TOPICS:
Latin America and Regions of the United States
LENSES FOR ANALYSIS:
Art; Daily Life; Economy; Geography; Government; History; Legends; Religion
CORE RESOURCES:
Social Studies Alive! Regions of our Country published by Teacher’s Curriculum Institute Teachers College Reading and Writing Project, Lucy Calkins
READING TEXTS:
Home of the Brave by Katherine Applegate; Out of My Mind by Sharon Draper; The Circuit by Francisco Jimenez
POSSIBLE LITERATURE CIRCLE CHOICE BOOKS:
Every Living Thing by Cynthia Rylant; So B. It by Sarah Weeks; Baseball in April and Other Stories by Gary Soto; Brown Girl Dreaming by Jacqueline Woodson; Olive’s Ocean by Kevin Henkes; The Watsons Go to Birmingham by Christopher Paul Curtis
ADDITIONAL TEXTS:
Articles; Non-Fiction Essays; Poems; Short Stories
GRAMMAR AND WRITING REFERENCE BOOKS:
English Workshop: First Course published by Holt, Rinehart and Winston; Elements of Language Introductory Workbook published by Holt, Rinehart and Winston; Step Up to Writing published by Voyager Sopris
VOCABULARY PROGRAM:
Word Wisdom published by Zaner-Bloser, Inc.
FORMS OF WRITING:
Expository (paragraphs and essay introduction); Memoir; Hero’s Journey Newspaper Articles; Personal Narratives; Poems; Short Stories; Fiction