English Language Arts 5
Alberta · Grade 5 · English Language Arts — the complete curriculum-aligned outline, taught skill by skill by MapleMind's AI tutor.
Unit 1: Text Forms and Structures
Organizing idea: text genres, forms, and structures support and enhance communication. Telling genres and forms apart, how a text is organized (like an essay with a beginning, middle, and end), and picking a form that fits your purpose.
- Telling genres and forms apart
- Choosing a form that fits your purpose
- Essay structure: beginning, middle, and end
- How structure helps the reader
Unit 2: Oral Language
Organizing idea: oral language can be designed to communicate ideas and information. Planning what you say for a listener, giving an oral presentation, and listening carefully to understand.
- Planning what you say for your listener
- Giving an oral presentation
- Listening carefully to understand
Unit 3: Vocabulary
Organizing idea: knowledge of vocabulary supports meaning and use of language. Using word parts and context to figure out new words, and choosing precise words to say exactly what you mean.
- Using word parts and context clues
- How words carry meaning
- Picking the exact right word
Unit 4: Comprehension
Organizing idea: analyzing information, contexts, and perspectives using comprehension strategies. Literary elements and genres, telling theme from topic, using strategies to understand, and thinking critically to respond to a text.
- Character, setting, plot, and genre
- Telling theme from topic
- Strategies for understanding a text
- Thinking critically to respond
Unit 5: Writing
Organizing idea: enhancing the accuracy and artistry of expression through creative- and critical-thinking processes. Narrative writing, essay planning and drafting, researching and taking notes in your own words, and revising to make writing better.
- Writing a story with craft
- Planning and drafting an essay
- Researching and taking notes in your own words
- Revising to make writing better
Unit 6: Conventions
Organizing idea: applying and experimenting with conventions to enhance precision and artistry of communication. Grammar and sentence structure, and spelling and punctuation that make writing precise and clear.
- Grammar and sentence structure
- Experimenting with sentence variety
- Spelling and punctuation for precision
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