UNIT 1 AT A GLANCE INTEGRATING NOVELS Pacing / Comprehension Vocabulary / Author’s Craft / Composition / Speaking Contents Genre / Lexile Genre / Text Elements # of Days Strategy Word Study Conventions and Listening / Research Unit Introduction Academic Vocabulary (TEKS 2.C) 2 Nonfiction Narative BOOK CLUB Mentor Text: Wagon Train at Dusk Summary (TEKS 6.D) 2 days INTRO 740L Whole-Class Learning Introduction CLASSIC Whole-Class Learning Strategies Bud, Not Buddy 5 from Brown Girl Dreaming Memoir First-Person Point of View and Create Mental Images Concept Vocabulary (TEKS 6.F) Text Structure and Poem (TEKS 6.F; 11.A) Christopher Paul Curtis Jacqueline Woodson NP Voice (TEKS 9.F) (TEKS 5.D) Onomatopoeia Purpose (TEKS 9.B) Group Discussion (TEKS 1.D) Historical Fiction 950L Gallery of Calvin and Hobbes Comics Make Inferences Media Vocabulary Museum Exhibit Guide 2 Media: Comic Strip Bill Watterson (TEKS 5.F) (TEKS 6.F; 8.F) (TEKS 12.H.i; 12.J) CONTEMPORARY Short Story (TEKS 10.D.ii; 11.A) 16 days The Sand Castle Science Fiction Plot and Flashback Make Predictions Concept Vocabulary (TEKS 6.F) Verb Tenses 5 Oral Reading Raymie Nightingale Alma Luz Villanueva 740L (TEKS 7.C) (TEKS 5.C) Prefix: un- (TEKS 10.D.ii) (TEKS 1.A; 1.C; 2.A) Kate DiCamillo Personal Narrative (TEKS 10.A; Realistic Fiction Performance Task 550L WHOLE-CLASS LEARNING 4 10.B.i; 10.C; 10.D; 10.D.iv; Writing 10.D.ix; 10.E; 11.A) Peer-Group Learning Introduction For more information, see the Peer-Group Learning Strategies next page. 3 from Bad Boy Memoir Controlling Idea and Supporting Make Connections Context Clues (TEKS 2.B) Pronoun Case Response to Literature Walter Dean Meyers 1000L Evidence (TEKS 8.D.i) (TEKS 5.E) Latin Root: -spec- (TEKS 2.A) (TEKS 10.D.v) (TEKS 6.E) Media Vocabulary Group Discussion The Moth Presents: Aleeza Kazmi 2 Media: Oral Storytelling Listen Actively (TEKS 1.A) (TEKS 6.F; 8.F) (TEKS 1.A; 1.D; 6.G) Compare Within Genre Literary Devices and Prince Francis Make Inferences Print Resources (TEKS 2.A) 15 days 4 Character Development Roddy Doyle (TEKS 5.F) Latin Prefix: mal- (TEKS 2.C) Realistic Fiction Narrative Point of View and (TEKS 9.E) Response to Literature 860L • 240L Purpose (TEKS 9.E) (TEKS 6.B; 9.E) The Sound of Summer Running Multiple-Meaning Words Literary Devices: Symbol 4 Fluency (TEKS 3) Ray Bradbury Digital Resources (TEKS 2.A) (TEKS 9.E) PEER-GROUP LEARNING Performance Task Present a Retelling 2 Speaking and Listening (TEKS 1.A; 1.C) Independent Learning Introduction Independent Learning Strategies from Peter Pan Fantasy J. M. Barrie 800L Oranges • I Was a Skinny Tomboy Kid Poetry Collection Independent Learning provides Gary Soto • Alma Luz Villanueva NP 2 students with the opportunity to The Boy Nobody Knew Personal Essay analyze a selection independently. Independent Learning provides students with the opportunity to analyze a selection Share Your Independent 2 days This chart includes pacing Faith Ringgold 820L To facilitate students’ independently. To facilitate students’ independence, no skills have been assigned. Learning (TEKS 6.A; 6.E) suggestions, skills, and independence, no Eleven Realistic Fiction skills have been assigned. standards that can be Sandra Cisneros 980L used as reference for INDEPENDENT LEARNING Raymond’s Run Realistic Fiction lesson planning. You are Toni Cade Bambara 1280L encouraged to use your judgment as you plan Performance-Based Assessment Personal Narrative Writing (TEKS 10.D; 11.A) lessons according to your 2 classroom needs. Unit Reflection Reflect on the Unit 3 days Pacing is suggested for a 40- to 50-minute class END OF UNIT Unit Test 1 period. If you use block scheduling, you may combine days to meet your schedule needs. 2A UNIT 1 • GROWING UP UNIT 1 • AT A GLANCE 2B UNIT 2 AT A GLANCE INTEGRATING NOVELS Pacing / Comprehension Vocabulary / Author’s Craft / Composition / Speaking Contents Genre / Lexile Genre / Text Elements # of Days Strategy Word Study Conventions and Listening / Research Academic Vocabulary Unit Introduction (TEKS 2.C) BOOK CLUB 2 Informational Essay 2 days INTRO Mentor Text: Reading Buddies Summary (TEKS 6.D) 890L CLASSIC Where the Red Whole-Class Learning Introduction Fern Grows Whole-Class Learning Strategies Wilson Rawls 5 How-to Essay Historical Fiction from My Life With the Chimpanzees Autobiography Author’s Purpose and Message Establish Purpose for Concept Vocabulary (TEKS 6.F) Commas (TEKS 10.D.viii) (TEKS 10.B.i; 11.B) 700L Jane Goodall 860L (TEKS 9.A) Reading (TEKS 5.A) Latin Suffix: -able Class Discussion (TEKS 1.A) CONTEMPORARY How Smart Are Animals? Compare Within Genre Science Article Monitor Comprehension: Concept Vocabulary (TEKS 6.F) Controlling Idea and 4 Comparing Across Genres 1110L Reread (TEKS 5.I) Spelling Patterns: The f Sound Evidence (TEKS 8.D.i) Dorothy Hinshaw Patent The Magician’s Elephant Organizational Patterns Kate DiCamillo 16 days Text Features: So What Is a Primate? Science Article (TEKS 8.D.iii) Generate Questions Concept Vocabulary (TEKS 6.F) Introductions and Compare-and-Contrast Essay Fantasy 3 Faith Hickman Brynie 970L (TEKS 5.B) Multiple-Meaning Words Acknowledgments (TEKS 6.B) 730L (TEKS 8.D.ii) WHOLE-CLASS LEARNING Informational Essay For more information, see the Performance Task 4 (TEKS 10.B; 10.B.i–ii; 10.C; next page. Writing 10.D; 10.D.i, iii, viii, ix; 11.B) Peer-Group Learning Introduction Peer-Group Learning Strategies 3 Predators • The Naming of Cats • Nikita Lyric Poetry Structural Elements of Poetry Context Clues (TEKS 2.B) Language and Voice Adjust Fluency (TEKS 3) Friendly Letter (TEKS 11.D) Linda Hogan • T. S. Eliot • Alberto Ríos NP (TEKS 8.B) Latin Root: -dom- (TEKS 9.F) Evaluate Details to Use a Pritnt Thesaurus The Tale of the Hummingbird Myth Research Report 3 Multiple Themes (TEKS 7.A) Determine Key Ideas (TEKS 2.A) Sentence Structures Pura Belpré 740L (TEKS 12.A; 12.J) (TEKS 5.G) Synonyms 11 days Comparing Within Genres Black Cowboy, Wild Horses Biography Author’s Purpose and Message Context Clues (TEKS 2.B) Figurative Language Informative Report 3 Paraphrase (TEKS 6.D) Julius Lester 710L (TEKS 6.G; 9.A) Multiple-Meaning Words (TEKS 9.D) (TEKS 12.B; 12.G; 12.I; 12.J) PEER-GROUP LEARNING Performance Task Oral Instructions 2 Speaking and Listening (TEKS 1.A; 1.B) Independent Learning Introduction Independent Learning Strategies A Blessing Poetry This chart includes James Wright NP pacing suggestions, The Secret Life of the Dog Media: Video skills, and standards that British Broadcasting Corporation Independent Learning provides 2 students with the opportunity can be used as reference All the Pretty Ponies Reflective Essay to analyze a selection Independent Learning provides students with the opportunity to analyze a selection Share Your Independent for lesson planning. You 2 days Oscar Cásares 1220L independently. To facilitate independently. To facilitate students’ independence, no skills have been assigned. Learning (TEKS 6.A; 6.E) are encouraged to use students’ independence, no skills your judgment as you The Girl Who Gets Gifts From Birds Informational Text have been assigned. Katy Sewall 830L plan lessons according INDEPENDENT LEARNING to your classroom needs. Pet Therapy: How Animals and Humans Heal Each Other Informational Text Julie Rovner 1190L Pacing is suggested for a 40- to 50-minute class Performance-Based Assessment Informational Essay period. If you use block Writing 2 (TEKS 10.B; 10.B.i–ii; 11.B) scheduling, you may combine days to meet Unit Reflection Reflect on the Unit 3 days your schedule needs. Unit Test 1 END OF UNIT 118A UNIT 2 • NATURAL ALLIES UNIT 2 • AT A GLANCE 118B UNIT 3 AT A GLANCE INTEGRATING NOVELS Pacing / Comprehension Vocabulary / Author’s Craft / Composition / Speaking Contents Genre / Lexile Genre / Text Elements # of Days Strategy Word Study Conventions and Listening / Research Unit Introduction Academic Vocabulary (TEKS 2.C) 2 Argument BOOK CLUB Mentor Text: That’s Not Progress! Summary (TEKS 6.D) 2 days INTRO 910L CLASSIC Whole-Class Learning Introduction Whole-Class Learning Strategies A Wrinkle in Time Madeleine L’Engle 4 Argument (TEKS 6.C; 11.C) Feathered Friend Science Fiction Generate Questions Concept Vocabulary (TEKS 6.F) Setting and Plot Multiple Themes (TEKS 6.G; 7.A) Multimedia Presentation Fantasy Arthur C. Clarke 1100L (TEKS 5.B) Greek Root: -path- (TEKS 2.C) (TEKS 7.D) (TEKS 1.C) 740L Compare Across Genres Evaluate Details to Concept Vocabulary (TEKS 6.F) References in The Biometric Body Informational Article 3 Determine Key Ideas Synonyms and Nuance Informational Writing CONTEMPORARY Kathiann M. Kowalski 970L Controlling Idea and (TEKS 5.G) (TEKS 2.A) (TEKS 8.D.ii; 12.H.i) Comparison-and-Contrast Comparing Across Genres Organizational Patterns Sky Jumpers Essay (TEKS 6.B) (TEKS 8.D.i, iii; 8.E.i; iii)) Prepositions and Peggy Eddleman 16 days Biometrics Are Not Better Argument Synthesize Information Concept Vocabulary (TEKS 6.F) 3 Prepositional Phrases Reuben Lorre 1240L (TEKS 5.H) Multiple-Meaning Words Science Fiction (TEKS 10.D.iv, viii) 860L The Internet of Things Make Connections Media Vocabulary Summary (TEKS 6.D) 2 Media: Video IBM Social Media (TEKS 5.E) (TEKS 6.F; 8.F) Oral Report (TEKS 1.C) WHOLE-CLASS LEARNING For more information, see the Argumentative Essay next page. Performance Task 4 (TEKS 10.A; 10.B.i–ii; 10.C; Writing 10.D.i, iv, viii; 11.C) Peer-Group Learning Introduction Peer-Group Learning Strategies 3 Is Our Gain Also Our Loss? Reflective Essay Author’s Purpose and Message Make Connections Base Words and Context Relative