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Unit 1
5th Grade
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Expand sentences using details, including prepositional phrases, that tell about when, where, or how.
Resource: Sentence Expansion Graphic Organizer (G5, U1, L4)
Rubric: Editing Checklist 1 (G5, U1)
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Predict if the actions of one person can influence an entire community.
Standards
RL.5.6
Explain how the vacant lot sparks Kim's and Ana's memories of the past and if the memories are the same.
RL.5.3RL.5.6
Compare and contrast Wendell and Tío Juan's reactions to the garden.
L.5.3.a
Compare and contrast how the garden influences Leona with how others are influenced by the garden.
L.5.1L.5.3.aRL.5.3RL.5.6
Describe Sam's perspective of the garden and how his perspective changes.
L.5.3.aRL.5.3RL.5.6
Outline a paragraph that explains how one person can impact a community.
W.5.1W.5.1.aW.5.1.d
Describe how the garden was both a positive and negative experience for Virgil and his father.
L.5.3.aRL.5.3
Explain why the garden feels like a family to Sae Young.
Explain the significance of the quote "We, like our seeds, were now planted in the garden".
Revise sentences by deleting unnecessary words, phrases, or information.
Include relevant details to support the main idea of a paragraph.
W.5.1W.5.1.aW.5.1.cW.5.1.d
Analyze if the narrators in Seedfolks would agree or disagree with the idea that people with different cultural identities can come together to form a strong community.
L.5.3.aRL.5.2RL.5.3
Determine a theme for a story and explain how key details and characters' actions support the development of the theme.
Describe the overall structure of Seedfolks and how different events fit together to convey a theme by describing the overall structure of a text.
RL.5.5SL.5.1SL.5.1.aSL.5.1.bSL.5.6
Write a paragraph that describes how one person can impact a community.
RL.5.2RL.5.3W.5.1.aW.5.1.d
Use an outline to draft a complete paragraph.
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Write your own chapter in Seedfolks by using a narrative structure to develop imagined experiences based on the events of the text.
Brainstorm and plan the setting, characters, and plot for a narrative.
W.5.3W.5.3.aW.5.5
Draft an introduction that orients the reader to the setting.
Include details about actions, thoughts, and feelings to describe characters.
Expand or reduce sentences so that they are clear and informative for readers.
L.5.3.aW.5.2.cW.5.3W.5.3.aW.5.5
Conduct a short research project that uses several sources to build knowledge of different aspects of a topic.
Generate strong questions and use reliable sources to research a topic.
W.5.7
Summarize or paraphrase information in research notes.
W.5.7W.5.8
Complete an outline that includes a topic sentence, a concluding sentence, and supporting details for each paragraph.
W.5.2.bW.5.7W.5.8
Introduce a topic by stating why it is important and including relevant background information that sets the stage for the main ideas.
W.5.2W.5.2.aW.5.2.bW.5.7W.5.8
Add details to unclear sentences to provide more information to readers.
L.5.3.aW.5.2.bW.5.7W.5.8
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