August 29, 2012 –
October 31, 2012
Fifth Grade Focus: Reading for Literary Experience
TASS: Flexibility, Collaboration, Synthesis, Metacognition, Elaboration, Intellectual Risk Taking,
Evaluation. Effort/Motivation/Persistence
What questions do we ask ourselves?
1. How can understanding story elements help me
better understand what I read?
2. How can using strategies before, during, and after
reading help me understand what I read?
What do we need to know and be able to do?
1. Analyze elements of narrative texts to facilitate understanding and
interpretation
2. Identify and explain the conflict and the events of the plot
3. Identify and describe the setting and explain how the setting affects
the characters and the mood
4. Identify and explain how the actions of the characters affects the
plot
5. Determine important ideas and messages in literary texts
3. How does knowing the characteristics of historical
fiction help me as a reader?
4. How can I use the structure of information text to
better understand and remember what I am
reading?
What words do we need to know to master the
objectives?
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Character
Character trait
Setting
Events
Conflict
Resolution
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Inference
Author’s message
Dialogue
Mood
Tone
Predict
How will we master the objectives?
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Set a purpose for reading the text.
Make predictions and ask questions about the text
Use strategies to make meaning from text
Visualize what was read for deeper understanding
Identify and explain what was directly stated in the text
Identify and explain what is not directly stated in the text by
drawing inferences
7. Confirm, refute, or make predictions and form new ideas
What resources will we use?
 sticky notes
* short fiction texts
 graphic organizers