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English Language Arts — Grade 5
Goal 3: The learner will make connections through the use of oral language, written language, and media and technology.
Objective 3.03. Justify evaluation of characters and events from different selections by citing supporting evidence in the text(s).
Additional related resources
We’re in the process of aligning our content for students to the Standard Course of Study. As we do, you’ll find it here.
General resources
- Find additional resources for teaching English Language Arts — Grade 5.
Aligned lesson plans
- Comparing/contrasting characters: A Taste of Blackberries
- This lesson is designed to use with Chapter 1 of the novel A Taste of Blackberries. Students will use a Venn Diagram to compare and contrast the two main characters and then relate the material to their own lives.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 3–5 English Language Arts)
- By Denise Caudle.
Resources on the web
- Sharing favorite books using interactive character trading cards
- Students create trading cards as a way to recommend books they have read to classmates. After engaging students in a discussion about how they choose the books they read, the teacher introduces the idea of using trading cards as a way to recommend books... (Learn more)
- Format: lesson plan (grade 3–5 English Language Arts)
- Provided by: ReadWriteThink
- Rudyard Kipling's "Rikki-Tikki-Tavi": Mixing fact and fiction
- In this EDSITEment lesson, the first of a two-part curriculum unit on Rudyard Kipling, students identify key events in Kipling's life and describe their effect on his story “Rikki-Tikki-Tavi” (part of The Jungle Book). Students... (Learn more)
- Format: lesson plan (grade 3–5 English Language Arts)
- Provided by: EDSITEment
- Mapping characters across book series
- In this ReadWriteThink lesson, students are introduced to a character from a literature series. The class critically looks at the character and his or her development over the course of the story. Students read critically to learn about the character's... (Learn more)
- Format: lesson plan (grade 3–5 English Language Arts)
- Provided by: ReadWriteThink
- Cinderella folk tales: Variations in plot and setting
- In this lesson from EDSITEment, students compare and contrast several versions of Cinderella stories told around the world to find differences and similarities in plot and setting. (Learn more)
- Format: lesson plan (grade 3–5 English Language Arts)
- Provided by: EDSITEment
- Cinderella folk tales: Variations in character
- In this lesson from EDSITEment, students compare and contrast several versions of Cinderella stories told around the world to find differences and similarities in character traits. (Learn more)
- Format: lesson plan (grade 3–5 English Language Arts)
- Provided by: EDSITEment
- Bright Morning: Exploring character development in fiction
- This lesson uses Scott O'Dell's Sing Down the Moon to explore character traits and identify textual support. After students have read the book, the teacher challenges them to describe the character Bright Morning to someone... (Learn more)
- Format: lesson plan (grade 3–5 English Language Arts)
- Provided by: ReadWriteThink
- Book report alternative: Writing resumes for characters in historical fiction
- In this lesson from ReadWriteThink, students select a character from a work of historical fiction then help the character choose and apply for a job. Students explore what it would be like to search for a job in the past and the qualifications that would... (Learn more)
- Format: lesson plan (grade 3–5 English Language Arts)
- Provided by: ReadWriteThink
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