Quebec · Grade 5
English Language Arts, Grade 5
Quebec’s Grade 5 English course, from Response Process to Information-Based: Persuasive Texts.
- Units
- 8
- Lessons
- 14
- Skills
- 28
- Provincial exam
- None
- Official curriculum
- Québec Progression des apprentissages
Unit by unit
Every skill in the course, numbered by unit.
Unit 1 · 5 skills
Response Process
How sequence texts order events
Use: Sequence/chronology
Skill 1.1
Use: Compare/contrast
Skill 1.2
Use: Problem-solution
Skill 1.3
Use: Uses the purpose for reading and clues in the text
Skill 1.4
After Reading/Viewing: Interpreting the Text
Use: Integrates new information with what is already known to construct meaning
Skill 1.5
The official wording · 5 outcomes
- 1.1
- Sequence/chronology
- 1.2
- Compare/contrast
- 1.3
- Problem-solution
- 1.4
- Uses the purpose for reading and clues in the text to determine important aspects of a text (e.g. nonfiction features
- 1.5
- Integrates new information with what is already known to construct meaning
Watch out for
- Retelling events out of order so the reader gets confused.
- Keeping new facts in a separate box instead of linking them to old ones.
- Skipping order words that hold the sequence together.
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Unit 2 · 3 skills
Writing Process
Revision
Use: Adds descriptive words and sufficient details
Skill 2.1
Use: Sequences information, events
Skill 2.2
Editing
Use: Checks for conventions of grammar
Skill 2.3
The official wording · 3 outcomes
- 2.1
- Adds descriptive words and sufficient details
- 2.2
- Sequences information, events
- 2.3
- Checks for conventions of grammar
Watch out for
- Thinking more words always means better — add details that help the picture, not filler.
- Thinking a run-on is fine because it is 'one long idea'.
- Leaving the writing so bare the reader cannot picture it.
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Unit 3 · 8 skills
Production Process (Media)
Why media texts are made
Use: Understands the purpose for the production
Skill 3.1
Use: Selects text type depending on purpose, audience and context
Skill 3.2
Examines models of text type to be produced through immersion into the type (e.g. unique features of a text, target
Skill 3.3
Use: Drafts storyboard
Skill 3.4
Use: Identifies and gathers material, resources, expertise for the production
Skill 3.5
Use: Uses prior knowledge of media text type from experiences with similar texts, immersion into text
Skill 3.6
Use: Uses images and/or print and/or sound to produce a familiar media text
Skill 3.7
Use: Uses storyboard and/or other planning resources to guide production of the text
Skill 3.8
The official wording · 8 outcomes
- 3.1
- Understands the purpose for the production (e.g. to sell something, to influence the way people think, to give
- 3.2
- Selects text type depending on purpose, audience and context
- 3.3
- Examines models of text type to be produced through immersion into the type (e.g. unique features of a text, target
- 3.4
- Drafts storyboard (i.e. a plan or representation of the project)
- 3.5
- Identifies and gathers material, resources, expertise for the production
- 3.6
- Uses prior knowledge of media text type from experiences with similar texts, immersion into text
- 3.7
- Uses images and/or print and/or sound to produce a familiar media text
- 3.8
- Uses storyboard and/or other planning resources to guide production of the text
Watch out for
- Thinking all media is just there to entertain.
- Thinking a media text has no purpose behind it.
- Picking a text type at random.
Every skill’s key ideas, worked examples and checks are in MapleMind.Practise this unit
Unit 4 · 2 skills
Self-Expressive: Texts That Reinforce or Maintain Relationships
Reading, Writing and Media Production
Use: Self expressive language to relate ideas, feelings, experiences (e.g. in own poetry)
Skill 4.1
Use: Self-expressive language in poetry: line breaks or stanzas, images, figurative language to create vivid pictures
Skill 4.2
The official wording · 2 outcomes
- 4.1
- Self expressive language to relate ideas, feelings, experiences (e.g. in own poetry)
- 4.2
- Self-expressive language in poetry: line breaks or stanzas, images, figurative language to create vivid pictures
Watch out for
- Thinking a poem must rhyme to be a poem.
- Writing full sentences with no attention to line breaks or images.
Every skill’s key ideas, worked examples and checks are in MapleMind.Practise this unit
Unit 5 · 2 skills
Self-Expressive: Reflective Texts
Self-Expressive: Reflective Texts
Use: Texts that focus on reflecting and evaluating own learning
Skill 5.1
Writing and Media Production
Use: Multimedia journals
Skill 5.2
The official wording · 2 outcomes
- 5.1
- Texts that focus on reflecting and evaluating own learning, in reading/ writing/ production conferences, including
- 5.2
- Multimedia journals
Watch out for
- Thinking reflection means only saying what went well.
- Adding images that have nothing to do with the reflection.
- Writing what you did without any thinking about your learning.
Every skill’s key ideas, worked examples and checks are in MapleMind.Practise this unit
Unit 6 · 5 skills
Narrative and Literary Texts
Telling a story with a photo sequence
Use: Photo stories
Skill 6.1
Characterization
Use: The physical landscape and social context in which the action of story occurs, i.e. its time and place
Skill 6.2
Use: Descriptive details that construct the world of the story
Skill 6.3
Other features of narrative
Use: Literary conventions
Skill 6.4
Use: Humor, suspense, repetition
Skill 6.5
The official wording · 5 outcomes
- 6.1
- Photo stories (e.g. sequencing photos and/or images to create a scene from a story)
- 6.2
- The physical landscape and social context in which the action of story occurs, i.e. its time and place
- 6.3
- Descriptive details that construct the world of the story (e.g. the forest in
- 6.4
- Literary conventions (e.g. "Once upon a time" in a fairy tale, moral in a fable)
- 6.5
- Humor, suspense, repetition
Watch out for
- Choosing photos that do not connect into a story.
- Thinking setting is just background with no effect.
- Thinking 'Once upon a time' is just a nice start with no meaning.
Every skill’s key ideas, worked examples and checks are in MapleMind.Practise this unit
Unit 7 · 1 skill
Information-Based: Explanatory Texts
Information-Based: Explanatory Texts
Use: Explanation of reasons for a decision
Skill 7.1
The official wording · 1 outcomes
- 7.1
- Explanation of reasons for a decision
Watch out for
- Giving a choice with no reason behind it.
- Using a reason that does not actually support the choice.
Every skill’s key ideas, worked examples and checks are in MapleMind.Practise this unit
Unit 8 · 2 skills
Information-Based: Persuasive Texts
Speaking to persuade
Use: Texts that seek to persuade peers to change their habits
Skill 8.1
How music and sound persuade
Notice: Music/sound to promote a product and/or appeal
With help, I'm starting to notice and try “Music/sound to promote a product and/or” in Grade 5.
Skill 8.2
The official wording · 2 outcomes
- 8.1
- Texts that seek to persuade peers to change their habits and/or actions and/or behaviours (e.g. appeals concerning the
- 8.2
- Music/sound to promote a product and/or appeal to the viewer to take action (e.g. in a TV commercial) (Viewing only)
Key ideas
Music and sound in an ad set a mood and push you to act — an upbeat jingle makes a product feel fun.
A catchy tune sticks in your head so you remember the brand.
Ask: how does this sound make me feel about the product?
First, guided look at “Music/sound to promote a product and/or” — you try it with an adult beside you, not on your own yet (developing, more independent reader).
Watch out for
- Thinking persuasion just means saying something louder.
- Thinking ad music is just background with no job.
- Giving a reason your audience would not care about.
Every skill’s key ideas, worked examples and checks are in MapleMind.Practise this unit
Plan the term
Pick your term and the days you study. Each unit gets its share of the weeks and comes back a week later for a review. The last two weeks go over the whole course.
The official curriculum
This page follows Quebec’s own curriculum for English Language Arts, Grade 5.
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Questions about English Language Arts, Grade 5
What is English Language Arts, Grade 5?
Quebec’s Grade 5 English course: 8 units and 28 skills, from Response Process to Information-Based: Persuasive Texts.
What units are in English Language Arts, Grade 5?
1. Response Process, 2. Writing Process, 3. Production Process (Media), 4. Self-Expressive: Texts That Reinforce or Maintain Relationships, 5. Self-Expressive: Reflective Texts, 6. Narrative and Literary Texts, 7. Information-Based: Explanatory Texts and 8. Information-Based: Persuasive Texts.
Is there a provincial exam for English Language Arts, Grade 5?
No. Quebec gives no provincial exam for English Language Arts, Grade 5.
What comes after English Language Arts, Grade 5?
English Language Arts, Grade 6.
Can MapleMind help with English Language Arts, Grade 5?
Yes. MapleMind teaches every skill of English Language Arts, Grade 5, step by step, with practice and checks, and its tutor answers questions about any of them. It’s free with daily limits, on iPhone, Android and the web.