Syllabus (subject to change):
**Reading skills are cyclical and will be revisited after being introduced.
Activities
Activities
1st Six
weeks
Summer Reading
Follow-up
Routine/Procedural Expectations
Vocabulary/Dictionary
Skills
Genres including
Fiction, Drama, & Poetry
· Compare Elements
Across Genres
· Story Elements
Writing Process with
Grammar & Mechanics
4th Six
weeks
Argumentative Text
Research
Reading & writing skills are
spiraled from 1st sem
2nd Six weeks
Literary Elements such as
· Summary
· Mood
· Theme
· Author’s Purpose
Letter Writing/Journal
Written Responses
5th Six
weeks
Novel Study
Reading & writing skills are
spiraled from 1st sem
3rd Six
weeks
Informational Text
Reading Skills such as
· Inferences
· Key Ideas (main idea)
· Structural Elements
· Text Structure
· Graphic Features
· PoV/Literary devices
6th Six weeks
Reading & writing skills are
spiraled from 1st sem
Reading STAAR Review
Research/ Independent
Study
