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Unit: Conflict Resolution


Grade 5
Grade 6
Grade 7
Grade 8
STANDARDS
Students will read, write, listen and speak for information and understanding.
Students will read, write, listen and speak for literary response and expression.
Students will read, write, listen and speak for critical analysis and evaluation.
Students will read, write, listen and speak for social interaction.
Students will read, write, listen and speak for information and understanding.
Students will read, write, listen and speak for literary response and expression.
Students will read, write, listen and speak for critical analysis and evaluation.
Students will read, write, listen and speak for social interaction.
Students will read, write, listen and speak for information and understanding.
Students will read, write, listen and speak for literary response and expression.
Students will read, write, listen and speak for critical analysis and evaluation.
Students will read, write, listen and speak for social interaction.
Students will read, write, listen and speak for information and understanding.
Students will read, write, listen and speak for literary response and expression.
Students will read, write, listen and speak for critical analysis and evaluation.
Students will read, write, listen and speak for social interaction.
READING INDICATORS
Identify literary elements (plot, setting, character, rhythm and rhyme).
Read, view and interpret literary text.
Identify different perspectives (such as social, cultural, ethnic or historical) on an issue presented in one or more than one text.
Determine the meaning of unfamiliar words by using context clues, a dictionary or a glossary.
Use knowledge of structure, content and vocabulary to understand informational text
Identify author’s point of view, such as first-person narrator and omniscient narrator.
Interpret characters, plot, setting and theme and dialogue using evidence from the text.
Evaluate the validity and accuracy of information, ideas, themes, opinions and experiences in text to evaluate examples, details, or reasons used to support ideas.
Interpret characters, plot, setting and theme and dialogue using evidence from the text.
Identify author’s point of view, such as first-person narrator and omniscient narrator.
Evaluate the validity and accuracy of information, ideas, themes, opinions and experiences in text to evaluate examples, details, or reasons used to support ideas.
Interpret characters, plot, setting and theme and dialogue using evidence from the text.
Draw conclusions and make inferences on the basis of explicit and implied information
Recognizing how the author’s use of language creates images or feelings
WRITING INDICATORS
Describe characters and how they change
Respond to literature, connecting the response to personal experience
Use of Transition Words
Vocabulary Variation
Identify and describe characters and their motivation, with assistance
Respond to literature, connecting the responses to personal experiences.
Express opinion and support them through specific reference to the text
Use of Transition Words
Vocabulary Variation
Identify and describe characters and their motivation ●Respond to literature, connecting the response to personal experience
Identify how the use of literary devices, such as symbolism, metaphor, and simile, personification flashback, affects meaning.
Sentence Variation
Vocabulary Variation
Compare and contrast characters, setting, mood, voice in more than one literary text or performance.
Respond to literature, connecting the responses to personal experiences.
Explain connections between and among texts to extend the meaning of each individual text.
Use of Transition Words
Sentence Variation
ASSESSMENTS
Formative
Teacher made quizzes and exams
Summative

Grade Level Assessment
Formative
Teacher made quizzes and exams
Summative

Grade Level Assessment
Formative
Teacher made quizzes and exams
Summative

Grade Level Assessment
Formative
Teacher made quizzes and exams
Summative

Grade Level Assessment
PRODUCTS
Responses to Literature
Responses to Literature
Responses to Literature
Responses to Literature

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