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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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John H. Kinzie Elementary School

5625 S. Mobile Ave. 
Chicago, IL 60638
Ph: 773 - 535 - 2425 | Fax: 773 - 535 - 2086

Principal: Dawn Caetta
Assistant Principal: Rosa Hernandez​                   
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