Grade 5 English Language Arts
10 units matched to the Saskatchewan Curriculum. Kids see this subject as “Language Arts”.
Strands and outcomes
- Comprehend and Respond (CR5.1–CR5.4): Analyze and respond to a variety of grade-level texts. View and evaluate, critically, visual and multimedia texts identifying the persuasive techniques including… Listen purposefully to a range of texts from a variety of cultural traditions to understand ideas and… (and 1 more outcome)
- Compose and Create (CC5.1–CC5.4): Compose and create a range of visual, multimedia, oral, and written texts that explore identity (e.g., What Should… Demonstrate a variety of ways to communicate understanding and response including illustrated reports… Speak to express and support a range of ideas and information in formal and informal speaking situations for… (and 1 more outcome)
- Assess and Reflect on Language Abilities (AR5.1–AR5.2): Identify strengths in viewing, listening, reading, speaking, writing, and other forms of representing. Set goals to enhance the development and improvement of the skills and strategies in viewing, listening, reading…
Units
Unit 1
Reading Detectives
Reading original stories, a poem and nonfiction passages, then finding the theme and main idea, making inferences, describing characters, summarizing and working out word meanings.
Outcome: CR5.4 · inferring, summarizing and finding the main idea
Unit 2
Plot and Conflict
The five parts of a plot, types of conflict (person vs. person, nature or self), and telling first-, second- and third-person point of view apart.
Outcome: CR5.4 · plot and conflict in stories
Unit 3
Figurative Language
Spotting similes, metaphors, personification, hyperbole, onomatopoeia and alliteration, and explaining what common idioms really mean.
Outcome: CR5.4 · figurative language in poetry and prose
Unit 4
Purpose and Structure
Deciding whether a text informs, persuades or entertains, recognizing five common text structures and their signal words, and using text features like the glossary and index.
Outcome: CR5.4 · forms, purposes and structures of texts
Unit 5
Context Clues
Using the words around an unfamiliar word to figure out what it means, naming the type of clue, and choosing the right meaning of words like “bat” or “bank.”
Outcome: CR5.4 · using context clues to work out word meaning
Unit 6
Greek and Latin Roots
Learning common Greek and Latin roots (like tele = far, port = carry, rupt = break) and using them to figure out long words such as “spectator” or “interrupt.”
Outcome: CR5.4 · Greek and Latin roots
Unit 7
Verb Tenses
Choosing irregular past-tense verbs (brought, swam, froze), making verbs agree with their subjects, naming tenses and keeping tense consistent within a sentence.
Outcome: CC5.4 · verb tenses in writing
Unit 8
Complex Sentences
Choosing conjunctions like although, because and unless, finding dependent and independent clauses, telling simple, compound and complex sentences apart, and combining sentences.
Outcome: CC5.4 · simple, compound and complex sentences
Unit 9
Punctuation Power
Placing commas after introductory words, using colons before lists, writing possessives and contractions, choosing its/it's and their/there/they're, and punctuating dialogue.
Outcome: CC5.4 · commas, colons and apostrophes
Unit 10
Media Smarts
Spotting the tricks ads use, telling facts from opinions, and asking smart questions about who made a message and why.
Outcome: CR5.2 · persuasive techniques in visual and media texts
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