ELA Language Arts 5B

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6. COMMUNICATION

1.  Listen and Learn:  Listening Attentively 6.  Speaking Like a Pro:  Punctuation and Emphasis 11. Speaking Like a Pro:  The Art of Public Speaking (2)
2.  Listen and Learn:  Learning to Listen 7.  Speaking Like a Pro:  Using Gestures 12.  Project:  Giving a Speech
3.  Essay:  Listening 8.  Speaking Like a Pro:  Pronouncing Words (1) 13.  Quiz 2:  Speaking a Like a Pro
4.  Quiz 1:  Listen and Learn 9.  Speaking Like a Pro:  Pronouncing Words (2) 14.  Review Lesson:  Speaking Like a Pro
5.  Speaking Like a Pro:  Pitch, Accent, and Pause 10. Speaking Like a Pro:  The Art of Public Speaking (1) 15.  TEST

7. RULES OF WRITING

1.  Capitalization:  People’s Names and First Words 6.  Capitalization:  Mixed Capitals 11.  Formatting
2.  Capitalization:  Place Names 7.  Quiz:  Capitalization 12.  Source Citation
3.  Capitalization:  Letters 8.  Spelling Plurals 13.  Quiz:  Formatting and Citation
4.  Capitalization:  Time, History, and Science 9.  Adding Suffixes 14.  Review
5.  Capitalization:  Institutions and Group Names 10.  Quiz:  Spelling 15. TEST

8. ALL ABOUT NONFICTION

1.  Library Skills and Visual Aids 7.  Modern Nonfiction:  The Informal Essay 13.  Reading News Magazines
2.  Determining the Author’s Message 8.  Project:  Descriptive Paragraph 14. Project:  Newspaper Articles
3.  Historical Nonfiction:  Autobiography (1) 9.  Essay:  Description 15. Quiz:  Nonfiction
4.  Historical Nonfiction:  Autobiography (2) 10. Essay:  The Informal Essay 16. Review
5.  Essay:  Autobiography 11. Reading a Newspaper:  Headlines 17.  TEST
6.  Quiz:  Preparing to Read and Historical Nonfiction 12. Reading a Newspaper:  Special Features and Advertisements

9. TYPES OF LITERATURE

1.  Works of Fiction 6.  Quiz:  Fiction and Poetry 11.  Report:  Drama
2.  Poetry 7.  Dramatic Literature 12.  Figurative Language
3.  Nonsense Words in Poetry 8.  History of Drama 13.  Quiz:  Drama
4.  Report:  Poet Biography 9.  Elements of Drama 14.  Review
5.  Essay:  Limmericks 10.  The Reading of a Play 15.  TEST

10. HARRIET TUBMAN:  A STUDY GUIDE

1.  Literary Critique 7.  Quiz:  Intro-Page 72 13.  Writing a Character Sketch
2.  Characterization 8.  Organization 14.  Essay:  Character Sketch
3.  Introduction and Preface through Page 53 9.   Pages 72-131 and Appendix 15.  Essay:  Responding to a Documentary
4.  Pages 53-72 10.  Interpretation and Communication 16.  Quiz:  Character Sketches
5.  Facts About Characters 11.  Essay:  Harriet’s First Mistress 17.  Review:  Harriet Tubman
6.  Essay:  Slavery 12.  Quiz:  Pages 72-131 18.  TEST