Publisher's Synopsis
Help your fifth-grade students build strong literary analysis and comprehension skills! Each of the 9 units provides literary text in a variety of genres such as poetry, comedy, realistic fiction, and science fiction, as well as supporting activities that are easy to scaffold. Activities include: Dictionary page to introduce content and academic vocabulary Close reading activity and close reading discussion Learn-and-apply activities covering vocabulary, the literature genre, and literary analysis Reading comprehension activity Literary response writing activity Additional teacher support includes: Correlations for every unit for easy reference Downloadable home-school connection activities and projects help to increase parental involvement Guided reading levels to help identify appropriate texts for students A walk-through of each literary text selection and activity pages that support the unit The 9 units explore these genres and reading selections: Realistic Fiction: "The Job Interviews" Modern Fable: "Noah and the Gummy Bears" Science Fiction: "Ten Paramount Rules for Vacationing in Outer Space" Folk Tale: "Why a Cheetah's Cheeks Are Stained" Comedy: "Two Fools" Realistic Fiction: "Differences" Historical Fiction: "The First Lady in the Woods" Poetry: "The Walrus and the Carpenter," by Lewis Carroll Historical Fiction: "Memphis in 1968" This resource contains teacher support pages, reproducible student pages, and an answer key. This is a reproducible resource (photocopying of lessons is permitted) for single classroom or individual home use only. About Evan-Moor A leader in PreK-8 educational publishing, Evan-Moor has been a trusted partner of teachers and parents for over 40 years. Our mission is helping children learn, and we do this by creating resources that motivate children to learn important skills and concepts across the curriculum while also inspiring a love of learning.
