Bridges Homeschool Syllabus (Grades 5 – 6)
Spring 2017
Week
CA Common Core ELA Alignment
Unit 1: Introduction
1
SL1
L6
RL3, RL5
RL10
2
Objectives
Developing Essential Understandings During Reading
How do we decide who we are?
Studying Vocabulary: A How To
L6
Understanding Elements of Literature
Multidraft & Close Reading: A How To
Gluskabe and Old Man Winter (Drama)
Applying Vocabulary
W4, W9
Responding to Literature: A How To
W5
Unit 2: Dialogue
3
L1, L2a
L6
RL2, RL3, RL5, RL6
Using the Writing Process: Crafting Paragraphs Across All-Required Genres
4
Journaling: How do we decide who we are?
Grammar Application: Prepositions & Appositives
Applying Vocabulary
Close Reading Day 2: The Phantom Tollbooth, Act I
Response Focus: Dialogue in Drama
Writing: A Summary (Informative Text)
W10
L1, L2a
L6
W4, W9
RL2, W2, W5, W10
Unit 3: Stage Directions
5
L1, L3a
L6
RL5, RL7
6
W10
L1, L3a
L6
RL5, RL7
W1, W1a, W5, W10
Writing Mini-Lesson (TBD each week based on teacher observation/areas of weakness)
Grammar: Prepositions & Appositives
Acquiring Vocabulary
Text Analysis: Dialogue
Reading Day 1: The Phantom Tollbooth, Act I (Drama)
Writing Mini-Lesson (TBD each week based on teacher observation/areas of weakness)
Grammar: Participles & Gerunds
Acquiring Vocabulary
Text Analysis: Stage Directions
Reading Day 1: The Phantom Tollbooth, Act II (Drama)
Journaling: How do we decide who we are?
Grammar Application: Participles & Gerunds
Applying Vocabulary
Close Reading Day 2: The Phantom Tollbooth, Act II
Response Focus: Stage Directions
Writing: A Review (Argument)
Bridges Homeschool Syllabus (Grades 5 – 6)
Spring 2017
Unit 4: Author’s Purpose
7
L4c, L5, L5c
L6
RL9, RI6, RI9
8
W10
L4c, L5, L5c
L6
RL9, RI6, RI9
W2, W5, W10
RL6.1, RL6.2, RL6.3, RL6.4, RI6.1,
RI6.5, W6.2e W6.3, W6.4, L6.1, L6.2a,
L6.3, L6.3a, L6.3b
Writing Mini-Lesson (TBD each week based on teacher observation/areas of weakness)
Language Study: Connotation and Denotation
Acquiring Vocabulary
Text Analysis: Author’s Purpose
Reading Day 1: from You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown (Comic Strip) and Happiness is a Charming
Charlie Brown at Orlando Rep (Review)
Journaling: How do we decide who we are?
Language Study: Connotation and Denotation
Applying Vocabulary
Close Reading Day 2: from You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown and Happiness is a Charming Charlie…
Response Focus: Comparing Author’s Purpose
Writing: Explanatory/Informative
Skills Assessment
Curricular Snapshot (Weeks 9-18)
Unit 5: Theme
9-10
RL1, RL2, RL4, W2a, W2b, W2c,
W2d, W2f, W4, W5, W10 SL1,
L1d, L4a, L5c, L6
Unit 6: Humor
11-12 RI1, RI2, RI4, RI5, W2, W5, W10,
SL1, L3b, L4, L5, L6
Unit 7: Point of View
13-14 RI1, RI2, RI4, RI5, RI6, RI8, RI9,
W1, W1d, W5, W10, SL1, L4, L6
Unit 8: Plot
15-16 RI1, RI2, RI3, RI4, RI5, W3a, W5,
W10, SL1, L4, L6
Reading & Vocabulary: The Prince and the Pauper (Play and Novel Excerpt)
Literary Analysis Focus: Theme
Grammar: Appositive Phrases, Adverbs
Writing: Informative Text: Compare-and-Contrast
Reading & Vocabulary: Stage Fright (Speech)
Literary Analysis Focus: Humor
Grammar: Review
Writing: Informative Text: How-to
Reading & Vocabulary: My Papa, Mark Twain (Biography)
Literary Analysis Focus: Point of View
Grammar: Review
Writing: Argument
Reading & Vocabulary: Mark Twain’s First “Vacation” (Interview)
Literary Analysis Focus: Plot
Grammar: Assessment
Writing: Informative Text: Narrative
Bridges Homeschool Syllabus (Grades 5 – 6)
Spring 2017
Unit 9: Tone
17-18 RI1, RI4, RL1, RL2, Rl5, RL6, W1,
W1a, SL1, L4, L6
Reading & Vocabulary: According to Mark Twain (Quotations) and An Encounter With An
Interviewer (Short Story)
Literary Analysis Response Focus: Tone
Writing: Informative Text: Argument
Skills Assessment