5TH GRADE SOCIAL STUDIES
The American Revolution
- Events and Effects
- Declaration of Independence
- Important Battles
- Patriots vs. Loyalists
The Articles of Confederation
The Constitution
- Three Branches of Government
- Checks and Balances
- Political Parties
The Louisiana Purchase
War of 1812
Industrial Revolution
Andrew Jackson
- The Trail of Tears
Pioneers
The Civil War
- The Underground Railroad
- The Emancipation Proclamation
- Causes and Effects
- Reconstruction
Industrialization and the Growth of Cities
- Factorization
World War I
The Great Depression
World War 2
Skills:
Cause and Effect
Map Skills – Reading Maps
Key Terms
Timeline Building – Reading and Writing Timelines
6TH GRADE ELA
Novel:
The Giver
Poetry:
The Unknown Citizen – W. H. Auden
Fire and Ice – Robert Frost
Masks – Shel Silverstein
And the Ghosts – Graham Foust
Anyway – Mother Teresa
Folk Tales:
“Rumpelstiltskin’s Daughter”
“Rumplestiltskin”
Writing:
Compare and Contrast
Poetry
Personal Narrative
Persuasive Letters
Expository Writing
Persuasive Essays
Grammar/Vocabulary
- Words in Context – Using Context Clues
- Prefixes, Roots, Suffixes
- Antonyms/ Synonyms
- Prepositions
- Conjunctions and Interjections
- Adjectives vs. Adverbs
- Main, Helping, Irregular Verbs
- Subject/Verb Agreement
- Comma Use and Run-on sentences
7TH GRADE ELA
Novel:
Jacob, Have I Loved
Fiction:
“The Long Way Around”
Non-fiction:
“A Letter to a Child Like Me”
“Homeless”
Poetry:
My Father’s Song
Uphill – Christina Rossetti
The Road Not Taken – Robert Frost
And the Ghosts – Graham Foust
Oranges – Gary Soto
Snow – David Berman
Writing:
Expository Writing
Persuasive Writing
Personal Narratives
Biography
Poetry
Grammar/Vocabulary:
- Words in Context
- Roots/ Prefixes/ Suffixes
- Antonyms/ Synonyms
- Subject/Verb Agreement
- Prepositions and Conjunctions
- Interjections
- Main, Helping, Irregular Verbs
- Comma Use and Run-on sentences
8TH GRADE ELA
Novel:
The Outsiders
Fiction:
Excerpt from To Kill a Mockingbird
From Little by Little
Poetry:
Mother to Son – Langston Hughes
Nothing Gold Can Stay – Robert Frost
We Real Cool – Gwendolyn Brooks
Do not go gentle into that good night – Dylan Thomas
In Response to Executive Order 9066
Drama:
The Monsters are Due on Maple Street
Writing:
Personal Narratives
Persuasive Letters
Persuasive Essays
Poetry
Compare and Contrast
Grammar/Vocabulary:
- Words in Context
- Commonly Misused or Misspelled Words
- Antonyms/ Synonyms
- Prefixes/ Roots/ Suffixes
- Prepositions, Conjunctions, Interjections
- Run-On Sentences
- Commas, Semicolons and other Punctuation