Unit 8 Week 1 - Weather and Climate |
Key Topics (Standards) for Unit 8 - Days 1-5
1. Read and Respond to a Poem
2. Use Text Features: Footnotes 3. Distinguish Literal from Nonliteral Language: Metaphors 4. Identify Key Details and Main Idea |
5. Use Context Clues to Define Domain-Specific Vocabulary
6. Identify Genre Features: Descriptive Texts 7. Compare and Contrast a Poem and a Descriptive Text 8. Hard and Soft c |
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"Blizzard Alert!" affect certain computers Connecticut covered crucial fierce recommended |
Vocabulary to Support Instructional Objectives
construct impression expectation explore index pre-searching illustrate descriptive categorize |
Domain Specific Vocabulary: Science
"Earth's Weather and Climate" climate (p. 7) elevation (p. 9) measure (p. 7) weather (p. 9) temperature (p. 7) "Fairweather Clouds" cumulus (p. 4) nimbus (p. 4) |
Academic Vocabulary
"Fairweather Clouds" splay (p. 4) billowing (p. 4) "Earth's Weather and Climate" factors (p. 8) surface (p. 7) |
Unit 8 Week 2 - Weather and Climate |
Key Topics (Standards) for Unit 8 - Days 6-10
1. Identify and Summarize Key Story Events
2. Identify Genre Features: Realistic Fiction 3. Analyze Text Features 4. Identify and Analyze Elements of Poetry and Descriptive Text |
5. Compare Two Texts on the Same Topic
6. Hard and Soft g 7. Plan Your Narrative Point of View 8. Plan Your Story |
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"How Indian Summer Began" again garden gathered generous germinated green grateful good |
Vocabulary to Support Instructional Objectives
plagiarism criteria concrete convincing |
Academic Vocabulary
"Water Sky" conserve (p. 19) exceptionally (p. 14) perpetually (p. 14) quell (p. 15) resolutely (p. 17) |
Unit 8 Week 3 - Weather and Climate |
Key Topics (Standards) for Unit 8 - Days 11-15
1. Identify Key Details and Main Idea
2. Interpret Graphic Features: Analyze Graphic Aids 3. Analyze Connections Within a Descriptive Text 4. Draw Inferences from a Descriptive Text 5. Compare Two Texts on the Same Topic 6. Dipthongs |
7. Begin the Firsthand Account
8. Incorporate Research 9. Use Temporal Words and Phrases to Signal Order of Events 10. Incorporate Nonliteral Language 11. Bring Closure to the Narrative 12. Form and Use Verb Tenses |
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"Predicting Hurricanes" cloud downpour moisture point shower soil south sprout |
Vocabulary to Support Instructional Objectives
firsthand extend sidebars transitional words apply |
Domain Specific Vocabulary: Science
"The Tropical Rain Belt" atmosphere (p. 22) equator (p. 22) hemisphere (p. 24) temperature (p. 22) tropics (p. 22) |
Academic Vocabulary
"The Tropical Rain Belt" abundant (p. 22) circulates (p. 22) distinguished (p. 23) estimate (p. 24) exceed (p. 23) imbalance (p. 22) prevail (p. 26) |