Language and Literature Year 1

Language and Literature Year 1 Units

Content Skills

Animal Allies and Human Relationships
Ancient Greece
Technology & Innovation
Exploration

• Prefix/Suffix, Informational writing, figurative language, Greek and Latin Roots, Auto/Biographies
• Affixes, Greek and Latin Roots, Poetry, Informational Text, Argumentative writing, Descriptive writing
• Narrative writing, descriptive writing, Poetry, Author Point of view, Greek and Latin Roots
• Argumentative writing, Greek Myths, Descriptive writing, citing textual evidence

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Language and Literature Year 2

Language and Literature Year 2 Units

Content and Skills

Changes & Community
Fairness & Development using connections
Culture & Perspective
Identity, Culture & Community
Understanding the Creative Process
Understanding Racism and Injustice
Overcoming adversity
Animal Allies
Countries, Cultures and Traditions
September 11

• Comparing/Contrasting, Annotating text, Dictionary/reference skills
• Annotating text, character study, dictionary/vocab skills
• Fact & opinion, Biography writing, main idea
• Figurative Language, Narrative writing, Greek/Latin roots, Symbolism, Theme, Close reading sign posts
• Non-Fiction, Autobiography, Research/ Internet, vocabulary study, Identify Main Ideas
• Compare and contrast, summary writing, editing
• content specific vocabulary, ASL, map skills, compare and contrast other cultures with our own, research and presentation of work
• content specific vocabulary, timeline, impact on current events, points of view, fact vs. opinion

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Language and Literature Year 3

Language and Literature Year 3 Units

Understanding the Dynamics of Power
Identity, the Individual & the group
Power of Friendship
Understanding Impacts of Genocide

Content and Skills

• Theme, track character growth, setting, develop real-world connections, Greek & Latin roots, vocab terms, conventions of literary analysis, collecting relevant text evidence
• Plot elements, types of conflict, charting character growth, types of characterization, conventions of narrative writing, formatting dialogue, POV, Greek & Latin roots, vocab terms
• Elements of comparative analysis, tracking character growth, plot elements, figurative language, foreshadowing, flashbacks, point of view, developing text-to-text connections, citing text evidence
• Types of genres, conventions of historical fiction, connections to Individuals & Societies / Research class (WWII, Holocaust, Genocide), point of view

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