English Language Arts, Grade 5

Unit 1: Speaking and Listening

Listening actively to compare ideas and defend opinions; using precise vocabulary, correct grammar, organizational patterns, and levels of language; and preparing and delivering presentations with a process approach.

• Using active listening strategies
• Setting a purpose for listening and viewing
• Identifying and comparing important ideas
• Contributing ideas with courtesy
• Defending opinions with evidence

• Using vocabulary and conversational conventions
• Using varied sentences and subject-verb agreement
• Using organizational patterns to communicate
• Using correct pronunciation, intonation, and volume
• Distinguishing and adapting levels of language
• Reading aloud with fluency and expression

• Planning and delivering a presentation
• Using strategies for different audiences
• Using visual aids to enhance a presentation
• Reflecting on presentation strengths and goals

Unit 2: Reading and Viewing

Using comprehension strategies to understand unfamiliar words and important ideas; identifying the form, structure, and elements of novels, poems, scripts, expository texts, magazines, interviews, procedures, and media; and demonstrating critical literacy.

• Activating prior knowledge before reading
• Setting a purpose and choosing a text
• Predicting a text's ending or message
• Using text features to search for information
• Applying French language knowledge to reading
• Using word-solving strategies
• Using visualization to understand texts
• Monitoring and revising comprehension
• Reading at an appropriate rate and expression

• Identifying elements of narrative texts
• Identifying the form and elements of poems
• Identifying elements of scripts
• Identifying the structure of expository paragraphs
• Explaining how magazine contents fit their purpose
• Identifying characteristics of interviews
• Identifying elements of procedural texts
• Identifying elements and techniques of media texts

• Justifying opinions about texts
• Analysing how advertisements influence choices
• Analysing language and visual effects
• Drawing inferences and alternative perspectives

Unit 3: Writing and Representing

Generating and organizing ideas and choosing devices to write for a purpose and audience; writing poems, scripts, expository paragraphs, interviews, procedures, and persuasive media; revising and editing with conventions; and publishing work.

• Determining purpose and audience
• Using pre-writing strategies to generate ideas
• Sorting ideas for purpose and audience
• Choosing literary and media devices

• Writing poems with literary devices
• Writing a script for a short drama
• Writing an expository paragraph
• Writing interview questions
• Writing procedural texts
• Producing persuasive media texts

• Revising for coherence and word choice
• Editing and proofreading with conventions

• Producing a clean, legible final draft
• Reflecting on writing strengths and goals