences.
b. Form and use verbs in the active and passive voice.
c. Form and use verbs in the indicative, imperative, interrogative, conditional, and subjunctive mood.
d. Recognize and correct inappropriate shifts in verb voice and mood
2. Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English capitalization, punctuation, and spelling when writing.
a. Use punctuation (comma, ellipsis, dash) to indicate a pause or break.
b. Use an ellipsis to indicate an omission.
c. Spell correctly.
Knowledge of Language:
3. Use knowledge of language and its conventions when writing, speaking, reading, or listening.
a. Use verbs in the active and passive voice and in the conditional and subjunctive mood to achieve particular effects (e.g., emphasizing
the actor or the action; expressing uncertainty or describing a state contrary to fact).
Vocabulary Acquisition and Use:
4. Determine or clarify the meaning of unknown and multiple-meaning words and phrases based on grade 7 reading and content, choosing
flexibly from a range of strategies.
a. Use context (e.g., the overall meaning of a sentence or paragraph; a word’s position or function in a sentence) as a clue to the
meaning of a word or phrase.
b. Use common, grade-appropriate Greek or Latin affixes and roots as clues to the meaning of a word (e.g., precede, recede, and
secede).
c. Consult general and specialized reference materials (e.g., dictionaries, glossaries, thesauruses), both print and digital, to find the
pronunciation of a word or determine or clarify its precise meaning or its part of speech.
d. Verify the preliminary determination of the meaning of a word or phrase (e.g., by checking the inferred meaning in context or in a
dictionary).
5. Demonstrate understanding of figurative language, word relationships, and nuances in word meanings.
a. Interpret figures of speech (e.g. verbal irony, puns) in context.
b. Use the relationship between particular words to better understand each of the words.
c. Distinguish among the connotations (associations) of words with similar denotations (definitions) (e.g., bullheaded, willful, firm,
persistent, resolute).
6. Acquire and use accurately a range of general academic and domain-specific words and phrases sufficient for reading, writing, speaking, and
listening at the college and career readiness level; demonstrate independence in gathering vocabulary knowledge when considering a word
or phrase important to comprehension or expression.
Course Topics:
Reading will include:
 Short stories: Includes the subgenres of adventure stories, historical fiction, mysteries, myths, science fiction, realistic fiction, allegories,
parodies, satire, and graphic novels.
 Drama: Includes one-act and multi-act plays, both in written form and on film.
 Poetry: Includes the subgenres of narrative poems, lyrical poems, free verse poems, sonnets, odes, ballads, and epics.
 Literary Nonfiction: Includes the subgenres of exposition, argument, and functional text in the form of personal essays, speeches, opinion
pieces, essays about art or literature, biographies, memoirs, journalism, and historical, scientific, technical, or economic accounts (including
digital sources) written for a broad audience.
Writing: students will take task, purpose, and audience into careful consideration, choosing words, information, structures, and formats
deliberately. They will learn how to combine elements of different kinds of writing—for example, to use narrative strategies within argument and
explanation within narrative— to produce complex and nuanced writing. They will use technology strategically when creating, refining, and
collaborating on writing. They will become adept at gathering information, evaluating sources, and citing material accurately, reporting findings
from their research and analysis of sources in a clear and cogent manner. They will learn flexibility, concentration, and fluency to produce highquality first draft text under a tight deadline as well as the capacity to revisit and make improvements to a piece of writing over multiple drafts
when circumstances encourage or require it.
Speaking and Listening: students will have ample opportunities to take part in a variety of rich, structured conversations—as part of a whole class,
in small groups, and with a partner—built around important content in various domains. They must be able to contribute appropriately to these
conversations, to make comparisons and contrasts, and to analyze and synthesize a multitude of ideas in accordance with the standards of
evidence appropriate to a particular discipline.
Language: students will be able to choose words, syntax, and punctuation to express themselves and achieve particular functions and rhetorical
effects. Students will build extensive vocabularies, built through reading and study, enabling them to comprehend complex texts and engage in
purposeful writing about and conversations around content. They will become skilled in determining or clarifying the meaning of words and
phrases they encounter, choosing flexibly from an array of strategies to aid them.
Text and Required Supplies: Instructional materials will include the use of a literature anthology, supplementary materials, current reliable
sources, and media.
Grading Plan:
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Warm Ups is an assignment we do at the start of class. They will be collected and are due the same day. 15%
Daily Work/Homework is an assignment that we start one day and is due the next. 25%
Projects/Papers are assignments that require an extended amount of time. These assignments are usually worth more points than daily
work/homework. 40%
Tests are given regularly on concepts that we are learning about in class. Ample time is given for students to study. 20%
Grading Scale
 A = 93-100
 B = 85-92
 C = 77-84
 D = 70-76
Classroom Rules and Procedures:
Rules in my classroom are few. I believe that as all children are different, and all actions and reactions very personal in nature, effective discipline
involves a few overriding tenets rather than a long list of specific rules. Situations are dealt with as they arise with the focus on enabling the child to
grow and learn from his or her actions.
Guidelines for student behavior:
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You may engage in any behavior that does not create a problem for you or anyone else in the school.
If you find yourself with a problem, you may solve it by any means that does not cause a problem for anyone else in the school.
You may engage in any behavior that does not jeopardize the safety or leaning of yourself or others. Unkind words and actions will not be
tolerated.
In ensuring that the above guidelines are adhered to, I will operate with the following principles as my guide:
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I will react without anger or haste to problem situations.
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I will provide consequences that are not punitive but which allow the child to experience the results of a poor choice, enabling him or her to
make better choices in the future.
I will proceed in all situations with the best interest of the child foremost in my mind---academic, social, and emotional well-being will be
fostered.
I will guide students toward personal responsibility and the decision-making skills they will need in order to function in the real world.
I will arrange consequences for problem situations in such a way that the child will not be humiliated or demeaned.
Equal is not always fair. Consequences will be designed to fit the problems of individual students, and they may be different even when the
problems appear to be the same.
I will make every effort to ensure that, in each situation, the students involved understand why they are involved in consequences.
All rules and expectations in the ACAS handbook will be followed.
Emergency Procedures: Emergency fire, tornado, and earthquake drills will be carried out regularly to ensure the maximum safety of the students
and staff. It is crucial for all parties involved to cooperate and comply with directions to achieve maximum safety for all. A first aid kit is available
and located on top of the file cabinet below the television.
State Testing Requirements: Palmetto Assessment of State Standards (PASS) includes tests in five subject areas: writing, English language arts
(reading and research), mathematics, science, and social studies. For spring 2014, all students in grades 3 through 8 will take the writing test, English
language Arts (ELA), and mathematics tests.
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March writing assessment: The PASS writing test includes one extended-response item (Day 1) and multiple-choice items (Day 2). The
extended-response item requires the student to write a composition on a given topic. Most of the multiple-choice items on the writing test are
linked to editing passages.
May reading and research (ELA) assessment: The multiple-choice items on the ELA test are linked to reading passages.
Communication: Communication is extremely important to me. I believe the best approach is a direct approach, and I welcome any
communication from students or parents. My planning period is from 8:22 AM to 9:22 AM daily, and I will return your telephone call as soon as I
am able to respond. I will also answer your emails as quickly as possible. I tend to be quicker with responding to email than telephone, but as I said,
I welcome any form of communication.
Language Arts 8: Scope and Sequence
Chapter Title
Chapter Description
Lesson Title Lesson Description
Activity
Number
The student will demonstrate
knowledge by determining the
meaning of synonyms from grade
Students will expand
Vocabulary Skills and apply knowledge of Synonyms
grade level appropriate
vocabulary.
level appropriate vocabulary, by
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correctly choosing a given word or
phrase that means the same thing,
in reading activities that incorporate
explicit instruction and application.
Activity Title
Activity Description
Learn the definition of synonym and
Synonyms: Interactive apply knowledge of synonyms to
Guided Instruction
new vocabulary words.
Quiz: Apply knowledge of synonyms
in a scored passage with vocabulary
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Synonyms: Quiz 1
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Synonyms: Let Me
Practice
from Synonyms: Interactive Guided
Instruction. Bonus words are
included to show alternative forms
of new words.
Learn the definition of synonym and
apply knowledge of synonyms to
new vocabulary words.
Quiz: Apply knowledge of synonyms
in a scored passage with vocabulary
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Antonyms
The student will demonstrate
knowledge by determining the
meaning of antonyms from grade
level appropriate vocabulary, by
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correctly choosing a given word or
phrase that means the opposite, in
reading activities that incorporate
explicit instruction and application.
Synonyms: Quiz 2
Antonyms: Interactive
Guided Instruction
from Synonyms: Let Me Practice.
Bonus words are included to show
alternative forms of a new word.
Learn the definition of antonym and
apply knowledge of antonyms to
new vocabulary words.
Quiz: Apply knowledge of antonyms
in a scored passage with vocabulary
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Antonyms: Quiz 1
from Antonyms: Let Me Practice.
Bonus words are included to show
alternative forms of new words.
Language Arts 8: Scope and Sequence
Chapter Title
Chapter Description
Lesson Title Lesson Description
Activity
Number
Activity Title
Activity Description
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Antonyms: Let Me
Practice
Learn the definition of antonym and
apply knowledge of antonyms to
new vocabulary words.
Quiz: Apply knowledge of antonyms
in a scored passage with vocabulary
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Prefixes
The student will be able to analyze
and determine the correct meaning
of a word, based on the prefix of
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the root word or how the prefix is
used in the context of a passage.
Prefixes: Interactive
Guided Instruction
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Prefixes: Quiz 1
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Prefixes: Let Me
Practice
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Suffixes
Antonyms: Quiz 2
The student will be able to analyze
and determine the correct meaning
of a word, based on the suffix of
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the root word or how the suffix is
used in the context of a passage.
from Antonyms: Let Me Practice.
Bonus words are included to show
alternative forms of new words.
Learn the definition of prefix and
apply knowledge of prefixes to
create new vocabulary words.
Quiz: Apply knowledge of prefixes in
a scored passage with vocabulary
from Prefixes: Interactive Guided
Instruction. Bonus words are
included to show alternative forms
of new words.
Learn the definition of prefix and
apply knowledge of prefixes to new
vocabulary words.
Prefixes: Quiz 2
Quiz: Apply knowledge of prefixes in
a scored passage with vocabulary
from Prefixes: Let Me Practice.
Bonus words are included to show
alternative forms of new words.
Suffixes: Interactive
Guided Instruction
Learn the definition of suffix and
apply knowledge of suffixes to
create new vocabulary words.
Language Arts 8: Scope and Sequence
Chapter Title
Chapter Description
Lesson Title Lesson Description
The student will be able to identify
and select the appropriate
homophone or word that sounds
Homophones the same, based on the context of
a passage which fits the best
meaning of the given word or
phrase.
Activity
Number
Activity Title
Activity Description
Quiz: Apply knowledge of suffixes in
a scored passage with vocabulary
from Suffixes: Interactive Guided
Instruction. Bonus words are
included to show alternative forms
of new words.
Learn the definition of suffix and
apply knowledge of suffixes to
create new vocabulary words.
Quiz: Apply knowledge of suffixes in
a scored passage with vocabulary
from Suffixes: Interactive Guided
Instruction. Bonus words are
included to show alternative forms
of new words.
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Suffixes: Quiz 1
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Suffixes: Let Me
Practice
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Suffixes: Quiz 2
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Homophones:
Interactive Guided
Instruction
Learn the definition of homophone
and apply knowledge of
homophones to create new
vocabulary words.
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Homophones: Quiz 1
Quiz: Apply knowledge of
homophones in a scored passage
with vocabulary from Homophones:
Interactive Guided Instruction.
Bonus words are included to show
alternative forms of new words.
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Homophones: Let Me
Practice
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Homophones: Quiz 2
Learn the definition of homophone
and apply knowledge of homophone
to create new vocabulary words.
Quiz: Apply knowledge of
homophones in a scored passage
with vocabulary from Homophones:
Let Me Practice. Bonus words are
included to show alternative forms
of new words.
Language Arts 8: Scope and Sequence
Chapter Title
Chapter Description
Lesson Title Lesson Description
Idioms
The student will be able to identify
and analyze the author's use of
idioms, based on the context of a
passage and how these
expressions are used in literal and
interpretative information.
The student will be able to identify
and determine the meaning of
Latin and
unknown words, based on the
Greek Roots
understanding of Latin and Greek
Activity
Number
Activity Title
Activity Description
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Idioms: Interactive
Guided Instruction
Learn the definition of idioms and
apply knowledge of idioms to create
new vocabulary words or phrases.
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Idioms: Quiz 1
Quiz: Apply knowledge of idioms in
a scored passage with vocabulary
from Idioms: Interactive Guided
Instruction. Bonus words are
included to show alternative forms
of new words.
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Learn the definition of idioms and
Idioms: Let Me Practice apply knowledge of idioms to create
new vocabulary words or phrases.
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Idioms: Quiz 2
Quiz: Apply knowledge of idioms in
a scored passage with vocabulary
from Idioms: Let Me Practice.
Bonus words are included to show
alternative forms of new words.
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Greek and Latin Root
Words: Interactive
Guided Instruction
Learn about Greek and Latin root
words and apply knowledge of them
to create new vocabulary words or
phrases.
roots.
In this Odyssey Writer, students will
practice identifying Greek and Latin
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Odyssey Writer: Greek root words and their meanings.
and Latin Roots (Act, They will look at words that share
the same root and use the root to
Port, Onym, Soph)
determine meaning of the new
vocabulary. Roots act, port, oynm,
and soph are used.
Quiz: Apply knowledge of Greek
and Latin Root words in a scored
passage with vocabulary from
Greek and Latin Root
Greek and Latin Root Words:
Words: Quiz 1
Interactive Guided Instruction.
Bonus words are included to show
alternative forms of new words.
Language Arts 8: Scope and Sequence
Chapter Title
Chapter Description
Lesson Title Lesson Description
Activity
Number
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Process Skills:
Think Alouds
Students will apply
comprehension
strategies to literary and Think Aloud
expository texts using
think aloud prompts and
scaffolded support.
Level 1
Activity Description
Learn about Greek and Latin root
Greek and Latin Root words and apply knowledge of them
Words: Let Me Practice to create new vocabulary words or
phrases.
Quiz: Apply knowledge of Greek
and Latin Root words in a scored
passage with vocabulary from
Greek and Latin Root
Greek and Latin Root Words: Let
Words: Quiz 2
Me Practice. Bonus words are
included to show alternative forms
of new words.
While reading a fiction excerpt from
Far North, the student will
summarize, predict, visualize,
question, and clarify with extensive
Use the reading comprehension
process skills of summarizing,
predicting, visualizing, questioning,
and clarifying with extensive
scaffolding and support, through
think aloud prompts.
Activity Title
scaffolding and support though think-
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Think Aloud - Level 1 - aloud prompts. The Level 1 Think
Aloud narrates and tracks the
Part 1 (fiction)
passage text for the student. A test
based on the poem is presented
following the Think Aloud portion of
the activity. The student has the
opportunity to reread the passage
before beginning the test.
While reading the non-fiction
excerpt from Fly High!: The Story of
Bessie Coleman, the student will
summarize, predict, visualize,
question, and clarify with extensive
scaffolding and support though think-
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Think Aloud - Level 1 - aloud prompts. The Level 1 Think
Part 2 (nonfiction)
Aloud narrates and tracks the
passage text for the student. A test
based on the passage is presented
following the Think Aloud portion of
the activity. The student has the
opportunity to reread the passage
before beginning the test.
Language Arts 8: Scope and Sequence
Chapter Title
Chapter Description
Lesson Title Lesson Description
Activity
Number
Activity Title
Activity Description
While reading the poem, Harriet
Tubman, the student will
summarize, predict, visualize,
question, and clarify with extensive
scaffolding and support though think-
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Think Aloud - Level 1 - aloud prompts. The Level 1 Think
Aloud narrates and tracks the
Part 3 (poetry)
passage text for the student. A test
based on the poem is presented
following the Think Aloud portion of
the activity. The student has the
opportunity to reread the passage
before beginning the test.
While reading the fiction passage,
Shadows on the Sea, the student
will summarize, predict, visualize,
question, and clarify with extensive
scaffolding and support though think-
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Use the reading comprehension
process skills of summarizing,
Think Aloud
Level 2
predicting, visualizing, questioning, R8111
and clarifying with scaffolding and
support, through think aloud
prompts.
Think Aloud - Level 1 - aloud prompts. The Level 1 Think
Aloud narrates and tracks the
Part 4 (fiction)
passage text for the student. A test
based on the story is presented
following the Think Aloud portion of
the activity. The student has the
opportunity to reread the passage
before beginning the test.
While reading the fiction excerpt,
Hush, the student will summarize,
predict, visualize, question, and
clarify with scaffolding and support
Think Aloud - Level 2 - though think-aloud prompts. A test
Part 1 (fiction)
based on the story is presented
following the Think Aloud portion of
the activity. The student has the
opportunity to reread the passage
before beginning the test.
Language Arts 8: Scope and Sequence
Chapter Title
Chapter Description
Lesson Title Lesson Description
Activity
Number
Activity Title
Activity Description
While reading the nonfiction
passage, Rosa, the student will
summarize, predict, visualize,
question, and clarify with scaffolding
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Think Aloud - Level 2 - and support though think-aloud
prompts. A test based on the story
Part 2 (nonfiction)
is presented following the Think
Aloud portion of the activity. The
student has the opportunity to
reread the passage before
beginning the test.
While reading the fiction passage,
Shadows on the Sea, the student
will summarize, predict, visualize,
question, and clarify with scaffolding
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Use the reading comprehension
process skills of summarizing,
Think Aloud
Level 3
predicting, visualizing, questioning, R8114
and clarifying to independently
read and comprehend texts with
minimal think aloud support.
Think Aloud - Level 2 - and support though think-aloud
prompts. A test based on the
Part 3 (fiction)
passage is presented following the
Think Aloud portion of the activity.
The student has the opportunity to
reread the passage before
beginning the test.
While independently reading the
nonfiction article, Where Do I Go
With Physical Education?, the
student will summarize, predict,
visualize, question, and clarify. The
Level 3 Think Alouds feature
Think Aloud - Level 3 - 'Atomic Thought Bubbles' in which
Part 1 (nonfiction)
the student can take notes while
reading A test based on the story is
presented following the independent
reading portion of the activity. The
student has the opportunity to
reread the passage before
beginning the test.
Language Arts 8: Scope and Sequence
Chapter Title
Chapter Description
Lesson Title Lesson Description
Activity
Number
Activity Title
Activity Description
While independently reading the
passage, Cat-Bird Land, the student
will summarize, predict, visualize,
question, and clarify. The Level 3
Think Alouds feature 'Atomic
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Think Aloud - Level 3 - Thought Bubbles' in which the
student can take notes while
Part 2 (narrative)
reading A test based on the story is
presented following the independent
reading portion of the activity. The
student has the opportunity to
reread the passage before
beginning the test.
Comprehension
Students will apply
Make a summary, paraphrase, or
comprehension
strategies to literary and Summarizing synthesize information from two or R8041
more literary or expository texts.
expository texts.
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Summarizing:
Interactive Guided
Instruction
Odyssey Writer:
Summarizing
(Surviving the
Applewhites)
Learn the skill of summarizing and
practice summarization in gradeappropriate passages with context
clues.
In this writing activity, students will
read an excerpt from a novel,
"Surviving the Applewhites," to
analyze how specific story elements
interact to provide key information
about a character. Students will take
notes to help them determine the
theme of a chapter as it relates to a
character. Then students will write a
summary that specifically addresses
a character's development
throughout a chapter, including
interactions with other characters.
Language Arts 8: Scope and Sequence
Chapter Title
Chapter Description
Lesson Title Lesson Description
Activity
Number
Activity Title
Activity Description
Quiz 1: Apply knowledge of
summarizing and context clues
presented in the Interactive Guided
Instruction in grade-appropriate,
R8042
Summarizing: Quiz 1
scored quiz passages. Remediation
is provided in the form of specific
hints and strategies. Following
remediation, opportunities are
provided to retake the quiz.
Quiz 2: Apply knowledge of
summarizing and context clues
presented in the Interactive Guided
Instruction in grade-appropriate,
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Summarizing: Quiz 2
scored quiz passages. Remediation
is provided in the form of specific
hints and strategies. Following
remediation, opportunities are
provided to retake the quiz.
Plot
Analyze and explain the impact of
characters and settings within the
plot of literary text(s), and how
these relationships affect the
central conflict leading to the
climax and resolution.
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Identify the meaning of plot and
Plot: Interactive Guided understand how plot affects the
Instruction
story in grade-level appropriate
passages.
Plot: Quiz 1
Quiz 1: Apply knowledge of plot and
context clues presented in the
Interactive Guided Instruction in
grade-appropriate, scored quiz
passages. Remediation is provided
in the form of specific hints and
strategies. Following remediation,
opportunities are provided to retake
the quiz.
Language Arts 8: Scope and Sequence
Chapter Title
Chapter Description
Lesson Title Lesson Description
Activity
Number
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Plot,
Character
and Setting
Identify the ways major and minor
conflicts affect character's actions
by comparing and contrasting
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actions, setting(s), symbolism, and
plot from various literary texts.
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Main Idea &
Identify, summarize, or explain the
Supporting
Details - Non- main idea(s) using the supporting R8045
details in an expository text.
Fiction
Activity Title
Plot: Quiz 2
Plot, Character and
Setting: Interactive
Guided Instruction
Activity Description
Quiz 2: Apply knowledge of plot and
context clues presented in the
Interactive Guided Instruction in
grade-appropriate, scored quiz
passages. Remediation is provided
in the form of specific hints and
strategies. Following remediation,
opportunities are provided to retake
the quiz.
Identify the ways major and minor
conflicts effect characters and their
actions by comparing and
contrasting actions, setting(s), and
plot (s) from various literary texts
that lead to a resolution.
Plot, Character and
Setting: Quiz 1
Quiz 1: Apply knowledge of the plot,
characters, and setting presented in
the Interactive Guided Instruction in
grade-appropriate, scored quiz
passages. Remediation is provided
in the form of specific hints and
strategies. Following remediation,
opportunities are provided to retake
the quiz.
Plot, Character and
Setting: Quiz 2
Quiz 2: Apply knowledge of the plot,
characters, and setting presented in
the Interactive Guided Instruction in
grade-appropriate, scored quiz
passages. Remediation is provided
in the form of specific hints and
strategies. Following remediation,
opportunities are provided to retake
the quiz.
Main Idea/Supporting
Details-Non-Fiction:
Interactive Guided
Instruction
Identify main idea and supporting
details in nonfiction grade-level
appropriate passages.
Language Arts 8: Scope and Sequence
Chapter Title
Chapter Description
Lesson Title Lesson Description
Activity
Number
Activity Title
Activity Description
Students will read the article
"Genetically Modified Plants:
Poisonous Killers or Environmental
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R8046
R8047
Identify, summarize, or explain the
Main Idea
main idea(s) or theme(s) using the
and Theme R8049
supporting details and symbolism
Fiction
in a literary text.
Odyssey Writer:
Supporting a Claim
(Genetically Modified
Plants)
Main Idea/Supporting
Details-Non-Fiction:
Quiz 1
Main Idea/Supporting
Details-Non-Fiction:
Quiz 2
Theme & Main IdeaFiction: Interactive
Guided Instruction
Saviors" and write a multi-paragraph
opinion article explaining which side
of the genetifcally modified plants
they debate support. Students are
asked to underline key details in the
text that support their claim and
accurately quote those details to
help argue their position.
Quiz 1: Apply knowledge of main
idea and supporting details for
nonfiction with context clues
presented in the Interactive Guided
Instruction in grade-appropriate,
scored quiz passages. Remediation
is provided in the form of specific
hints and strategies. Following
remediation, opportunities are
provided to retake the quiz.
Quiz 2: Apply knowledge of main
idea and supporting details for
nonfiction with context clues
presented in the Interactive Guided
Instruction in grade-appropriate,
scored quiz passages. Remediation
is provided in the form of specific
hints and strategies. Following
remediation, opportunities are
provided to retake the quiz.
Identify theme and main idea in
fiction grade-level appropriate
passages.
Language Arts 8: Scope and Sequence
Chapter Title
Chapter Description
Lesson Title Lesson Description
Activity
Number
R8050
Activity Title
Theme & Main IdeaFiction: Quiz 1
Activity Description
Quiz 1: Apply knowledge of theme
and main idea for fiction with context
clues presented in the Interactive
Guided Instruction in gradeappropriate, scored quiz passages.
Remediation is provided in the form
of specific hints and strategies.
Following remediation, opportunities
are provided to retake the quiz.
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Theme & Main IdeaFiction: Quiz 2
Quiz 2: Apply knowledge of theme
and main idea for fiction with context
clues presented in the Interactive
Guided Instruction in gradeappropriate, scored quiz passages.
Remediation is provided in the form
of specific hints and strategies.
Following remediation, opportunities
are provided to retake the quiz.
Sequential
Order
Charts and
Graphs
Identify literary or expository text
that is organized in
sequential/chronological order
using words (first, next, last, then,
finally, etc.) or phrases (to begin
with, in addition to, etc.) to signal
sequence or chronology.
Read, interpret and make
predictions using charts, graphs,
diagrams, maps or other graphic
OWR8076
Students will read the web site How
to Become the US President: A Step
by-Step Guide and put the
Odyssey Writer: Road
notecards in the correct sequential
to Presidency
order. Students will then write the
process into paragraph form using
transitional words.
R8092
Interpreting Charts &
Graphs: Interactive
Guided Instruction
Identify and interpret information
located in charts and graphs in
grade-level appropriate passages.
Interpreting Charts &
Graphs: Quiz 1
Quiz 1: Apply and interpret
information on charts and graphs
and context clues presented in the
Interactive Guided Instruction in
grade-appropriate, scored quiz
passages. Remediation is provided
in the form of specific hints and
strategies. Following remediation,
opportunities are provided to retake
the quiz.
representations.
R8093
Language Arts 8: Scope and Sequence
Chapter Title
Chapter Description
Lesson Title Lesson Description
Cause and
Effect
Identify cause and effect
relationships that involve
characters and events, and
distinguishing cause from effect in
literary and expository texts.
Activity
Number
Activity Title
Activity Description
R8094
Interpreting Charts &
Graphs: Quiz 2
Quiz 2: Apply and interpret
information on charts and graphs
and context clues presented in the
Interactive Guided Instruction in
grade-appropriate, scored quiz
passages. Remediation is provided
in the form of specific hints and
strategies. Following remediation,
opportunities are provided to retake
the quiz.
R8095
Cause and Effect:
Interactive Guided
Instruction
Distinguish between cause and
effect in grade-level appropriate
text.
Quiz 1: Apply knowledge of cause
and effect and context clues
presented in the Interactive Guided
Instruction in grade-appropriate,
R8096
Cause and Effect: Quiz scored quiz passages. Remediation
1
is provided in the form of specific
hints and strategies. Following
remediation, opportunities are
provided to retake the quiz.
Quiz 2: Apply knowledge of cause
and effect and context clues
presented in the Interactive Guided
Instruction in grade-appropriate,
R8097
Cause and Effect: Quiz scored quiz passages. Remediation
2
is provided in the form of specific
hints and strategies. Following
remediation, opportunities are
provided to retake the quiz.
Language Arts 8: Scope and Sequence
Chapter Title
Chapter Description
Lesson Title Lesson Description
Author's
Purpose
Activity
Number
Identify and use knowledge of the
author's purpose by analyzing how
the literary techniques of mood and
tone affects author's perspective
R8053
and contributes to the
comprehension of a literary or
expository text.
Activity Title
Activity Description
Author's Purpose:
Interactive Guided
Instruction
Identify author's purpose in gradelevel appropriate passages.
Quiz 1: Apply knowledge of author's
purpose and context clues
presented in the Interactive Guided
Instruction in grade-appropriate,
R8054
Author's Purpose: Quiz scored quiz passages. Remediation
1
is provided in the form of specific
hints and strategies. Following
remediation, opportunities are
provided to retake the quiz.
Quiz 2: Apply knowledge of author's
purpose and context clues
presented in the Interactive Guided
Instruction in grade-appropriate,
R8055
Use knowledge, information, and
ideas from literary texts, expository
Making
texts, or from multiple sources to
Inferences
make inferences about the text(s)
R8037
and Drawing (e.g., make inferences, draw
Conclusions conclusions, make generalizations,
infer sequence of events, and infer
a character's feelings.)
Author's Purpose: Quiz scored quiz passages. Remediation
2
is provided in the form of specific
hints and strategies. Following
remediation, opportunities are
provided to retake the quiz.
Inferencing: Interactive Identify and make inferences in
Guided Instruction
grade-level appropriate passages.
Language Arts 8: Scope and Sequence
Chapter Title
Chapter Description
Lesson Title Lesson Description
Activity
Number
Activity Title
Activity Description
Quiz 1A: Apply knowledge of
inferencing and context clues
presented in the Interactive Guided
Instruction in grade-appropriate,
R8038
Inferencing: Quiz 1A
scored quiz passages. Remediation
is provided in the form of specific
hints and strategies. Following
remediation, opportunities are
provided to retake the quiz.
Quiz 2A: Apply knowledge of
inferencing and context clues
presented in the Interactive Guided
Instruction in grade-appropriate,
R8039
Inferencing: Quiz 2A
scored quiz passages. Remediation
is provided in the form of specific
hints and strategies. Following
remediation, opportunities are
provided to retake the quiz.
Compare and contrast information
and ideas within a text or between
Compare and two or more texts (literary or
Contrast
expository), including metaphors
and point of view.
Compare and contrast characters,
Compare and Contrast: settings, ideas, information and/or
R8080
Interactive Guided
Instruction
plot within a text or between two or
more genre sources (literary or
expository), that includes figurative
language such as metaphors
Quiz 1: Apply knowledge of
compare and contrast with
characters, settings, ideas,
information and/or plot within a text
or between two or more genre
sources (literary or expository), that
Compare and Contrast: includes figurative language such as
R8081
Quiz 1
similes as presented in the
Interactive Guided Instruction in
grade-appropriate, scored quiz
passages. Remediation is provided
in the form of specific hints and
strategies. Following remediation,
opportunities are provided to retake
the quiz.
Language Arts 8: Scope and Sequence
Chapter Title
Chapter Description
Lesson Title Lesson Description
Activity
Number
Activity Title
Activity Description
Quiz 2: Apply knowledge of
compare and contrast with
characters, settings, ideas,
information and/or plot within a text
or between two or more genre
sources (literary or expository), that
Compare and Contrast: includes figurative language such as
R8082
State Simulation
Assessments
Students will apply
comprehension skills to State
literary and expository Simulation
texts that simulate high Test
stakes assessments.
Quiz 2
similes as presented in the
Interactive Guided Instruction in
grade-appropriate, scored quiz
passages. Remediation is provided
in the form of specific hints and
strategies. Following remediation,
opportunities are provided to retake
the quiz.
Students will demonstrate
knowledge of comprehension skills
on grade level appropriate literary
and expository passages, with
questions that simulate a highstakes assessment.
R8116
R8117
R8118
State Simulation Test 1 Take state simulated grade-level
(reading
tests independently to assess
comprehension skills) reading comprehension.
State Simulation Test 2
(reading
comprehension skills)
State Simulation Test 3
(reading
comprehension skills)
Take state simulated grade-level
tests independently to assess
reading comprehension.
Take state simulated grade-level
tests independently to assess
reading comprehension.
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Language Arts 8: Scope and Sequence
Chapter Title
Surviving the
Applewhites - ILA
Chapter Description
Lesson Title Lesson Description
The student will engage
in a series of integrated
exploratory and
assessment activities
that target vocabulary,
fluency, reading
comprehension,
prewriting, literary
response and analysis,
and writing application.
The anchor literature
piece is an excerpt from
the realistic fiction novel Teacher
Materials
Surviving the
Applewhites. The
comprehension
activities focus on
characterization and
mood, and the writing
application focuses on
writing a persuasive
composition that states
a clear position in
support of a proposal as
it relates to a college
application essay.
Through an exploratory activity, the
student will acquire background
information that will set the stage
for the anchor piece, an excerpt
from the realistic fiction novel
Surviving the Applewhites. The
student will develop vocabulary
through the use of a literaturebased glossary and an interactive
assessment activity that focuses on
correctly identifying a vocabulary
word with its definition. The student
will also respond to a prewriting
prompt.
Activity
Number
Activity Title
Activity Description
Teacher Materials include chapter
information, a synopsis of Surviving
the Applewhites, Odyssey Writer
prompts, and classroom activities in
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Quest for Success:
Surviving the
Applewhites
one printable packet. The following
reading comprehension objectives
are defined with examples and
suggestions for practice: make
inferences, draw conclusions,
recognize sequence of events,
comprehend characterization, use
supporting details, interpret cause
and effect, identify point of view, use
compare and contrast, utilize
summarization, and determine
impact of setting on character.
Language Arts 8: Scope and Sequence
Chapter Title
Chapter Description
Lesson Title Lesson Description
Before
Reading
Through an exploratory activity, the
student will acquire background
information that will set the stage
for the anchor piece, an excerpt
from the realistic fiction novel
Surviving the Applewhites. The
student will develop vocabulary
through the use of a literaturebased glossary and an interactive
Activity
Activity Title
Number
Activity Description
The student will acquire background
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assessment activity that focuses on
correctly identifying a vocabulary
word with its definition. The student
will also respond to a prewriting
prompt.
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information that will set the stage for
what is to come in the excerpt from
the fiction novel Surviving the
Applewhites. The activity introduces
students to the characters in a very
Background (Surviving graphical and interactive way and
the Applewhites)
covers such topics as
homeschooling, the variety of
butterflies, goats, North Carolina,
the pursuit of one's individual
interests, ballet, music, functional
art, and how one can be judged by
his or her appearance.
Being Different/Farm
Life (writing)
The student will write a response to
one of two prewriting prompts that
focus on how they express
themselves and what makes them
different from others, or what would
they do with their time if they lived
on a farm without TV or computer
games.
Vocabulary (Surviving
the Applewhites)
The student will develop vocabulary
through the use of the literaturebased glossary and an interactive
assessment activity that focuses on
correctly identifying a vocabulary
word with its definition.
Language Arts 8: Scope and Sequence
Chapter Title
Chapter Description
Lesson Title Lesson Description
During
Reading
The student will achieve
comprehension by reading an
excerpt from the realistic fiction
novel Surviving the Applewhites
with emphasis on vocabulary and
fluency. The student will be
assessed on their comprehension
of the literature selection by
Activity
Number
Activity Title
Activity Description
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The student will read a summary of
what has happened in the story so
far and then read the first part of the
excerpt from the fiction novel
Surviving the Applewhites,
Literature: Surviving
developing fluency and vocabulary
the Applewhites Part 1 and recognizing words in context.
The literature selection includes
targeted vocabulary words, with a
glossary. Optional audio support is
available to model fluency.
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The student will be assessed on
their comprehension of the first part
of the excerpt of the fiction novel
Comprehension Check Surviving the Applewhites, by
1: Surviving the
answering five questions about
Applewhites
making inferences, drawing
conclusions, sequencing,
characterization, and recalling
details.
answering questions about making
inferences, drawing conclusions,
sequence, characterization,
recalling details, cause and effect,
point of view, compare/contrast,
summarizing, and the impact of
setting on character.
The student will read a summary of
the first part of the story excerpt and
then read the last part of the excerpt
from the fiction novel Surviving the
Applewhites, developing fluency and
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Literature: Surviving
the Applewhites Part 2 vocabulary and recognizing words in
context. The literature selection
includes targeted vocabulary words,
with a glossary. Optional audio
support is available to model
fluency.
Language Arts 8: Scope and Sequence
Chapter Title
Chapter Description
Lesson Title Lesson Description
Activity
Activity Title
Number
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After
Reading
The student will use a variety of
strategies to comprehend reading
selections and be assessed on
vocabulary contained in the
literature selection. The student will
analyze and evaluate the literature
piece by responding to literary
response and analysis prompts.
Through a comprehension activity
that incorporates direct instruction,
a practice, and an assessment
Activity Description
The student will be assessed on
their comprehension of the last part
of the excerpt of the fiction novel
Comprehension Check Surviving the Applewhites, by
2: Surviving the
answering five questions about
Applewhites
cause and effect, point of view,
compare and contrast,
summarizing, and the impact of
setting on character.
The student will be assessed on the
Vocabulary Check:
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component, the student will focus
Surviving the
Applewhites
on how dialogue is used to develop
characters and mood in the
selection. A reteach component
provides a different instructional
modality for students who need
additional direct instruction on the
characterization and mood
objective.
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Character's Actions
(writing)
vocabulary contained in the excerpt
from the fiction novel Surviving the
Applewhites, through an activity that
uses a graphic organizer to match a
word with its definition. Some key
vocabulary words students will be
assessed on are: lumbered,
curriculum, blaring, wary, and
carnivore.
The student will analyze and
evaluate the excerpt from the fiction
novel Surviving the Applewhites by
responding to literary response and
analysis prompts that focus on if the
student were Jake, how he or she
would react to being at the
Applewhite's farm, or which two
characters from the story are the
most memorable.
Language Arts 8: Scope and Sequence
Chapter Title
Chapter Description
Lesson Title Lesson Description
Activity
Activity Title
Number
Activity Description
Through a comprehension activity
that incorporates direct instruction, a
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Through a series of writing
activities that incorporate direct
instruction, a practice, and an
assessment component, the
student will focus on writing a
Writing
Application
persuasive composition that states
a clear position in support of a
proposal as it relates to a college
application essay. The student will
respond to prompts to write a
college application essay of his or
her own.
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Comprehension:
practice, and an assessment
Surviving the
component, the student will focus
Applewhites (dialogue
on how dialogue is used to develop
and characters)
characters and mood in the
selection.
In this Reteach activity, the student
will receive additional direct
Comprehension:
instruction, using a different
Surviving the
instructional modality than in the
Applewhites (dialogue parent activity, on how dialogue is
& characters)
used to develop characters and
mood, as it relates to the literature
selection.
Writing Application
Instruction (college
application essay)
Through direct instruction and
practice, the student will focus on
persuasive compositions that state
a clear position in support of a
proposal as it relates to a college
application essay.
The student will respond to one of
two prompts by writing a persuasive
essay to convince a college
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Writing Application
Assessment (college
application essay)
admissions team that he or she is a
well-rounded candidate for their
school, or to convince his or her
parents of their desire and abilities
to become an excellent candidate
for college. A persuasive rubric for
authentic assessment is used.
Language Arts 8: Scope and Sequence
Chapter Title
Chapter Description
Lesson Title Lesson Description
Activity
Number
Activity Title
Activity Description
The student will respond to one of
two prompts by writing a persuasive
essay to convince a college
admissions team that he or she is a
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The student will engage
in a series of integrated
exploratory and
assessment activities
that target vocabulary,
fluency, reading
comprehension,
prewriting, literary
response and analysis,
and writing application.
The anchor literature
Ruthie's Journal Teacher
piece is the short story
Materials
ILA
Ruthie's Journal. The
comprehension
activities focus on
sequence of events,
and the writing
application focuses on
writing an informational
report that develops a
topic with simple facts,
details, examples and
explanations.
The Teacher Materials section
contains an extensive offline
packet that includes a chapter
overview, a synopsis of the
literature selection, a list of
vocabulary words from the story, as
well as an author biography.
Lesson plans will be provided on
how to implement the Odyssey
Writer prompts and the
comprehension check activities,
including what objectives are
covered and a suggested list of
online activities that cover each
objective. Offline vocabulary
activities that can be done before
students complete the online
vocabulary activity are also
provided. Writing application
objectives are listed, as well as
additional literature titles. To view
and download the materials, click
the Teacher Materials link to the
left.
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Persuasive College
Essay (writing)
Quest for Success:
Ruthie's Journal
well-rounded candidate for their
school, or to convince his or her
parents of their desire and abilities
to become an excellent candidate
for college. A persuasive rubric for
authentic assessment is used.
Teacher Materials include chapter
information, a synopsis of Ruthie's
Journal, Odyssey Writer prompts,
and classroom activities in one
printable packet. The following
reading comprehension objectives
are defined with examples and
suggestions for practice: interpret
author's purpose, determine mood,
utilize summarization, recognize
main idea, recall details, use
supporting details, recognize theme,
comprehend characterization,
identify point of view, and interpret
cause and effect.
Language Arts 8: Scope and Sequence
Chapter Title
Chapter Description
Lesson Title Lesson Description
Activity
Activity Title
Number
Activity Description
The student will acquire background
Before
Reading
Through an exploratory activity, the
student will acquire background
information that will set the stage
for the anchor piece, the short story
Ruthie’s Journal. The student will
develop vocabulary through the
use of a literature-based glossary
and an interactive assessment
activity that focuses on correctly
identifying a vocabulary word with
its definition. The student will also
respond to a prewriting prompt.
Ruthie's Journal, writing, Odyssey
Writer, Odyssey Writer prompts,
Integrated Language Arts Unit,
Integrated Language Arts
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During
Reading
answering questions about author’s
purpose, mood, summarizing,
recognizing main idea, recalling
details, supporting details, theme,
characterization, point of view, and
cause and effect.
Itinerary/Journal
Entries (writing)
The student will write a response to
one of two prewriting prompts that
focus on a trip the student has been
on and what they saw, or a historical
site the student has been to and
what they thought about it.
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The student will achieve
comprehension by reading the
short story Ruthie's Journal with
emphasis on vocabulary and
fluency. The student will be
assessed on their comprehension
of the literature selection by
Background (Ruthie's
Journal)
information that will set the stage for
what is to come in the short story
Ruthie's Journal. The activity
introduces students to the
characters in a very graphical and
interactive way and covers such
topics as traveling in Boston, New
York - Washington D.C., Freedom
Trail, traveling with disabilities, train
schedule, NYSE New York Stock
Exchange, ferry to Ellis Island,
Smithsonian Institution, Plymoth
Plantation.
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Vocabulary (Ruthie's
Journal)
The student will develop vocabulary
through the use of the literaturebased glossary and an interactive
assessment activity that focuses on
the correct usage of words within
the context of a sentence.
Literature: Ruthie's
Journal Part 1
The student will read a summary of
what has happened in the story so
far and then read the first part of the
short story Ruthie's Journal,
developing fluency and vocabulary
and recognizing words in context.
The literature selection includes
targeted vocabulary words, with a
glossary. Optional audio support is
available to model fluency.
Language Arts 8: Scope and Sequence
Chapter Title
Chapter Description
Lesson Title Lesson Description
Activity
Activity Title
Number
8287
Activity Description
The student will be assessed on
their comprehension of the first part
of the short story Ruthie's Journal,
Comprehension Check by answering five questions about
1: Ruthie's Journal
interpreting author's purpose, mood,
summarization, and main idea and
details.
8288
Literature: Ruthie's
Journal Part 2
The student will read a summary of
the first part of the story excerpt and
then read the last part of the short
story Ruthie's Journal, developing
fluency and vocabulary and
recognizing words in context. The
literature selection includes targeted
vocabulary words, with a glossary.
Optional audio support is available
to model fluency.
8289
The student will be assessed on
their comprehension of the last part
of the short story Ruthie's Journal,
by answering five questions about
Comprehension Check using supporting details,
2: Ruthie's Journal
recognizing theme, comprehending
characterization, identifying point of
view, and interpreting cause and
effect.
Language Arts 8: Scope and Sequence
Chapter Title
Chapter Description
Lesson Title Lesson Description
After
Reading
Activity
Activity Title
Number
The student will use a variety of
strategies to comprehend reading
selections and be assessed on
vocabulary contained in the
literature selection. The student will
analyze and evaluate the literature
piece by responding to literary
response and analysis prompts.
Through a comprehension activity
that incorporates direct instruction,
a practice, and an assessment
Activity Description
The student will be assessed on the
Vocabulary Check:
8290
Ruthie's Journal
component, the student will focus
on identifying text that uses
vocabulary contained in the excerpt
from the short story Ruthie's
Journal, through an activity that
covers adjectives, word meanings,
and synonyms. Some key
vocabulary words students will be
assessed on are: subdued, rotunda,
sequencing or other types of logical
brochures, abyss, and seeping.
order in the selection. A reteach
component provides a different
instructional modality for students
who need additional direct
instruction on the sequence of
events objective.
The student will analyze and
evaluate the short story, Ruthie's
Journal by responding to literary
8291
Problems While
Traveling (writing)
response and analysis prompts that
focus on why Ruthie and her friends
keep getting separated from the rest
of the class, or if the student has
ever been separated from their
family and what emotions they felt.
Through a comprehension activity
that incorporates direct instruction, a
8292
Comprehension:
Ruthie's Journal
(sequencing)
practice, and an assessment
component, the student will focus
on identifying text that uses
sequencing or other types of logical
order in the selection.
Language Arts 8: Scope and Sequence
Chapter Title
Chapter Description
Lesson Title Lesson Description
Activity
Activity Title
Number
Comprehension:
Ruthie's Journal
(sequencing)
In this Reteach activity, the student
will receive additional direct
instruction, using a different
instructional modality than in the
parent activity, on identifying text
that uses sequencing or other types
of logical order, as it relates to the
literature selection.
Writing Application
Instruction
Through direct instruction and
practice, the student will focus on
(informational report)
writing an informational report.
8295
Writing Application
Assessment
(informational report)
8296
Travel Article (writing)
The student will be assessed on
their understanding of how to write
an informational report on travel.
The student will write an
informational article for a school
newspaper about the best place to
travel on a limited budget.
8293
Through a series of writing
activities that incorporate direct
instruction, a practice, and an
assessment component, the
student will focus on writing an
Writing
Application
informational report that develops a
topic with simple facts, details,
examples and explanations as it
relates to a travel article. The
student will respond to a prompt to
write a travel article of his or her
own.
Activity Description
8294
Language Arts 8: Scope and Sequence
Chapter Title
Chapter Description
Lesson Title Lesson Description
Shipwreck - ILA
The student will engage
in a series of integrated
exploratory and
assessment activities
that target vocabulary,
fluency, reading
comprehension,
prewriting, literary
response and analysis,
and writing application.
The anchor literature
piece is an excerpt from Teacher
the true story Shipwreck Materials
at the Bottom of the
World: The
Extraordinary True
Story of Shackleton and
the Endurance. The
comprehension
activities focus on
summarization, and the
writing application
focuses on writing a
cover letter.
Before
Reading
The Teacher Materials section
contains an extensive offline
packet that includes a chapter
overview, a synopsis of the
literature selection, a list of
vocabulary words from the story, as
well as an author biography.
Lesson plans will be provided on
how to implement the Odyssey
Writer prompts and the
comprehension check activities,
including what objectives are
covered and a suggested list of
online activities that cover each
objective. Offline vocabulary
activities that can be done before
students complete the online
vocabulary activity are also
provided. Writing application
objectives are listed, as well as
additional literature titles. To view
and download the materials, click
the Teacher Materials link to the
left.
Through an exploratory activity, the
student will acquire background
information that will set the stage
for the anchor piece, an excerpt
from Shipwreck at the Bottom of
the World. The student will develop
vocabulary through the use of a
literature-based glossary and an
interactive assessment activity that
focuses on correctly identifying a
vocabulary word with its definition.
The student will also respond to a
prewriting prompt.
Activity
Activity Title
Number
8312
Quest for Success:
Shipwreck at the
Bottom of the Word
Activity Description
Teacher Materials include chapter
information, a synopsis of
Shipwreck at the Bottom of the
World: The Extraordinary True Story
of Shackleton and the Endurance,
Odyssey Writer prompts, and
classroom activities in one printable
packet. The following reading
comprehension objectives are
defined with examples and
suggestions for practice: make
inferences, identify personification,
recognize sequence of events,
determine impact of plot on
characters, interpret cause and
effect, determine them, analyze
mood, use supporting details, draw
conclusions, and utilize analogy.
The student will acquire background
8313
Background
(Shipwreck at the
Bottom of the World)
Language Arts 8: Scope and Sequence
information that will set the stage for
what is to come in the excerpt from
Shipwreck at the Bottom of the
World. The activity introduces
students to the characters in a very
graphical and interactive way and
covers such topics as Antarctica, ice
packs, Sir Ernest Shackleton, the
Endurance, Elephant Island, seals,
penguins, sled dogs, and ships in
the twentieth century.
Chapter Title
Chapter Description
Lesson Title Lesson Description
Activity
Activity Title
Number
8314
8315
During
Reading
The student will achieve
comprehension by reading an
excerpt from the true story
Shipwreck at the Bottom of the
World: The Extraordinary True
Story of Shackleton and the
Endurance with emphasis on
vocabulary and fluency. The
student will be assessed on their
comprehension of the literature
selection by answering questions
about making inferences,
personification, sequence, impact
of plot on characters, cause and
effect, theme, mood, supporting
details, drawing conclusions, and
utilizing analogy.
8316
Survival and
Leadership (writing)
Activity Description
The student will write a response to
one of two prewriting prompts that
focus on the similarities found in
survival stories, or how leadership
qualities can affect the outcome of a
situation.
The student will develop vocabulary
Vocabulary (Shipwreck through the use of the literaturebased glossary and an interactive
at the Bottom of the
assessment activity that focuses on
World)
correctly identifying a vocabulary
word with its definition.
Literature: Shipwreck
Part 1
The student will read a summary of
what has happened in the story so
far and then read the first part of the
excerpt from the true story
Shipwreck at the Bottom of the
World: The Extraordinary True Story
of Shackleton and the Endurance,
developing fluency and vocabulary
and recognizing words in context.
The literature selection includes
targeted vocabulary words, with a
glossary. Optional audio support is
available to model fluency.
The student will be assessed on
their comprehension of the first part
of the excerpt of Shipwreck at the
8317
Comprehension Check Bottom of the World, by answering
five questions about making
1: Shipwreck at the
inferences, identifying
Bottom of the World
personification, recognizing
sequence of events, determining
impact of plot on characters, and
interpreting cause and effect.
Language Arts 8: Scope and Sequence
Chapter Title
Chapter Description
Lesson Title Lesson Description
Activity
Activity Title
Number
Activity Description
The student will read a summary of
the first part of the story excerpt and
then read the last part of the excerpt
from the true story Shipwreck at the
Bottom of the World: The
Extraordinary True Story of
Shackleton and the Endurance,
developing fluency and vocabulary
and recognizing words in context.
The literature selection includes
targeted vocabulary words, with a
glossary. Optional audio support is
available to model fluency.
8318
Literature: Shipwreck
Part 2
8319
The student will be assessed on
their comprehension of the last part
Comprehension Check of the excerpt of Shipwreck at the
2: Shipwreck at the
Bottom of the World, by answering
Bottom of the World
five questions about determining
theme, analyzing mood, using
details, Inference, and analogy.
Language Arts 8: Scope and Sequence
Chapter Title
Chapter Description
Lesson Title Lesson Description
Activity
Activity Title
Number
The student will use a variety of
strategies to comprehend reading
selections and be assessed on
vocabulary contained in the
literature selection. The student will
analyze and evaluate the literature
piece by responding to literary
response and analysis prompts.
Through a comprehension activity
After
Reading
that incorporates direct instruction,
a practice, and an assessment
component, the student will focus
on identifying and summarizing
main and supporting ideas in the
selection. A reteach component
provides a different instructional
modality for students who need
additional direct instruction on the
summarization objective.
Activity Description
The student will be assessed on the
Vocabulary Check:
8320
8321
Shipwreck at the
Bottom of the World
Day in the
Life/Feelings (writing)
vocabulary contained in the excerpt
from Shipwreck at the Bottom of the
World, through an activity where the
student will fill in the blank with the
correct vocabulary word. Some key
vocabulary words students will be
assessed on are: coincided,
retrieve, manning, embattled, and
evacuation.
The student will analyze and
evaluate the excerpt from Shipwreck
at the Bottom of the World by
responding to literary response and
analysis prompts that focus on what
it might be like to be one of
Shackleton's crewmembers, or what
thoughts and feelings would be
going through the student's mind if
he or she had to evacuate the ship
and watch it sink.
Through a comprehension activity
that incorporates direct instruction, a
8322
Comprehension:
Shipwreck
(summarizing)
practice, and an assessment
component, the student will focus
on identifying and summarizing
main and supporting ideas in the
selection.
Language Arts 8: Scope and Sequence
Chapter Title
Chapter Description
Lesson Title Lesson Description
Writing
Application
Through a series of writing
activities that incorporate direct
instruction, a practice, and an
assessment component, the
student will focus on writing a cover
letter and will respond to a prompt
where they will write his or her own.
Activity
Activity Title
Number
Activity Description
8323
Comprehension:
Shipwreck
(summarizing)
In this Reteach activity, the student
will receive additional direct
instruction, using a different
instructional modality than in the
parent activity, on identifying and
summarizing main and supporting
ideas, as it relates to the literature
selection.
8324
Writing Application
Instruction (resume
cover letter)
Through direct instruction and
practice, the student will focus on
writing a cover letter that presents
information purposefully and
succinctly.
8324
Writing Application
Instruction (resume
cover letter)
Through direct instruction and
practice, the student will focus on
writing a cover letter that presents
information purposefully and
succinctly.
8325
Writing Application
Assessment (resume
cover letter)
The student will be assessed on
how to write a cover letter.
Cover Letter (writing)
The student will respond to the
prompt by writing a cover letter to
convince the school principal to hire
him or her for an after school job.
The letter-writing rubric for authentic
assessment is used.
8326
Language Arts 8: Scope and Sequence
Chapter Title
Chapter Description
Lesson Title Lesson Description
19 Varieties of
Gazelle - ILA
The student will engage
in a series of integrated
exploratory and
assessment activities
that target vocabulary,
fluency, reading
comprehension,
prewriting, literary
response and analysis,
and writing application.
Teacher
The anchor literature
Materials
piece is a series of
poems from the book
19 Varieties of Gazelle:
Poems of the Middle
East. The
comprehension
activities focus on
theme, and the writing
application focuses on
writing free verse
poetry.
Before
Reading
The Teacher Materials section
contains an extensive offline
packet that includes a chapter
overview, a synopsis of the
literature selection, a list of
vocabulary words from the story, as
well as an author biography.
Lesson plans will be provided on
how to implement the Odyssey
Writer prompts and the
comprehension check activities,
including what objectives are
covered and a suggested list of
online activities that cover the
different objectives. Offline
vocabulary activities that can be
done before students complete the
online vocabulary activity will be
given. Writing application
objectives are listed, as well as
additional literature titles. To view
and download the materials, click
the Teacher Materials link to the
left.
Through an exploratory activity, the
student will acquire background
information that will set the stage
for the anchor piece, a series of
poems from the book 19 Varieties
of Gazelle: Poems of the Middle
East. The student will develop
vocabulary through the use of a
literature-based glossary and an
interactive assessment activity that
focuses on correctly identifying a
vocabulary word with its definition.
The student will also respond to a
prewriting prompt.
Activity
Activity Title
Number
Activity Description
Teacher Materials include chapter
information, a synopsis of 19
Varieties of Gazelle: Poems of the
Middle East, Odyssey Writer
prompts, and classroom activities in
8297
one printable packet. The following
reading comprehension objectives
Quest for Success: 19 are defined with examples and
Varieties of Gazelle
suggestions for practice: recognize
main idea, interpret cause and
effect, comprehend symbolism,
make inferences, determine mood,
understand tone, identify point of
view, comprehend literary
technique, and comprehend
symbolism.
The student will acquire background
8298
Background (19
Varieties of Gazelle)
information that will set the stage for
the poems they will read from 19
Varieties of Gazelle: Poems of the
Middle East. The activity introduces
students to the Arabic language, the
Middle East, the importance of
olives and figs in Middle Eastern
culture, being Arab American, some
famous Arab Americans, Israel,
gazelles, and free verse poetry.
Language Arts 8: Scope and Sequence
Chapter Title
Chapter Description
Lesson Title Lesson Description
During
Reading
The student will achieve
comprehension by reading poems
from 19 Varieties of Gazelle:
Poems of the Middle East with
emphasis on vocabulary and
fluency. The student will be
assessed on their comprehension
of the literature selection by
answering questions about main
idea, cause and effect, symbolism,
making inferences, mood, tone,
point of view, and literary
technique.
Activity
Activity Title
Number
Activity Description
The student will write a response to
one of two prewriting prompts that
focus on how one would feel if they
had to move away from a favorite
family member or describe how
eating a favorite dessert makes
them feel.
The student will develop vocabulary
through the use of the literaturebased glossary and an interactive
assessment activity that focuses on
correctly identifying a vocabulary
word with its definition.
8299
Narrative/Descriptive
Words (writing)
8300
Vocabulary (19
Varieties of Gazelle)
8301
The student will read a brief
description of free verse poetry and
Literature: 19 Varieties then read five poems from 19
of Gazelle Part 1
Varieties of Gazelle: Poems of the
Middle East, developing fluency and
vocabulary and recognizing words
The student will be assessed on
their comprehension of the five
8302
Comprehension Check poems in the first part of the excerpt
19 Varieties of Gazelle: Poems of
1: 19 Varieties of
the Middle East, by answering five
Gazelle
questions about main idea, cause
and effect, symbolizing, making
inferences, and mood.
Language Arts 8: Scope and Sequence
Chapter Title
Chapter Description
Lesson Title Lesson Description
Activity
Activity Title
Number
8303
The student will read a summary of
the five poems they read in the first
part of the literature excerpt and
then read four more poems from 19
Varieties of Gazelle: Poems of the
Literature: 19 Varieties Middle East, developing fluency and
of Gazelle Part 2
vocabulary and recognizing words in
context. The literature selection
includes targeted vocabulary words,
with a glossary. Optional audio
support is available to model
fluency.
8304
The student will be assessed on
their comprehension of the four
poems in the second part of the
Comprehension Check excerpt 19 Varieties of Gazelle:
2: 19 Varieties of
Poems of the Middle East, by
Gazelle
answering five questions about
tone, point of view, literary
technique, symbolism, and making
inferences.
The student will use a variety of
strategies to comprehend reading
selections and be assessed on
vocabulary contained in the
literature selection. The student will
analyze and evaluate the literature
piece by responding to literary
response and analysis prompts.
After
Reading
Through a comprehension activity
that incorporates direct instruction,
a practice, and an assessment
component, the student will focus
on identifying and analyzing
themes in the selection. A reteach
component provides a different
instructional modality for students
who need additional direct
instruction on theme.
Activity Description
The student will be assessed on the
vocabulary contained in the poems
from 19 Varieties of Gazelle: Poems
of the Middle East, through an
activity where the student will match
8305
Vocabulary Check: 19 a vocabulary word with its definition.
Varieties of Gazelle
Some key vocabulary words
students will be assessed on are:
tokens, din, bravado, pita, banter,
unsung, thesis, and Ahlan Wa
Shalan.
Language Arts 8: Scope and Sequence
Chapter Title
Chapter Description
Lesson Title Lesson Description
Activity
Activity Title
Number
Activity Description
The student will analyze and
evaluate the poems from 19
Varieties of Gazelle: Poems of the
Middle East by responding to literary
8306
Poetry
Inspiration/Feeling
(writing)
response and analysis prompts that
focus on if the poet's ancestors
were from another part of the world,
other than the Middle East, what
effect that would have on her
poems, or a poem that moved the
student the most and the feelings it
evoked in the student.
Through a comprehension activity
Writing
Application
Through a series of writing
activities that incorporate direct
instruction, a practice, and an
assessment component, the
student will focus on free verse
poetry. The student will respond to
prompts to write a free verse poem
of his or her own.
that incorporates direct instruction, a
8307
Comprehension: 19
Varieties of Gazelle
(theme)
8308
Comprehension: 19
Varieties of Gazelle
(theme)
8309
Writing Application
Instruction (poetry)
Through direct instruction and
practice, the student will focus on
free verse poetry.
8310
Writing Application
Assessment (poetry)
The student will be assessed on
their understanding of how to write
free verse poetry.
practice, and an assessment
component, the student will focus
on identifying and analyzing themes
in the selection.
In this Reteach activity, the student
will receive additional direct
instruction, using a different
instructional modality than in the
parent activity, on identifying and
analyzing themes, as it relates to
the literature selection.
Language Arts 8: Scope and Sequence
Chapter Title
Chapter Description
Lesson Title Lesson Description
Activity
Activity Title
Number
8311
True North - ILA
The student will engage
in a series of integrated
exploratory and
assessment activities
that target vocabulary,
fluency, reading
comprehension,
prewriting, literary
response and analysis,
and writing application.
The anchor literature
piece is an excerpt from
the historical fiction
Teacher
novel True North: A
Materials
Novel of the
Underground Railroad.
The comprehension
activities focus on
compare and contrast,
and the writing
application focuses on
writing a biographical or
autobiographical
narrative or short story
that relates a clear,
coherent incident, event
or situation by using
well-chosen details.
The Teacher Materials section
contains an extensive offline
packet that includes a chapter
overview, a synopsis of the
literature selection, a list of
vocabulary words from the story, as
well as an author biography.
Lesson plans will be provided on
how to implement the Odyssey
Writer prompts and the
comprehension check activities,
including what objectives are
covered and a suggested list of
online activities that cover each
objective. Offline vocabulary
activities that can be done before
students complete the online
vocabulary activity are also
provided. Writing application
objectives are listed, as well as
additional literature titles. To view
and download the materials, click
the Teacher Materials link to the
left.
8327
Activity Description
Free Verse Poem
(writing)
The student will respond to one of
two prompts by writing a free verse
poem of his or her own. A
descriptive rubric for authentic
assessment is used.
Quest for Success:
True North
Teacher Materials include chapter
information, a synopsis of True
North, Odyssey Writer prompts, and
classroom activities in one printable
packet. The following reading
comprehension objectives are
defined with examples and
suggestions for practice: determine
impact of setting, draw conclusions,
comprehend characterization, make
inferences, interpret cause and
effect, use supporting details,
interpret author's purpose,
recognize main idea, identify point
of view, and determine impact of
setting on character.
Language Arts 8: Scope and Sequence
Chapter Title
Chapter Description
Lesson Title Lesson Description
Before
Reading
Through an exploratory activity, the
student will acquire background
information that will set the stage
for the anchor piece, an excerpt
from the historical fiction novel
True North. The student will
develop vocabulary through the
use of a literature-based glossary
and an interactive assessment
activity that focuses on correctly
identifying a vocabulary word with
its definition. The student will also
respond to a prewriting prompt.
Activity
Activity Title
Number
Activity Description
The student will acquire background
8328
Background ( True
North)
information that will set the stage for
what is to come in the excerpt from
the historical fiction novel True
North. The activity introduces
students to the characters in a very
graphical and interactive way and
covers such topics as slavery, the
Underground Railroad, abolitionists,
Underground stations, maps and
transportation timetables, Boston,
and the North Star.
8329
8330
Freedom and Slavery
(writing)
The student will write a response to
one of two prewriting prompts that
focus on freedoms the student has
that a slave would not, or if slavery
was still practiced if the student
would help the slaves or be afraid to
break the law.
Vocabulary (True
North)
The student will develop vocabulary
through the use of the literaturebased glossary and an interactive
assessment activity that focuses on
correctly identifying a vocabulary
word with its definition.
Language Arts 8: Scope and Sequence
Chapter Title
Chapter Description
Lesson Title Lesson Description
During
Reading
The student will achieve
comprehension by reading an
excerpt from the historical fiction
novel True North: A Novel of the
Underground Railroad with
emphasis on vocabulary and
fluency. The student will be
assessed on their comprehension
of the literature selection by
answering questions about the
impact of setting, drawing
conclusions, characterization,
making inferences, cause and
effect, supporting details, author’s
purpose, recognizing main idea,
point of view, and impact of setting
on character.
Activity
Activity Title
Number
8331
Literature: True North
Part 1
Activity Description
The student will read a summary of
what has happened in the story so
far and then read the first part of the
excerpt from the historical fiction
novel True North: A Novel of the
Underground Railroad, developing
fluency and vocabulary and
recognizing words in context. The
literature selection includes targeted
vocabulary words, with a glossary.
Optional audio support is available
to model fluency.
8332
The student will be assessed on
their comprehension of the first part
of the excerpt of the historical fiction
novel True North, by answering five
Comprehension Check questions about determining the
1: True North
impact of setting, drawing
conclusions, comprehending
characterization, making inferences,
and interpreting cause and effect.
8333
Literature: True North
Part 2
The student will read a summary of
the first part of the story excerpt and
then read the last part of the excerpt
from the historical fiction novel True
North: A Novel of the Underground
Railroad, developing fluency and
vocabulary and recognizing words in
context. The literature selection
includes targeted vocabulary words,
with a glossary. Optional audio
support is available to model
fluency.
Language Arts 8: Scope and Sequence
Chapter Title
Chapter Description
Lesson Title Lesson Description
Activity
Activity Title
Number
8334
The student will use a variety of
strategies to comprehend reading
selections and be assessed on
vocabulary contained in the
literature selection. The student will
analyze and evaluate the literature
piece by responding to literary
response and analysis prompts.
Through a comprehension activity
After
Reading
that incorporates direct instruction,
a practice, and an assessment
component, the student will focus
on identifying and analyzing text
that uses compare and contrast in
the selection. A reteach component
provides a different instructional
modality for students who need
additional direct instruction on the
compare and contrast objective.
Activity Description
The student will be assessed on
their comprehension of the last part
of the excerpt of the historical fiction
novel True North, by answering five
Comprehension Check questions about using supporting
2: True North
details, interpreting author's
purpose, recognizing main idea,
identifying point of view, and
determining the impact of setting on
character.
The student will be assessed on the
Vocabulary Check:
8335
True North
vocabulary contained in the excerpt
from the historical fiction novel True
North, through an activity where the
student completes the sentence by
choosing the correct vocabulary
word. Some key vocabulary words
students will be assessed on are:
hawser, dwindle, barring, nocturnal,
and swells.
Language Arts 8: Scope and Sequence
Chapter Title
Chapter Description
Lesson Title Lesson Description
Activity
Activity Title
Number
8336
Facing Fears (writing)
Activity Description
The student will analyze and
evaluate the excerpt from the
historical fiction novel True North by
responding to literary response and
analysis prompts that focus on a
time the student had to face their
fears and how it changed them, or
what the student would do if they
were caught helping a slave escape,
and how they would defend their
actions.
Through a comprehension activity
Writing
Application
Through a series of writing
activities that incorporate direct
instruction, a practice, and an
assessment component, the
student will focus on writing a
biographical or autobiographical
narrative or short story that relates
a clear, coherent incident, event or
situation by using well-chosen
details. The student will respond to
a prompt to write a biography of his
or her own.
8337
Comprehension: True
North (compare and
contrast)
8338
Comprehension: True
North (compare and
contrast)
that incorporates direct instruction, a
practice, and an assessment
component, the student will focus
on identifying and analyzing text that
uses compare and contrast
8339
Writing Application
Instruction
(biographical/
autobiographical)
Through direct instruction and
practice, the student will focus on
writing a biographical or
autobiographical narrative or short
story that relates a clear, coherent
incident, event or situation by using
well-chosen details.
8340
Writing Application
Assessment
(biographical/
autobiographical)
The student will be assessed on
how to write a biography, one type
of narrative that relates a clear,
coherent incident, event or situation
by using well-chosen details.
Language Arts 8: Scope and Sequence
Chapter Title
Chapter Description
Lesson Title Lesson Description
Activity
Number
8341
Activity Title
Activity Description
Biography (writing)
The student will respond to the
prompt by writing a biography about
an average person in their
community whose actions have
created change and had a positive
impact on the lives of others. The
narrative writing rubric for authentic
assessment is used.
LA Extensions 6: Scope and Sequence
Chapter Title
Grammar Extension
Chapter
Description
Lesson Title
The learner will
use appropriate
grammatical and
mechanical
Sentence Structure
conventions of
language in
written
compositions.
Lesson Description
Demonstrate that sentences are
composed of a subject and a
predicate, and identify sentence
fragments and run-on sentences.
Activity Activity Title
Number
6427
Sentence School
(fragments and run-ons)
Activity Description
Learn the parts of a sentence
and how to identify a
fragment and a run-on. Two
short multiple choice
exercises are included.
Lesson Quiz: Sentence
Structure
Punctuation
Review and correctly punctuate the
four types of sentences as
declarative, interrogative, imperative,
and exclamatory.
6428
Types of Sentences
Review and practice
differentiating among the four
types of sentences
(declarative, imperative,
interrogative, exclamatory).
Two multiple choice practice
exercises and an overall
writing task are included.
Review and practice
differentiating among the four
6475
Four Kinds of Sentences
types of sentences
(declarative, imperative,
interrogative, exclamatory).
Short writing exercises and
an overall multiple choice
practice exercise are
included.
Lesson Quiz: Punctuation
Chapter Title
Chapter
Description
Lesson Title
Lesson Description
Pronouns
Identify pronouns, demonstrate
agreement between pronouns and
antecedents, and write with increasing
accuracy when using pronoun
objective and subjective cases, such
as, ''He and they joined me.''
Activity Activity Title
Number
6430
6477
Activity Description
Me, Myself, and I
(pronouns)
Learn form and function of
objective and subjective
pronouns. Use correct
pronouns in practice, multiple
choice exercises and a
printable worksheet.
Reviewing Pronouns
(antecedents)
Use objective and subjective
pronouns correctly and
distinguish between
pronouns and antecedents.
Explanation and short,
multiple-choice exercises are
included.
Lesson Quiz: Pronouns
Learn the form and function
of action verbs and helping
Identify and correctly use action and
Verbs
helping verbs. Identify irregular
spelling of forms of ''to be, to do,'' and
''to have.''
6431
6478
Discriminate between transitive and
intransitive verbs and direct and
Action and Helping Verbs verbs with explanation and
examples, practice
exercises, and a printable
worksheet.
Learn the form and function
of action verbs and helping
Reviewing Action and
verbs with explanation,
Helping Verbs
examples, and practice
exercises.
Lesson Quiz: Verbs
Discriminate between
transitive and intransitive
Transitive & Intransitive
Verb
indirect objects. Recognize and use
correctly such troublesome verbs as
''sit/set; rise/raise; lie/lay.''
Chapter Title
Chapter
Description
Lesson Title
Lesson Description
6432
verbs and direct and indirect
Transitive and Intransitive objects in short practice
exercises, including a
printable worksheet.
Activity Activity Title
Number
Activity Description
Discriminate between
6479
Adjectives & Adverbs
Identify and use descriptive adjectives
and adverbs to enhance writing.
6434
6481
Reviewing Transitive and transitive and intransitive
verbs and direct and indirect
Intransitive Verbs
objects in short, multiplechoice exercises.
Lesson Quiz: Transitive &
Intransitive Verb
Learn the function of
adjectives and adverbs and
Adjectives and Adverbs
practice using descriptive
words in a printable writing
exercise.
Learn the function of
adjectives and adverbs
through explanation and
Descriptive Writing
examples, and identify
(adjectives and adverbs)
adjectives and adverbs in
short, multiple-choice
practice exercises.
Lesson Quiz: Adjectives &
Adverbs
Identify interjections, conjunctions,
Important Small Words and prepositions in grade-level written
composition. Use prepositional
phrases to elaborate ideas.
6435
6482
Ifs, Ands, and Buts of
Writing (conjunctions)
Interjections,
Conjunctions, and
Prepositions
Lesson Quiz: Important
Learn the form and function
of interjections, conjunctions,
and prepositions with
explanation and practice
exercises.
Learn the form and function
of interjections, conjunctions,
and prepositions with
explanation and practice
exercises.
Small Words
Chapter Title
Chapter
Description
Lesson Title
Lesson Description
Activity Activity Title
Number
Activity Description
Learn how to identify and
Dependent/Independen Identify and correctly punctuate
t Clause
dependent and independent clauses.
6436
6483
Composition Writing
Use Standard English in grade level
appropriate composition. Correctly
use the following: ''good/well;
who/whom between/among;
which/that/who.''
Clauses (independent and punctuate independent and
dependent clauses with
dependent)
examples and practice
exercises.
Learn and practice how to
Reviewing Dependent and identify and punctuate
independent and dependent
Independent Clauses
clauses with examples and
multiple choice exercises.
Lesson Quiz:
Dependent/Independent
Clause
6437
Learn and practice when and
how to use the following
Using the Right Word
words: between and among,
(Standard English Usage) good and well, which and
who, and who and whom.
6484
Learn and practice when and
Which Word Is the Right how to use the following
Word? (Standard English words: between and among,
usage)
good and well, which and
who, and who and whom.
Lesson Quiz: Composition
Writing
Chapter Title
Chapter
Description
Verb Tenses
Use verb tenses correctly, including
present, past, future, and perfect
forms, and demonstrate parallel
structure (consistent tense) in
sentences.
Lesson Title
Lesson Description
6438
Verb Tenses
Activity Activity Title
Number
Learn and practice how to
identify the perfect forms of
past, present, and future
verbs.
Activity Description
Learn how to identify the
perfect forms of past,
6485
present, and future verbs,
Linking Verbs and Tenses and learn the function of
(verb usage)
linking verbs, predicate
nominatives, and predicate
adjectives. Short practice
exercises are included.
Lesson Quiz: Verb Tenses
Proper Comma Use
Use commas in dates, city and states,
and lists. Use commas in appositives
and after introductory words and
phrases, as well as with names in
direct address.
6440
Commas
6487
Using Commas
Learn and apply
understanding of comma
usage in dates, items in a
series, appositives, direct
addresses, and letters in
practice exercises and a
writing activity.
Learn and practice use of
commas in dates, places,
direct addresses, items in a
series, appositives, and
letters.
Lesson Quiz: Proper
Comma Use
Capitalization
Capitalize names of organizations,
nationalities, races, languages, and
religions, as well as titles of books,
stories, poems, songs, and articles.
6441
6488
Chapter Title
Chapter
Description
Lesson Title
Lesson Description
Mechanics of Writing
(capitalization)
Learn and apply rules of
capitalization in titles,
organizations, nationalities,
races, languages, religions,
and written works in practice
exercises and writing
activities.
Learn and apply rules of
capitalization in titles,
It's Capital! (capitalization) organizations, nationalities,
races, languages, religions,
and written works in practice
exercises.
Activity Activity Title
Number
Lesson Quiz:
Capitalization
Activity Description
Learn and practice use of
quotation marks in dialog and
Quotation Marks
Use quotation marks in dialogue and
titles, using grade-level vocabulary.
6442
Quotation Sensation!
(quotation marks)
6489
Punctuation Practice
(quotation marks)
titles and with other
punctuation marks. A
printable worksheet is
included.
Learn and practice use of
quotation marks in dialog and
titles and with other
punctuation marks.
Lesson Quiz: Quotation
Marks
Identify and correctly use linking verbs
with predicate nominatives and
predicate adjectives.
6433
The learner will
read silently and
aloud with
Letter Combinations
fluency and
accuracy.
Correctly identify the different
pronunciations of the letter
combination ''ough'', as in; ''rough,
dough, plough, borough, cough,'' and
''hiccough''.
6502
Chapter
Description
Lesson Description
Linking Verbs
Reading
Accurately Extension
Chapter Title
Lesson Title
Learn, identify, and use
linking verbs, predicate
Grammar Practice (linking nominatives, and predicate
verbs)
adjectives with practice
exercises and a writing
activity.
Lesson Quiz: Linking
Verbs
Chapter Test: Grammar Extension
Learn and chart five
pronunciations of the letter
combination ough, as in
The Sounds of ''Ough''
rough, dough, plough, cough,
and hiccough. A culminating
multiple choice exercise is
included.
Activity Activity Title
Number
6509
The Sounds of ''Ough''
Activity Description
Learn and practice five
pronunciations of the letter
combination ough, as in
rough, dough, plough, cough,
and hiccough. A culminating
multiple choice exercise is
included.
Lesson Quiz: Letter
Combinations
Correctly identify which syllable of a
multisyllabic word needs to be
stressed, and demonstrate
Learn about various types of
homographs, including
multiple meaning words that
Pronunciation
understanding that the stress of a
syllable affects pronunciation and can
affect meaning. Identify multiple
meanings of words, and understand
how they can affect pronunciation.
6504
6510
Words with Multiple
Meanings (homographs)
Multiple Meanings
(homographs)
sound alike, sound different,
and have different stressed
syllables Two short practice
exercises are included.
Learn about various types of
homographs, including
multiple meaning words that
sound alike, sound different,
and have different stressed
syllables A short, multiple
choice exercise is included.
Lesson Quiz:
Pronunciation
Affixes
Chapter Title
Reading &
Vocabulary
Skills Extension
Chapter
Description
Lesson Title
The learner will
apply reading
strategies and
Figures of Speech
develop
vocabularybuilding skills.
Correctly identify prefixes and
suffixes, and demonstrate an
understanding of their meanings.
Lesson Description
Identify the use of figures of speech in
written text, including analogies,
idioms, similes, metaphors, and
hyperbole.
6506
Affixes
Learn and apply definition of
common prefixes and
suffixes in practice exercises
and two printable
worksheets.
6512
All about Affixes
Learn and apply definition of
common prefixes and
suffixes in practice exercises.
Activity Activity Title
Number
Lesson Quiz: Affixes
Chapter Test: Reading
Accurately - Extension
Activity Description
Learn and practice identifying
similes, metaphors,
hyperboles, analogies, and
idioms. Practice exercises
and a printable worksheet
are included.
6513
Figures of Speech
6530
Learn through explanation
and example the meaning of
Comparisons, Sayings,
simile, metaphor, analogy,
and Exaggeration (figures idiom, and hyperbole.
of speech)
Practice identifying each in
two short multiple choice
exercises.
Lesson Quiz: Figures of
Speech
Comprehension Skills
Demonstrate comprehension skills,
such as distinguishing between fact
and opinion, cause and effect, and
Getting to the Bottom of
6514
fantasy and reality.
6531
What You Read
(strategies)
Learn and demonstrate how
to distinguish between fact
and opinion, cause and
effect, and fantasy and
reality. Short, multiple choice
exercises are included.
Learn and demonstrate how
to distinguish between fact
Believe It or Not (fact and and opinion, cause and
opinion)
effect, and fantasy and
reality. Short, multiple choice
exercises are included.
Lesson Quiz:
Comprehension Skills
Chapter Title
Chapter
Description
Lesson Title
Identifying the Main
Idea
Lesson Description
Correctly identify the main idea and
supporting details of an entire text.
Paraphrase and summarize text to aid
in comprehension.
Activity Activity Title
Number
Activity Description
Identify main idea and
supporting details of an
expository text. Practice
summarizing and
paraphrasing. Three
printable worksheets are
included.
6515
Main Idea
6532
Identify main idea and
supporting details and
Getting to the Point (main differentiate between
Idea, details, summary,
summarizing and
paraphrase)
paraphrasing. A sample text
with a short multiple choice
exercise is included.
Lesson Quiz: Identifying
the Main Idea
Learn and apply purposes for
Demonstrate the use of a variety of
reading styles and speed to fit
Different Reading
Styles
different types of text, including
poetry, novels, textbooks, instruction
manuals, and newspapers.
6517
6534
Chapter Title
Chapter
Description
Lesson Title
Lesson Description
Social Studies
Vocabulary
Demonstrate increased vocabulary
and enhanced language use. Unit 1:
Words from social studies, including
continent, population, economics,
migration, culture, suffrage,
international, province, citadel, ethnic .
Obey the Speed Limit! (to reading and writing: to
inform, to entertain, to
inform, persuade,
persuade. Practice exercise
entertain)
and a writing task are
included.
Learn and identify three
purposes for reading: to
inform, to entertain, to
Purpose for Reading
persuade. Explanation for
each purpose and a short,
multiple choice exercise is
included.
Lesson Quiz: Different
Reading Styles
Activity Activity Title
Number
6520
Vocabulary Enrichment
(social studies)
Activity Description
Learn and apply meaning of
words from social studies in
practice exercises and
activities. Activity requires
access to a dictionary.
Lesson Quiz: Social
Studies Vocabulary
Foreign Words
Vocabulary
Demonstrate increased vocabulary
and enhanced language use. Unit 2:
Foreign words commonly used in
English, including touché, bona fide,
status quo, incommunicado, faux,
smörgasbord, al fresco, gesundheit,
bon voyage, à la carte .
6521
Vocabulary Enrichment
(foreign words)
Learn and apply meaning of
foreign words commonly
used in English in practice
exercises. Activity requires
access to a dictionary.
Lesson Quiz: Foreign
Words Vocabulary
Mathematics
Vocabulary
Demonstrate increased vocabulary
and enhanced language use. Unit 3:
Words from mathematics, including
variable, equation, inequalities,
proportions, integer, volume,
capacity, perpendicular, parallel,
6522
Vocabulary Enrichment
(Math)
Learn and apply meaning of
words from math in practice
exercises. Activity requires
access to a dictionary.
statistics .
Lesson Quiz: Mathematics
Vocabulary
Science Vocabulary
Demonstrate increased vocabulary
and enhanced language use. Unit 4:
Words from science, including
conductor, soluble, energy, force,
system, minerals, natural resources,
hypothesis, vertebrate, invertebrate .
6523
Vocabulary Enrichment
(science)
Learn and apply meaning of
words from science in
practice exercises. Activity
requires access to a
dictionary.
Lesson Quiz: Science
Vocabulary
Chapter Title
Chapter
Description
Lesson Title
Lesson Description
Art Vocabulary
Demonstrate increased vocabulary
and enhanced language use. Unit 5:
Words from the arts, including
instrumental, vocal, scale, chord,
melody, texture, value, form, balance,
variety.
Activity Activity Title
Number
6524
Vocabulary Enrichment
(The Arts)
Activity Description
Learn and apply meaning of
words used in the arts
(instrumental, vocal, scale,
chord, melody, texture, value,
form, balance, variety) in
practice exercises. Activity
requires access to a
dictionary.
Lesson Quiz: Art
Vocabulary
Demonstrate increased vocabulary
and enhanced language use. Unit 6:
Words from technology, including
Technology Vocabulary word processor, software, hardware,
6525
Vocabulary Enrichment
(computer technology)
font, icon, prompt, database,
prototype, disk, virtual reality .
Learn and apply meaning of
words from computer
technology (word processor,
software, hardware, font,
icon, prompt, database,
prototype, disk, virtual reality)
in practice exercises. Activity
requires access to a
dictionary.
Lesson Quiz: Technology
Vocabulary
Demonstrate increased vocabulary
and enhanced language use. Unit 7:
Learn and apply meaning of
words from language arts
(expository, figurative, thesis,
Language Arts
Vocabulary
Words from language arts, including
expository, figurative, thesis, prose,
metaphor, irony, dialect,
personification, theme, alliteration .
6526
Vocabulary Enrichment
(language arts)
prose, metaphor, irony,
dialect, personification,
theme, alliteration) in practice
exercises. Activity requires
access to a dictionary.
Lesson Quiz: Language
Arts Vocabulary
Chapter Title
Chapter
Description
Lesson Title
Lesson Description
Interesting Origin
Vocabulary
Demonstrate increased vocabulary
and enhanced language use. Unit 8:
Words with interesting origins,
including boycott, broccoli, vaccine,
eureka, dandelion, chauvinism,
macaroni, magenta, honeymoon,
assassination .
Activity Activity Title
Number
6527
Vocabulary Enrichment
(word origins)
Activity Description
Learn and apply meaning of
ten words with interesting
origins (boycott, broccoli,
vaccine, eureka, dandelion,
chauvinism, macaroni,
magenta, honeymoon,
assassination) in practice
exercises. Activity requires
access to a dictionary.
Lesson Quiz: Interesting
Origin Vocabulary
Demonstrate increased vocabulary
and enhanced language use. Unit 9:
Words with Latin parts, including
Latin Parts Vocabulary ''omnis'' (omniscient, omnipotent),
''annus'' (annual, anniversary), ''vita''
(vitality, vitamin), ''dict'' (dictation,
dictionary), ''magnus'' (magnify,
magnificent).
6528
Vocabulary Enrichment
(Latin prefixes)
Learn and apply meaning of
common Latin word parts
(dict, omni, magnus, vita, and
annus) with practice
exercises.
Lesson Quiz: Latin Parts
Vocabulary
Demonstrate increased vocabulary
and enhanced language use. Unit 10:
Acronyms Vocabulary Acronyms, including ''sonar, scuba,
RAM, laser, radar, NATO, CARE,
VISTA, NASA, UNICEF''.
6529
Vocabulary Enrichment
(acronyms)
Learn and apply meaning of
common acronyms (sonar,
RAM, radar, VISTA,
UNICEF, scuba, laser,
NATO, NASA, CARE) with
practice exercises and a
writing activity. Activity
requires access to a
dictionary.
Lesson Quiz: Acronyms
Vocabulary
Chapter Test: Reading &
Vocabulary Skills Extension
Chapter Title
Literature Extension
Chapter
Description
Lesson Title
The learner will
identify and
understand the
structural
features of
literature.
Lesson Description
Activity Activity Title
Number
Learn and practice
differentiating between first
person narration and third
Correctly identify an author's voice or
point of view in a written selection,
and determine if the selection was
Point of View
written in the first or the third person.
Identify monologue and dialogue
within a written selection.
Activity Description
6541
6551
The Author's Voice (point person narration and
between dialogue and
of view)
monologue. A brief writing
task and two short multiple
choice exercises are
included.
Learn and practice
differentiating between first
person narration and third
The Voice of Writing (point person narration and
of view)
between dialogue and
monologue. Two short
multiple choice exercises are
included.
Lesson Quiz: Point of View
Chapter Title
Chapter
Description
Elements of Mood &
Tone
Explain how an author's use of formal
or informal language (including the
use of slang), as well as denotative
and connotative meanings, can help
to set the mood or tone of a selection.
Lesson Title
Lesson Description
6543
Formal and Informal
Language (mood and
tone)
Activity Activity Title
Number
Learn how word choice
influences mood and tone.
Topics covered include
definition of mood and tone,
denotative and connotative
meanings of words, and
formal and informal language
and writing situations. Two
short, multiple choice
exercises are included.
Activity Description
6553
Formal and Informal
(mood and tone)
Learn how word choice
influences mood and tone.
Topics covered include
definition of mood and tone,
denotative and connotative
meanings of words, and
formal and informal language
and writing situations. Two
short, multiple choice
exercises are included.
Lesson Quiz: Elements of
Mood & Tone
Techniques of Writing
Demonstrate understanding of an
author's use of flashbacks and
foreshadowing.
6545
Flashbacks and
Foreshadowing
6555
Reading Past and Future
(flashback and
foreshadowing)
Learn and identify use of
flashbacks and
foreshadowing with
examples and practice
exercise.
Learn and identify use of
flashbacks and
foreshadowing with
explanation, examples, and a
short multiple choice practice
exercise.
Lesson Quiz: Techniques
of Writing
Elements of Style
Differentiate between an author's use
of literal or figurative language,
including imagery, metaphor and
simile, symbol, and personification.
Afternoon Movie
66950 (alliteration and
personification)
6556
Chapter Title
Chapter
Description
Lesson Title
Lesson Description
Figuratively Speaking
(figurative language)
Activity Activity Title
Number
Define alliteration, conflict,
personification, and hero with
short practice exercises.
Learn and identify
personification in a Robert
Frost poem and differentiate
among imagery, metaphor,
simile, and symbol in two
multiple-choice exercises.
Activity Description
Learn and identify
personification, imagery,
6546
Literal and Figurative
Language
metaphor, simile, and symbol
in excerpts from poets Wylie,
Rosetti, Pound, Poe, and
Dickinson.
Lesson Quiz: Elements of
Style
Propaganda
Identify common propaganda
techniques used in the media. Point
out examples of false advertising in
television ads for toys, and emotional
versus logical arguments found in
editorials and opinion pages.
Determine whether they contain
strong or weak arguments.
6547
6557
Propaganda Techniques
Learn the purpose and
terminology of propaganda
and propaganda techniques
with emphasis on product
advertising.
Propaganda
Learn the purpose and
terminology of propaganda
and propaganda techniques
with emphasis on product
advertising. Activity includes
explanation with definitions
and examples, a writing
prompt, and a short, multiple
choice exercise.
Lesson Quiz: Propaganda
Chapter Test: Literature Extension
Chapter Title
Genres of
Literature Extension
Chapter
Description
Lesson Title
The learner will
develop an
appreciation for
the different
genres of
literature and will Reading Strategies
recognize that a
literary text may
elicit a variety of
Lesson Description
Activity Activity Title
Number
Read a selected grade-appropriate
novel, and demonstrate the use of the
following reading strategies:
'prereading skills,' such as scanning
bold headings and graphics and
predicting story events; reading skills ,
such as making inferences, drawing
conclusions, making generalizations;
and 'rereading' for better
understanding. Relate aspects of the
Reading a Novel (The
6560
Secret Garden and
Hatchet)
Activity Description
Use reading strategies to
read either The Secret
Garden by Frances Hodgson
Burnett or Hatchet by Gary
Paulsen. The activity
provides specific reading
guidance for each novel,
including prereading and
during reading strategies,
vocabulary, comprehension
valid responses.
questions, and writing task
extensions.
text to your experiences.
6573
A Novel Idea (making
inferences)
Learn strategies for reading,
including prereading
techniques, understanding
context clues, making
inferences, and rereading. A
short multiple choice
exercise is included.
Lesson Quiz: Reading
Strategies
Chapter Title
Chapter
Description
Reading Genres
Determine the reading level of a
selection, and choose books that are
at your level. Briefly describe these
genres of literature: fiction, nonfiction,
biography, and poetry. Select 25
books to read during the course of the
year, with 4 of the books from the
same genre.
Lesson Title
Lesson Description
6561
The Love of Reading
(literary genres)
Activity Activity Title
Number
6574
Genres
Learn about the main literary
genres, including fiction,
nonfiction, fantasy, science
fiction, biography, poetry,
magazine, newspaper, and
mystery.
Activity Description
Learn about the main literary
genres, including fiction,
nonfiction, fantasy, science
fiction, biography, poetry,
magazine/newspaper, and
mystery. A printable list of
two books for each genre
and a printable generic
reading log are included.
Lesson Quiz: Reading
Genres
Learn the elements of a good
Characteristics of a
Speech
Determine the defining characteristics
of a speech, and read ''Are Women
Persons?'' by Susan B. Anthony.
6563
Susan B. Anthony Speaks speech through explanation
Up (elements of a speech) and a guided reading of a
speech given by Susan B.
Anthony.
Learn the elements of a good
6576
Elements of a Speech
speech through explanation
and a guided reading of a
speech given by Susan B.
Anthony.
Lesson Quiz:
Characteristics of a
Speech
Chapter Title
Chapter
Description
Characteristics of
Fiction
Determine the defining characteristics
of fiction, including fantasy, mystery,
science fiction, realistic fiction, and
suspense.
Lesson Title
Lesson Description
6564
Elements of Fiction
Activity Activity Title
Number
6577
Fiction
Learn the defining elements
of fiction, including plot,
setting, characterization,
point-of-view, and theme.
Identify elements of fiction in
excerpts of a story, The
Neighborhood Champs.
Activity Description
Learn the defining elements
of fiction, including plot,
setting, characterization,
point-of-view, and theme. A
short, multiple-choice
exercise is included.
Lesson Quiz:
Characteristics of Fiction
Characteristics of a
Biography
Determine the defining characteristics
of a biography, and read a biography
of Marie Curie.
6565
6578
Marie Curie (biography)
Learn the characteristics of a
biography and be guided
through a reading of Marie
Curie and the Discovery of
Radium by Ann E. Steinke
with character trait
summaries and open-ended
questions.
Reading a Biography
Learn the characteristics of a
biography and be supported
through a reading of Marie
Curie and the Discovery of
Radium with open-ended
questions and a multiple
choice exercise.
Lesson Quiz:
Characteristics of a
Biography
Chapter Title
Chapter
Description
Lesson Title
Characteristics of an
Essay
Lesson Description
Determine the defining characteristics
of an essay, and read ''Advice to
Youth'' by Mark Twain.
Activity Activity Title
Number
6566
6579
Activity Description
Advice to Youth (essay)
Learn the characteristics of
an essay, including purpose,
topic sentences, supporting
paragraphs, tone, anecdote,
thesis statement, and
conclusion, and read Mark
Twain's "Advice to Youth" to
identify essay characteristics.
Open-ended questions
requiring written responses
are included..
Mark Twain's Advice to
Youth (essay)
Learn the characteristics of
an essay, including purpose,
topic sentences, supporting
paragraphs, tone, anecdote,
thesis statement, and
conclusion, and read Mark
Twain's "Advice to Youth" to
identify essay characteristics.
Two short multiple-choice
exercises are included.
Lesson Quiz:
Characteristics of an
Essay
Chapter Title
Chapter
Description
Lesson Title
Characteristics of a
Newspaper
Lesson Description
Determine the defining characteristics
of newspapers. Determine that an
author's purpose is to entertain,
inform, or persuade, and relate an
author's purpose to specific details
Activity Activity Title
Number
6567
Newspapers
Activity Description
Learn function and format of
a newspaper with emphasis
on journalism terms
(headline, lead, body, bias)
and author's purpose.
within selected articles of the
newspaper. Compare editorials to the
use of political cartoons in persuasive
journalism. Identify bias.
Activity includes explanation,
suggested activities, and a
short multiple-choice
exercise.
6580
Extra! Extra! (newspaper
elements)
Learn function and format of
a newspaper with emphasis
on journalism terms
(headline, lead, body, bias)
and author's purpose.
Activity includes explanation,
suggested activities, and a
short multiple-choice
exercise.
Lesson Quiz:
Characteristics of a
Newspaper
Characteristics of
Folklore
Determine the defining characteristics
of folklore. Compare folklore from the
ancient cultures of the Israelites,
Muslims, Japanese, and Chinese.
Read to compare your culture to the
cultures of others.
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6581
Folk Tales
Learn the characteristics and
types of folk tales with
explanation and a sample
folk tale, Hofus the StoneCutter.
Exploring Folk Tales
Learn the characteristics and
types of folk tales with
explanation and a sample
folk tale, How Indian Corn
Came into the World.
Lesson Quiz:
Characteristics of Folklore
Chapter Title
Chapter
Description
Lesson Title
Universal Themes of
Cinderella
Lesson Description
Explore universal themes in
storytelling by comparing several
versions of the Cinderella story,
pointing out similarities and
differences in the versions.
Activity Activity Title
Number
6569
Cinderella around the
World (Guide for 3
Cinderella Stories)
Activity Description
Read about three different
Cinderella stories (The
Golden Sandal, Yeh-Shen ,
and The Rough-Face Girl )
and become aware of how
they are similar and different.
A short, multiple choice
question exercise and a
6582
Cinderella's Many Faces
(fairy tale versions)
writing task about the full-text
versions of the stories are
included.
Read about three different
Cinderella stories (The
Golden Sandal, Yeh-Shen ,
and The Rough-Face Girl )
and become aware of how
they are similar and different.
A short, multiple choice
question exercise and a
writing task about the full-text
versions of the stories are
included.
Lesson Quiz: Universal
Themes of Cinderella
Chapter Title
Chapter
Description
Characteristics of
Poetry
Determine the defining characteristics
of poetry, including stanza, meter,
iamb, line length, punctuation, rhythm.
Use patterned poetry, rhyming poetry,
couplets, free verse, concrete poetry,
song lyrics, and/or sonnets.
Lesson Title
Lesson Description
6570
Reading Poems (Poetry
Overview and
Terminology)
Activity Activity Title
Number
6583
Reading Poetry
Learn the elements of poetry
and strategies for reading
and understanding poems.
Poems by Walt Whitman
(Song of Myself) and D.H.
Lawrence (The White Horse)
are included with open-ended
questions.
Activity Description
Learn the elements of poetry
and the terminology
associated with poetry. Hints
for reading and
understanding poetry as well
as a short, multiple choice
practice exercise are
included.
Lesson Quiz:
Characteristics of Poetry
Characteristics of a
Play
Determine the defining characteristics
of a play, and read a version of
Shakespeare's ''Julius Caesar''.
Describe the ways sentence structure
6571
Learn the elements of drama
and be guided through a
reading of William
A Julius Caesar Reading Shakespeare's Julius Caesar
Guide (elements of drama) with scene summaries,
multiple choice reading
comprehension questions,
and a writing task.
and patterns have changed over time.
6584
Chapter Title
The Writing
Process Extension
Chapter
Description
Lesson Title
The learner will
write in clear,
concise,
organized
language that
varies in content Paragraphs
and form for
different
audiences and
purposes.
Lesson Description
Use the steps of the writing process
(plan, draft, write, revise, edit, print,
and share) to create paragraphs and
multiple-paragraph essays. Choose a
Learn the elements of drama
and be guided through a
reading of William
Shakespeare and Caesar Shakespeare's Julius
Caesar with scene
(drama)
summaries and multiple
choice reading
comprehension questions.
Lesson Quiz:
Characteristics of a Play
Chapter Test: Genres of
Literature - Extension
Activity Activity Title
Number
6586
On the Write Track!
(essay writing)
topic and then choose to write to
persuade, entertain, or inform.
Activity Description
Learn the steps of the writing
process and write a
paragraph and an essay.
Essay topics and printable
planning and revising
checklists are included.
6593
Author! Author!
(persuasive essay)
Use the steps of the writing
process to write a persuasive
essay. Essay topics, a
printable prewriting checklist,
and two short multiple choice
exercises are included.
Lesson Quiz: Paragraphs
Fictional Stories
Use the steps of the writing process
(plan, draft, write, revise, edit, print,
and share) to create a fictional short
6476
Write a Short Story
Use the writing process to
create a short story. Story
starter ideas, drafting hints,
and revision strategies are
story that includes dialogue.
6587
Writing a Short Story
included.
Use the writing process to
create a short story. Story
starter ideas, drafting hints,
and revision strategies are
included.
Lesson Quiz: Fictional
Stories
Chapter Title
Chapter
Description
Lesson Title
Lesson Description
Activity Activity Title
Number
Lean ways to respond to a
story by reading and
responding to Anton
Use the steps of the writing process
Response to Literature (plan, draft, write, revise, edit, print,
and share) to create a response to
literature.
Activity Description
6501
Response to Literature
6588
Responding to Literature
Chekhov's short story, The
Lottery Ticket. Full text story,
question prompts throughout
the story, and a culminating
writing task
Lean ways to respond to a
story by reading and
responding to Anton
Chekhov's short story, The
Lottery Ticket . Full text
story, question prompts
throughout the story, and a
culminating writing task
Lesson Quiz: Response to
Literature
Autobiography
Use the steps of the writing process
(plan, draft, write, revise, edit, print,
and share), and use multimedia to
create an autobiographical story (e.g.,
the day you were born, before you
started school, a typical day, your
family, your friends, what you most
enjoy and what you do best).
6429
Your Side of the Story
(autobiographical)
Use the steps of the writing
process to create an
autobiographical story.
6589
Writing an
Autobiographical Story
Use the steps of the writing
process to create an
autobiographical story.
Lesson Quiz:
Autobiography
Chapter Title
Chapter
Description
Poetry
Use the steps of the writing process
(plan, draft, write, revise, edit, print,
and share) to write a poem.
Lesson Title
Lesson Description
6439
Writing Poetry
Activity Activity Title
Number
6590
Writing a Poem
Use the writing process and
specific ideas for writing,
revising, and editing to write
an original poem.
Activity Description
Use the writing process and
specific ideas for writing,
revising, and editing to write
an original poem.
Lesson Quiz: Poetry
Letter Writing
Use the steps of the writing process
(plan, draft, write, revise, edit, print,
and share) to write letters for various
situations, including business letters,
e-mail messages, and envelopes.
Use the steps of the writing process
(plan, draft, write, revise, edit, print,
and share) to write letters for various
situations, including business letters,
e-mail messages, and envelopes.
6490
6594
Write a Letter (business
letter)
Learn the function, format,
and types of business letters.
Use the writing process to
write a business letter.
Letters (personal and
business)
Learn the parts of personal
and business letters,
including heading, salutation,
body, closing, signature, and
inside address (business
only). Use the writing
process to write both a
personal and a business
letter.
Lesson Quiz: Letter
Writing
Plays
Use the steps of the writing process
(plan—including forming questions for
investigation—draft, write, revise,
proofread, edit, print, and share) to
create a one-act play, correctly using
theatrical vocabulary, such as stage,
set, act, scene, cast, props , and
sound effects
6486
Writing Plays
Write a one-act play by
learning the elements of a
play and following the guided
instruction that mirrors the
writing process.
Write a one-act play by
learning the elements of a
6597
Writing a One-Act Play
play and following the guided
instruction that mirrors the
writing process.
Lesson Quiz: Plays
Chapter Title
Chapter
Description
Lesson Title
Lesson Description
Activity Activity Title
Number
Activity Description
Chapter Test: The Writing
Process - Extension
The learner will
demonstrate
Speaking &
competence in
Listening Skills - speaking and
Brainstorming
Extension
listening in a
variety of
situations.
Understand and correctly use the
skills of note making, including the
use of graphic organizers such as
webbing, clustering, and outlining.
Write and present an expository
speech or persuasive argument (with
supporting evidence), making use of
technology to enhance presentation.
6601
Create a persuasive speech
A Guide to Speech Writing by being guided through the
(creating a persuasive
steps of researching, writing,
speech)
revising, and presenting a
speech.
6608
Create a persuasive speech
by being guided through the
steps of researching, writing,
revising, and presenting a
speech.
Preparing to Give a
Speech (creating a
persuasive speech)
Lesson Quiz:
Brainstorming
Be a more effective listener
by learning the purposes for
listening: to gain information,
Determine the purposes for listening,
Purposes of Listening
including to gain information, to solve
problems, to enjoy, and to appreciate.
6603
6609
Listening for a Purpose
(rationale and techniques) to solve problems, to enjoy,
and to appreciate. A
culminating writing task is
included.
Listen Up!
Be a more effective listener
by learning the purposes for
listening: to gain information,
to solve problems, to enjoy,
and to appreciate. A
listening activity and a short,
multiple choice exercise are
included.
Chapter Title
Chapter
Description
Lesson Title
Lesson Description
Listening to Learn
Listen to learn by taking notes,
organizing, summarizing,
paraphrasing spoken ideas, and
asking questions.
Activity Activity Title
Activity Description
Number
Lesson Quiz: Purposes of
Listening
6604
Listen to Learn (note
taking)
Learn and practice active
listening and note-taking
techniques.
Learn and practice active
6610
Writing & Following
Directions
Write sequenced, concise, multistep
instructions. Follow verbal multistep
instructions.
6605
6611
Active Listening and Note listening and note-taking
techniques. Practice
Taking
exercises require access to
specified web sites.
Lesson Quiz: Listening to
Learn
Instructions (following
written instructions)
Learn and practice how to
write and follow multi-step
instructions. Writing prompt
asks student to write and
then follow his or her own
instructions, and a printable
exercise challenges students
to read and follow directions
carefully.
Giving and Following
Instructions
Learn and practice how to
write and follow multi-step
instructions. Writing prompt
asks student to write and
then follow his or her own
instructions, and a printable
exercise challenges students
to read and follow directions
carefully.
Lesson Quiz: Writing &
Following Directions
Chapter Title
Chapter
Description
Lesson Title
Lesson Description
Activity Activity Title
Number
Activity Description
Chapter Test: Speaking &
Listening Skills - Extension
The learner will
explore career
opportunities in
the field of
Careers in
Language Arts - language arts
Careers in Language
and learn about Arts
Extension
famous people
in this field from
his or her own
state.
Research and report on careers in the
field of language arts, to include
journalism, library science, publishing,
advertising, and theater (television,
movies, video, and video-game
creation).
6620
Learn about careers in the
field of language arts,
including jobs in journalism
Careers in Language Arts and academia. A research
activity prompts students to
interview a contributor in the
field of language arts.
Lesson Quiz: Careers in
Language Arts
Chapter Test: Careers in
Language Arts - Extension
The learner will
use appropriate
conventions
Conventions of when spelling
and
Other Languages
Spelling proofreading
Spelling
Extension
words with
regular and
variant spelling
patterns.
Consistently apply rules of spelling.
Unit 1: Demonstrate the influence of
other languages and cultures on the
spelling of English words (etymology),
including words from ancient Rome
(Latin), 30 words, including infinity,
hospital, peace, romance, bona fide,
status quo, verbatim, library, asthma,
sincere .
Build spelling skills and learn
how to spell words with Latin
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6445
Chapter Title
Chapter
Description
Lesson Title
Lesson Description
Spelling Practice (Latin
origins)
Spelling Practice (Latin
origins)
Activity Activity Title
Number
6446
Spelling Practice (Latin
roots)
origin. Activities, quizzes,
and a printable worksheet
are included.
Build spelling skills and learn
how to spell words with Latin
origin. Activities, quizzes,
and a printable worksheet
are included.
Activity Description
Build spelling skills and learn
how to spell words with Latin
origin. Activities, quizzes,
and printable worksheets are
included.
Lesson Quiz: Other
Languages Spelling
Confused Word Pairs
Consistently apply rules of spelling.
Unit 2: Frequently confused word
pairs, 30 words, including accept,
except, affect, effect, principle,
principal, course, coarse, flair, flare .
6447
Spelling Practice
(homophones)
6448
Spelling Practice
(homophones)
6449
Spelling Practice
(homonyms)
Build spelling skills and learn
how to spell and use
commonly confused word
pairs. Activities, quizzes, and
two printable worksheets are
included.
Build spelling skills and learn
how to spell and use
commonly confused word
pairs. Activities, quizzes, and
a printable worksheet are
included.
Build spelling skills and learn
how to spell and use
commonly confused word
pairs.
Lesson Quiz: Confused
Word Pairs
Consistently apply rules of spelling.
Schwa + r Word
Endings
Chapter Title
Chapter
Description
Unit 3: Schwa + ''r'' word endings:
calendar, terror, popular, liar,
character, similar, warrior, calculator,
behavior, vinegar .
Lesson Title
Lesson Description
Schwa + l or n Word
Consistently apply rules of spelling.
Unit 4: Schwa + ''n'' or ''l'' word
endings, 30 words, including: gargle,
6450
Spelling Practice (schwa + Build spelling skills and learn
how to spell words that end
r)
with schwa + r.
6451
Spelling Practice (schwa + Build spelling skills and learn
how to spell words that end
r)
with schwa + r.
6452
Spelling Practice (schwa + Build spelling skills and learn
how to spell words that end
r ending)
with schwa + r.
Activity Activity Title
Number
Lesson Quiz: Schwa + r
Word Endings
6453
Activity Description
Build spelling skills and learn
how to spell words that end
Spelling Practice (schwa + with schwa + l. Activities,
Endings
l)
warble, towel, guttural, ritual, damsel,
bristle, perpetual, tussle, jostle .
6454
quizzes, and two printable
worksheets are included.
Build spelling skills and learn
how to spell words that end
Spelling Practice (schwa + with schwa + n. Activities,
n)
quizzes, and two printable
worksheets are included.
6455
Build spelling skills and learn
how to spell words that end
Spelling Practice (schwa + with schwa + l. Activities,
l)
quizzes, and two printable
worksheets are included.
Lesson Quiz: Schwa + l or
n Word Endings
Consistently apply rules of spelling.
Unit 5: words containing ''ie'' or ''ei''.
Words Containing ie or 30 words, including: receive, ceiling,
ei
deceive, achievement, chief, wield,
weird, sleigh, reins, beige.
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6457
Chapter Title
Chapter
Description
Lesson Title
Lesson Description
Spelling Practice (vowels
ie and ei)
Build spelling skills and learn
how to spell words with ie
and ei with hints, activities,
quizzes, and a printable
worksheet.
Spelling Practice (vowels
ie and ei)
Build spelling skills and learn
how to spell words with ie
and ei with hints, activities,
quizzes, and two printable
worksheets.
Activity Activity Title
Number
6458
Spelling Practice
(exceptions to i before e)
Activity Description
Build spelling skills and learn
how to spell words that do
not comply with the i before e
spelling rule. Hints, activities,
quizzes, and a printable
worksheet are included.
Lesson Quiz: Words
Containing ie or ei
Consistently apply rules of spelling.
Unit 6: words with the endings: ''-ant''
Build spelling skills and learn
or ''-ent;'' and ''-able'' or ''-ible''. 30
Word Endings
words, including: tolerant,
independent, brilliant, ignorant,
efficient, believable, visible, edible,
responsible, measurable.
6459
how to spell words that end
Spelling Practice (words
ending with -ant and -ent) with ant and ent with
activities, quizzes, and a
printable worksheet.
Build spelling skills and learn
how to spell words that end
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6461
Consistently apply rules of spelling.
Unit 7: words containing variant
Variant Spellings of sh spellings of the ''sh'' sound, 30 words,
including: session, patient, nutrition,
Sound
solution, politician, ferocious, fashion,
social, especially, partial.
Chapter Title
Chapter
Description
Lesson Title
Lesson Description
6462
Spelling Practice (/sh/
sound)
Activity Activity Title
Number
6463
6464
Consistently apply rules of spelling.
Unit 8: use of mnemonic devices to
Spelling Practice (words
ending with -ant and -ent) with ant and ent with
activities, quizzes, and a
printable worksheet.
Build spelling skills and learn
how to spell words that end
Spelling Practice (words
ending with -able and -ible) with able and ible with
activities, quizzes, and two
printable worksheets.
Lesson Quiz: Word
Endings
Spelling Practice (variant
spellings /sh/)
Build spelling skills and learn
how to spell words with
variant spellings of /sh/ with
activities, quizzes, and two
printable worksheets.
Activity Description
Build spelling skills and learn
how to spell words with
variant spellings of /sh/ with
activities, quizzes, and a
printable worksheet.
Build spelling skills and learn
Spelling Practice (different how to spell words with
variant spellings of /sh/ with
spellings /sh/)
activities, quizzes, and two
printable worksheets.
Lesson Quiz: Variant
Spellings of sh Sound
Using Mnemonic
Devices
spell words that are commonly
misspelled, 30 words, including all
right, satellite, separate, soldier,
business, mayonnaise, playwright,
conscience, unanimous, a lot,
definitely, giraffe, handkerchief,
jeopardy, laboratory, coupon,
opportunity, prejudice, privilege,
vacuum.
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6466
6467
Chapter Title
Chapter
Description
Lesson Title
Lesson Description
Irregular Plurals
Consistently apply rules of spelling.
Unit 9: words containing irregular
plurals, 30 words, including:
analyses, data, axes, diagnoses,
oases, hypotheses, curricula,
phenomena, stamens, strata.
Spelling Practice
(commonly misspelled
words)
Build spelling skills and learn
how to spell commonly
misspelled words with
mnemonic devices, practice
exercises and quizzes, and a
printable worksheet.
Spelling Practice
(commonly misspelled
words)
Build spelling skills and learn
how to spell commonly
misspelled words with
mnemonic devices, practice
exercises and quizzes, and a
printable worksheet.
Spelling Practice
(commonly misspelled
words)
Build spelling skills and learn
how to spell commonly
misspelled words with
mnemonic devices, practice
exercises and quizzes, and a
printable worksheet.
Activity Activity Title
Number
Lesson Quiz: Using
Mnemonic Devices
6468
Activity Description
Build spelling skills and learn
Spelling Practice (irregular how to spell irregular plural
plurals)
words with quizzes, activities,
and a printable worksheet.
Build spelling skills and learn
6469
6470
Spelling Practice (irregular how to spell irregular plural
words with practice quizzes,
plurals)
helpful hints, and a printable
worksheet.
Build spelling skills and learn
Spelling Practice (irregular how to spell irregular plural
plurals)
words with practice quizzes,
activities, and a printable
worksheet.
Lesson Quiz: Irregular
Plurals
Spelling Sight Words
Recognize grade-level sight words; 30
words, including: abbreviate, accent,
narrate, quotient, psychology,
knowledge, irritate, psychic, gnaw,
excel .
6471
Spelling Practice (double
and silent letters)
6472
Spelling Practice (silent
letters)
6473
Build spelling skills with
practice quizzes, printable
worksheets, and helpful
hints.
Build spelling skills with
practice quizzes, activities,
and a printable worksheet.
Build spelling skills with
Spelling Practice (letter Q practice quizzes, printable
and silent letters)
worksheets, and helpful
hints.
Lesson Quiz: Spelling
Sight Words
Chapter Test: Conventions
of Spelling - Extension