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EAST LONGMEADOW PUBLIC SCHOOLS Language Arts The Massachusetts English Language Arts Curriculum Framework is designed to guide local school district personnel in the development of effective English language arts curricula. Learning in English language arts is recursive. That is, students at every grade level apply similar language skills and concepts as they use increasingly more complex materials. In this way, students build upon and refine their knowledge, gaining sophistication and independence as they grow. Language, Reading and Literature, Composition, and Media are interdependent. Each strand intertwines with and supports the others. Students might at any time read and write, view and discuss, or interpret and perform in order to understand and communicate meaning. Thus, at all grade levels, effective English language arts curriculum units weave together skills and concepts from several strands to support student learning. Grade 5 The Massachusetts English Language Arts Curriculum Framework provides learning standards for students in grade 5.
The Massachusetts English Language Arts Curriculum Framework provides learning standards for students in grades 5 - 6. |
| Genres |
| The Genres Unit includes identifying and comparing key characteristics of literary genres, as designated by a work's subject, theme, style, and time period. Some examples of genres are science fiction, poetry, drama, British literature, and multicultural literature. |
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Genre: Characteristics/Unique/Purposes
The learner will be able to recognize and examine characteristics of a variety of genres as forms with unique characteristics and purposes.
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Drama: Readings/Recitations/Performances
The learner will be able to plan and present dramatic readings, recitations, and performances that show appropriate consideration of audience and purpose.
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Drama: Theme/Structure/Elements
The learner will be able to recognize, analyze, and use knowledge of themes, structure, and elements of drama and offer textual evidence to support understanding.
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Nonfiction: Purpose/Structure/Elements
The learner will be able to recognize, analyze, and apply knowledge of purpose, structure, and elements of nonfiction or informational materials and provide evidence from the text to support their comprehension.
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Poetry: Sound/Respond
The learner will be able to respond to sound in poetry.
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Word Choice: Senses/Imagery/Mood
The learner will be able to recognize and examine how author's word choice appeals to the senses, creates imagery, suggests mood, and sets tone and provide textual evidence to support understanding.
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Classic Literature: Devices/Common
The learner will be able to recognize common structures in classic literature.
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Classic Literature: Elements/Stylistic
The learner will be able to recognize common stylistic elements in classic literature.
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Classic Literature: Compare/Cultures
The learner will be able to compare classic literature with literature from other cultures.
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Characteristics: Identify
The learner will be able to identify key characteristics of genres.
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Characteristics: Knowledge/Use
The learner will be able to use his/her knowledge of the characteristics for a variety of different texts.
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Analyze: Characteristics
The learner will be able to analyze key characteristics of a variety of genres.
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Drama: Structural Elements/Identify
The learner will be able to recognize and analyze structural elements unique to dramatic literature in plays read, viewed, written, and performed.
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Genre: Myths/Narratives/Literature
The learner will be able to recognize, examine, and use knowledge of themes, structure, and elements of myths, traditional narratives, and classical literature and offer textual evidence to support understanding.
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Analyze: Figurative Language
The learner will be able to analyze the use of figurative language within a given poem.
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Analyze: Theme
The learner will be able to analyze the theme in a poem.
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Elements: Analyze
The learner will be able to analyze the poetic elements within a poem.
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Elements: Identify
The learner will be able to identify poetic elements.
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Elements: Knowledge/Apply
The learner will be able to apply knowledge of poetic elements.
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Poetry: Figurative Language/Respond
The learner will be able to respond to figurative language in a poem.
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Poetry: Graphical Features/Analyze
The learner will be able to analyze the graphical features in poetry.
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Poetry: Graphical Features/Respond
The learner will be able to respond to graphical features in poetry.
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Poetry: Sound/Analyze Effect
The learner will be able to analyze the effects of sound in poetry.
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Poetry: Structure/Analyze
The learner will be able to analyze structural elements of poems.
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Poetry: Structure/Apply
The learner will be able to apply knowledge of structural elements of poems.
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Poetry: Structure/Identify
The learner will be able to identify the structure of poetry.
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Poetry: Theme/Apply
The learner will be able to apply knowledge of theme in a poem.
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Poetry: Theme/Identify
The learner will be able to identify the theme of a given poem.
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| Language Arts Processes |
| Language Arts Processes is an integrated language arts unit. It addresses multiple processes: reading, writing, speaking, listening, viewing, and representing. This unit includes language processes used in real-world, career, and other settings as well as traditional school settings. Language Arts Processes also deals with multiple forms of text: written, oral, and visual. |
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Oral/Written/Visual Text: Evaluating
The learner will be able to apply given criteria from a scoring rubric to evaluate compositions, recitations, or performances before presenting them to an audience.
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| Language Expressions |
| The Language Expressions Unit focuses on language conventions, structure, usage, and language study. It also addresses parts of speech, figures of speech, syntax, paragraph and sentence structure, word agreement, modifiers, and grammar. |
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Expression: Standard English/Grammar
The learner will be able to examine the role of Standard English grammar and usage and identify how its vocabulary has developed and been influenced by other languages.
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Verb Tense: Appropriate
The learner will be able to identify appropriate verb tense.
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Sentence Structure: Word/Placement
The learner will be able to recognize that a word performs different functions depending on its placement in a sentence.
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Sentence Structure: Simple/Recognize
The learner will be able to recognize simple sentences.
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Sentence Structure: Recognize
The learner will be able to recognize correct sentence structure.
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Sentence Structure: Length/Reduce
The learner will be able to reduce sentence length.
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Expand Sentence
The learner will be able to expand upon sentences.
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Verb: Phrases/Identify
The learner will be able to identify verb phrases.
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Conventions: Dialogue/Recognize
The learner will be able to recognize the conventions of dialogue.
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Parts of Speech: Identify/Sentence
The learner will be able to identify parts of speech in a sentence.
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Compound/Complex: Recognize
The learner will be able to recognize compound sentences.
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Conventions: Standard English
The learner will be able to demonstrate appropriate use of Standard English in writing.
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Formal/Informal: Analyze/Role/Formal
The learner will be able to analyze the role of Standard English in formal communication.
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Formal/Informal: Analyze/Role/Informal
The learner will be able to analyze the role of Standard English in informal communication.
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Formal/Informal: Describe/Role
The learner will be able to describe the role of Standard English in formal communication.
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Formal/Informal: Describe/Role
The learner will be able to describe the role of Standard English in informal communication.
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Patterns: Spoken/Written/Differences
The learner will be able to recognize differences in spoken and written language patterns.
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Sentence Structure: Use
The learner will be able to use correct sentence structure.
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| Language Mechanics |
| The Language Mechanics Unit includes comprehending and applying the rules that govern punctuation and capitalization when writing and editing written works. |
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Mechanics: Identify
The learner will be able to identify the correct use of mechanics.
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Mechanics: Use Correct
The learner will be able to write using correct mechanics.
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| Media |
| The Media Unit includes the study of information and entertainment communications. Topics include: advertising, art, journalism, film, and media messages, forms and productions. |
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Media: Conventions/Elements/Techniques
The learner will be able to recognize, analyze, and use knowledge of the conventions, elements, and techniques of film, radio, video, television, multimedia productions, the Internet, and emergent technologies, and produce evidence from the works to support his or her understanding.
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Media Production: Plan/Create/Idea
The learner will be able to plan and create media productions with a controlling idea, detail, and consideration of audience, purpose, and medium.
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Create: Images/Text/Music/Sound Effects
The learner will be able to create a media production with images, text, music, sound effects, or graphics.
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| Reading Operations |
| The Reading Operations Unit includes constructing meaning from fiction and non-fiction selections at comprehension, application, analysis, synthesis, and judgment levels of understanding. It includes skills which address identifying, discussing, and comparing both concrete and abstract elements of selections (setting, plot, characterization, genre, historical period, theme, tone, moral message, and psychological and political implications) The Reading Operations Unit includes constructing meaning from fiction and non-fiction selections at comprehension, application, analysis, synthesis, and judgment levels of understanding. It includes skills which address identifying, discussing, and comparing both concrete and abstract elements of selections (setting, plot, characterization, genre, historical period, theme, tone, moral message, and psychological and political implications). |
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Strategies: Connect/Contemporary
The learner will be able to strengthen his or her understanding of literary or non-literary works by connecting it to its contemporary or historical context.
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Emergent Reading: Nature/Comprehend
The learner will be able to comprehend the nature of written English.
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Letter: Relationship/Letter/Sound/Oral
The learner will be able to comprehend the relationship of letters and spelling patterns to the sounds of oral language.
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Summarize: Logical Order
The learner will be able to summarize the text in logical order.
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Detail: Sensory/Analyze
The learner will be able to analyze sensory details.
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Story: Elements/Identify
The learner will be able to identify story elements, such as setting, plot, and characters.
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Figurative Language: Descriptive
The learner will be able to identify descriptive language in a variety of literature.
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Figurative Language: Identify
The learner will be able to identify figurative language in reading materials.
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Strategies: Features/Identify
The learner will be able to identify text features.
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Strategies: Features/Use/Find
The learner will be able to use text features to find information in text.
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Organization: Structure/Identify
The learner will be able to identify organizational structure.
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Purposes: Answer Questions
The learner will be able to read to locate information necessary to answer a question.
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Setting: Information/Relate
The learner will be able to relate a literary work to information about its setting.
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Imagery: Sensory Imagery/Recognize
The learner will be able to recognize sensory imagery.
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Imagery: Identify
The learner will be able to identify imagery in reading selections.
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Conflict: Identify
The learner will be able to identify conflict in a reading passage.
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Analyze: Reading Selections
The learner will be able to analyze character in reading selections.
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Analyze: Conflict
The learner will be able to analyze character conflicts.
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Fact: Reading Material/Identify
The learner will be able to identify basic facts in what he/she has read.
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Analyze: Plot Development/Reading
The learner will be able to analyze plot development in a reading selection.
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Analyze: Reading Materials
The learner will be able to analyze setting in reading materials.
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Structure: Recognize/Analyze/Apply
The learner will be able to recognize, analyze, and apply his/her knowledge of the structure and elements in fictional material and support his/her answers with evidence from the text.
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Analyze: Support
The learner will be able to analyze themes as they occur in literature and give supporting evidence from the text.
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Analyzing: Value/Informational
The learner will be able to analyze text for informational value.
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Compare/Contrast: Narrative/Film/Play
The learner will be able to compare and contrast a narrative text with its film or play versions.
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Describe: Details/Analyze
The learner will be able to analyze descriptive details in a reading passage.
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Details: Main Idea/Support
The learner will be able to identify details which support a main idea in a given reading selection.
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Details: Supportive/Analyze
The learner will be able to analyze supportive details.
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Dialogue: Analyze
The learner will be able to analyze dialogue in reading materials.
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Evaluating: Value/Informational
The learner will be able to evaluate text for informational value.
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Figurative Language: Analyze
The learner will be able to analyze the use of figurative language in reading materials.
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Interpretation: Facts/Main Ideas/Apply
The learner will be able to apply facts and main ideas as the basis for interpretation.
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Main Idea: Analyze
The learner will be able to analyze literary selections for a main idea.
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Main Idea: Examine
The learner will be able to examine main ideas in reading materials.
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Main Idea: Identify
The learner will be able to identify main ideas from reading passages.
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Rhythm: Identify
The learner will be able to identify rhythm in written material.
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Rhythm: Language/Flow/Identify
The learner will be able to identify the flow of language in reading materials.
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Strategies: Vocabulary/Using
The learner will be able to use vocabulary to understand what is read.
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Support: Elements/Poem
The learner will be able to use examples from the text to support his/her understanding of the elements of a poem.
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Support: Ideas/Analyze
The learner will be able to analyze supporting ideas.
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Support: Identify/Variety
The learner will be able to identify supporting ideas in a variety of texts.
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Support: Structure/Poem
The learner will be able to use examples from the text to support his/her understanding of structure in a poem.
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Support: Theme/Poem
The learner will be able to use examples from the text to support his/her understanding of the theme of a poem.
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Theme: Apply/Support From Text
The learner will be able to apply themes as they occur in literature and give supporting evidence from the text.
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Theme: Identify/Support From Text
The learner will be able to identify themes as they occur in literature and give supporting evidence from the text.
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Theme: Main Idea/Implied/Refer
The learner will be able to apply an understanding of theme as it refers to the implied main idea in a reading selection.
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Theme: Main Idea/Refer
The learner will be able to apply an understanding of theme as it refers to the main idea in a reading selection.
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| Spelling |
| The Spelling Unit includes studying language and word structure knowledge to discern the correct spelling of words. It includes skills related to editing passages for correct spelling by making connections between spelling, meaning, and structure. |
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Spelling: Write/Correct
The learner will be able to write using correct spelling.
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| Speaking |
| The Speaking Unit focuses on techniques and strategies (voice modulation, body language, ordering of ideas, visual aids, etc.) to convey meaning and to present information and opinions to groups. This unit includes formal and informal communication, debate skills, and verbal/nonverbal communication. |
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Formal/Informal: Situation
The learner will be able to use appropriate formal/informal language for a given situation.
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Strategies: Questions/Ideas/Information
The learner will be able to ask questions, listen to others' ideas, and contribute his or her own ideas or information in group discussions or interviews as a way of acquiring new knowledge.
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Formal: Audience/Purpose/Create/Deliver
The learner will be able to create and deliver formal presentations appropriate to specific audiences and purposes.
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