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  Welcome to
  English 5

  Step 1: Watch the intro video (left or above). You can also update your profile at this point (just click your name in the top-right). Step 2: Read the Course Outline and make sure you understand the course requirements. Ask your teacher if you have any questions. Step 3: Make a schedule and get started on the course ASAP! Remember that regular progress is the key. Step 4: Click on the Tell Me About Yourself link below and complete your introductory assignment

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    Tell Me About Yourself Assignment

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• Unit 1

  

  • Print the Learning Guide. Then work through it as you progress through the lessons. Submit it in the dropbox at the end of the unit.

  • SECTION 1 - Reading Strategies: Before, During & After

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    Navigating Your Course Page
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    1.2 Pre-Reading Assignment

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    1.3 - 1.4 Your Turn: Reading Strategies Assignments

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  • SECTION 2: Descriptive Writing Journal & Parts of Speech

  • SECTION 3: Literary Devices & Descriptive Writing

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    1.12 Graphic Organizer and Revised / Edited Draft Assignment

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    Unit 1 - Describe an Animal Writing Assignment

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  • IMPRESSIONS: Finishing Tasks

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    Unit 1 - Learning Guide Assignment

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    Unit 1 - Descriptive Writing Journal Assignment

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    Unit 1 Project - My Animal Assignment

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• Unit 2

  

  • SECTION 1: Elements of a Short Story

  • SECTION 2: Explore Short Story Genres

  • Note: Students will complete lessons 2.8 - 2.10 two times. Two creative stories will be written - each in a different genre. Don't try to do both stories at once. Teacher feedback on story one can be applied to story two (although planning, etc. for story two can begin right when story #1 draft is submitted.)

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    2.10 Your Story #1 Sheets & Revised/Edited Draft Assignment

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    Your Short Story #1 Assignment

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    2.10 Your Story #2 Sheets & Revised/Edited Draft Assignment

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    Your Short Story #2 Assignment

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  • SECTION 3 - Oral Tradition

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    2.12 Family Stories Assignment

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  • TELL A STORY - Finishing Tasks

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    Unit 2 Learning Guide Assignment

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    Unit 2 Short Story Journal Assignment

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    Unit 2 Project - Short Story Extension Assignment

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• Unit 3

  

  • SECTION 1: Nonfiction Reading and Responding Strategies

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    3.3 Nonfiction Feature Find Assignment

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    3.1 - 3.6 Nonfiction Reading and Responding Strategies Assignment

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  • SECTION 2: Nonfiction Text Structures

  • SECTION 3: Biography Research

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    3.11 It's All About Who? Assignment

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    3.12 Questions, Sources, and Notetaking Assignment

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    3.11 - 3.16 Revised/Edited Draft Assignment

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  • INFORM AND EXPLAIN: Finishing Tasks

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    Unit 3 Learning Guide Assignment

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    Unit 3 Project - Biography and Timeline Assignment

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• Unit 4

  

  "A good poem is a contribution to reality.

  The world is never the same once a good poem has been added to it.

  A good poem helps to change the shape of the universe, helps to extend everyone's knowledge of himself and the world around him."

  -- Dylan Thomas

  • SECTION 1 - Poems that Rhyme

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    4.1 - 4.5 Poetry Reading Assignment

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  • SECTION 2 - Writing, Free Verse and Pattern Poems

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    4.6 - 4.10 Poetry Reading Assignment

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  • SECTION 3 - Poetry and Culture
    

  • POETRY - Finishing Tasks
    

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    Unit 4 Project - Poetry Writing Assignment

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    Unit 4 Learning Guide Assignment

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    Unit 4 Poetry Reading Journal Assignment

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• Unit 5

  

  • SECTION 1 - Elements of Persuasive Writing

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    5.1 Persausive Text Scavenger Hunt Assignment

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  • SECTION 2 - Persuasive Letter

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    5.9 Revised/Edited Draft of Letter Assignment

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    5.9 Final Positive Persausive Letter Assignment

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  • SECTION 3 - Persuasive Product & Presentation

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    Unit 5 Persuasive Writing Journal Assignment

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    5.11 Create a Cereal Box Assignment

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    5.13 Revised/Edited Draft of Script Assignment

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    5.14 Cereal Script Assignment

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    5.14 Cereal Commercial Assignment

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  • PERSPECTIVES - Finishing Tasks

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    Unit 5 Project - Perspectives Assignment

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    Unit 5 Learning Guide Assignment

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• Unit 6

  

  • SECTION 1 - Before You Read

    Be sure to download your PLOT FLOWCHART and your READING SCAVENGER HUNT from the lesson book below for your chosen novel study.

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    6.1 Before You Read - Reading Scavenger Hunt Assignment

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  • SECTION 2 - As You Read

    Be sure to download your READER RESPONSE AND VOCABULARY documents from the lesson book below for your chosen novel study. 

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    6.2 Reader Response and Vocabulary #1 Assignment

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    6.2 Reader Response and Vocabulary #2 Assignment

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    6.2 Reader Response and Vocabulary #3 Assignment

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    6.2 Reader Response and Vocabulary #4 Assignment

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  • SECTION 3 - After You Read

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    6.3 Plot Diagram Assignment

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  • NOVEL STUDY - Finishing Tasks

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    Unit 6 Project - Novel Study Assignment

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