Description
This session will feature books that provide the students with rich literary elements while exploring rites of passage for all children, along with culturally specific text that challenges the reader to examine their own life through the experiences of the characters in the story. The classes will include analysis of at least a few chapters per day with breaks. I will be teaching children how to think, not what to think, usually through questioning. This means that I will push them to struggle with concepts so they master their next level of development in English.
Course Breakdown
Book List Options: “The Pearl”, “The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian”, “Romeo and Juliet”, “The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn”, “Animal Farm”, “The Outsiders”, “Wonder”
- Vocabulary Enrichment Unit
- Context
- Connotation vs Denotation
- Greek & Lation Prefixes Suffixes & Roots
- Short Stories and Narrative: Plot Structure, Characterization and Setting
- Read & analyze short stories for elements of plot and character
- Identify vocabulary in context
- write a creative short story
- Figurative Language: How to Abstract Literal Language
- Identify and create: Similes, Metaphors, Idioms
- Read & Write Descriptive Imagery & Poetry
- Analyze & Create Characters
- Theater:
- Analyzing literature and film to compare/contrast elements
- Public Speaking & Performance
- Write & perform a puppet show or skit
- Non-fiction & the World at our Fingertips
- Look for bias in short grade-level news articles
- Write analytical paragraphs with a thesis and justification
Course Details
Homework Review
Daily Kickstart
The class begins with questions inspired by situations in the story and their connection to the world around us. Students will be encouraged to use their critical thinking, creativity and personal opinions in order to explore new ideas, and express themselves more clearly.
Reading Round
Reading time will use both group and individual formats to build student proficiency in the English language. Group reading time will allow students to listen to as well as learn from their peers. Individual, one-on-one reading time will enable the instructor to work directly with a student and focus on developing specific skills.
Word Power!
Every day, a group of words will be chosen from either the text or the concepts we are working with, and analyzed using six key skills:
- Definition
- Part of Speech
- Synonyms/Antonyms
- Word Family
- Phonetic Pronunciation
- Sentence Writing
Quizzes
Assessments will be administered as a way to make sure the students are grasping the concepts that are being discussed and analyzed.
Essay Writing
The students will write essays about ideas within the text being read, using skills which they have developed in lower grades, as well as adapting new skills that allow them to reach the next level of understanding.
Learning Outcome
Reading Skills
- Cite textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly and inferentially
- Determine two or more central ideas of a text and analyze their development over the course of the text. Provide an objective summary of the text
- Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in the text, including figurative and connotative meanings; analyze the impact of specific word choices on meaning and tone, including words with multiple meanings
- Analyze how particular elements of a story or drama interact
- Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in poems and stories, including figurative and connotative meanings; analyze the impact of rhymes and alliteration.
- Analyze how an author develops and contrasts the points of view of different characters or narrators in a text.
- Compare and contrast a written story, drama, or poem to its audio, filmed, staged, or multimedia version, analyzing the effects of techniques unique to each medium (e.g., lighting, sound, color, or camera focus and angles in a film).
Writing Skills
- Write arguments to support claims using reasoning and evidence.
- Write informative texts to examine a topic and convey ideas, concepts, and information.
About the teacher
Hello! My name is Miss Stella, and I’m so excited to meet you here and help you gain confidence in reading and writing.
I hold an English Bachelor degree and a Master of Education from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. This is my 9th year of teaching English Language Arts.
I’m teaching 1st to 3rd graders in an elementary school right now, and I have worked as a high school ELA teacher before that. My teaching philosophy is to see to every student’s unique needs and demands. I like to use a wide range of formative and summative class activities to closely monitor students’ growth. I am absolutely in love with what I do and I genuinely look forward to helping you in any way I could.
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