Week

Content/Question

Skills

Activities

Assessment

Week One

What are the elements and types of fiction Of nonfiction?

Predictions

Prefixes change words

Fiction: Point of view Plot & conflict

Nonfiction: exposition, cause & effect

Predicting outcomes

The meaning of “pre”

Read and analyze examples of fiction and nonfiction

Using details to support prediction

Exercises

Discussion

Chapter questions

Chapter exercises

Series checkup

Week Two

Conflict: internal & external

How do pre- dictions enhance understanding?

Analyzing conflict

Predict outcomes of story situations

Graphic organizer

Brief essay

Discussion

Check for details, accuracy

Week Three

Reading infor-

mational material

Narrative struc-

ture, inference,

Prefixes change words

Reading maps and schedules

Time sequencing, flashbacks, fore-

shadowing

The meaning of “re”

Read & respond;

Questions, chart brief essay – compare & contrast

Series exercise

Chapter questions

Rubric: details & accuracy

Series exercise

Week Four

What is the author’s purpose for writing a piece?

Recognize & evaluate author’s purpose, determine mood

Chapter questions

analysis of author’s choice of words

20 minute essay

Skills review, Discussion: Rubric: Identifies mood, uses details from story

Week Five

Author’s purpose

Examining author’s style

Read, & analyze short stories for style using graphic organizers

Chapter exercises, discussion,

Week Six

Genre comparison: fiction and non- fiction

Compare and contrast: differences & similarities

Read and compare using graphic organizers and charts, short essay

Rubric: details, organization, ideas, and word choice,

Benchmark testing