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Units of Study 
Third Grade Reading Humorous / Realistic Fiction Non-Fiction Biography / Autobiography Fantasy Poetry Fables Writing Personal Narrative Poems Persuassive Letters Biography Feature Article Grammar and Mechanics Synonyms Antonyms Homonyms Homophones Prefixes Suffixes Compound Words Contractions Subject and Predicate Parts of Speech Punctuation Capitalization Fourth Grade Reading Animal Fiction Biography Realistic Fiction Historical Fiction Writing Poetry Memoir (personal narrative) Ghost story (fiction) Holiday Tradition (personal narrative Wonder Cloud Essay (Non-fiction essay) Narrative (with dialogue) Persuasive letter Book reviews Children’s book (written with Ms. Haaga) Grammar and Mechanics Capitalization Punctuation - End punctuation
- Commas
- Apostrophes
- Semi-colons
- Colons
- Dashes
- Hyphens
Parts of Speech - Noun
- Verb
- Adjective
- Pronoun
- Adverb
- Conjunction
- Preposition
- Interjection
Subjects Predicates Subject-Verb agreement Possessives Fragments Phrases Clauses Run-on sentences Quotation marks MIDDLE SCHOOL Fifth Grade Reading Writing - Historical diary
- Travelogue
- Family “scrapbook”
- New article
- Research paper
- Free-verse poetry
- Literary response
- Short story
- Essay
- Summary
Grammar and Mechanics - Review parts of speech
- Sentence structure and fluency
- Paragraph structure and organization
- Forms of Writing (descriptive, narrative, expository, persuasive)
- Punctuation and Capitalization
- Spelling: Words Their Way: Word Study in Action
Sixth Grade Reading - Tangerine, by Edward Bloor
- Hatchet, by Gary Paulsen
- Walk Two Moons, by Sharon Creech
- The Giver, by Avi
- Out of the Dust, by Karen Hesse
- True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle, by Avi
- The House of the Scorpion, by Nancy Farmer
- Seedfolks, by Paul Fleischman
- African and Asian Mythology, various authors
- Poetry, various authors
- Short-stories, various authors
Writing - Personal Writing (personal narrative)
- Literary Response Essay
- Feature Article
- Editorial
- Poetry (a variety of specific forms including the sonnet and triolet)
- Short-stories
- Reader-Response Journals
- Reviews
Grammar and Mechanics - Review parts of speech
- Sentence structure and fluency
- Sentence Patterns
- Paragraph structure and organization
- Forms of Writing (descriptive, narrative, expository, persuasive)
- Punctuation and Capitalization
- Vocabulary and spelling (in addition to vocabulary from our class reading we will also begin to focus on Greek and Latin Root words)
Seventh Grade READING · Greek Mythology by various authors · The Red Pony by John Steinbeck · Call of the Wild by Jack London · Short Stories by various authors · Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury · Nature Poetry by various poets · To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
WRITING - Formal, business-style letter
- A myth and/or Hero tale
- Personal Narrative
- Short story
- MLA-format research report
- Poetry (various styles)
- Formal oral presentation
- Informative article/editorial
Language Arts
St. Francis School
11000 US Highway 42
Goshen, Kentucky 40026
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