Multi-Day Elementary ELA Skills - Group 6
This class is an extensive multi-day review session for 5th-grade English Language Arts
Ms. Tracey, BA, PG Dip (Hum)
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4.8
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What's included
34 live meetings
25 hrs 30 mins in-class hoursAssessment
This class will be assessed by participation, written work and quizzes.Class Experience
US Grade 5
Beginner Level
This class is an extensive multi-day review session for 5th-grade English Language Arts (ELA) and will run from February 5th to June 7th, meeting for live sessions twice a week on Wednesdays at 5 pm and Thursdays at 6 pm (EST). The schedule is as follows: 🔖Week 1: Reading Comprehension and Fluency Dates: Wednesday, February 7th, and Thursday, February 8th. Objective: Improve reading comprehension and fluency. Activities: Read and discuss excerpts from "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland." Focus on understanding characters, plot, and fluency in reading. 🔖Week 2: Poetry Reading and Analysis Dates: Wednesday, February 14th, and Thursday, February 15th. Objective: Introduce poetry and enhance analytical skills. Activities: Read and analyze Shel Silverstein's "Where the Sidewalk Ends." Identify poetic devices such as rhyme, rhythm, and imagery. 🔖Week 3: Figurative Language - Poetic/Literary Devices Dates: Wednesday, February 21st, and Thursday, February 22nd. Objective: Understand and identify figurative language. Activities: Explore Robert Frost's "The Road Not Taken." Identify metaphors, similes, and other poetic devices. 🔖Week 4: Proofreading: Editing and Revision Dates: Wednesday, February 28th, and Thursday, March 1st. Objective: Develop proofreading and editing skills. Activities: Provide a short passage with errors from "The Owl and the Pussy-Cat" for students to identify and correct. 🔖Week 5: Uplevelling Descriptive Writing Dates: Wednesday, March 7th, and Thursday, March 8th. Objective: Enhance descriptive writing skills. Activities: Read excerpts from "The Secret Garden" and discuss how the author uses descriptive language. Students practice adding details to their own writing. 🔖Week 6: Fronted Adverbials Dates: Wednesday, March 14th, and Thursday, March 15th. Objective: Understand and use fronted adverbials in writing. Activities: Analyze examples in poetry and prose. Students incorporate fronted adverbials in their descriptive writing. 🔖Week 7: Playscript Writing Dates: Wednesday, March 21st, and Thursday, March 22nd. Objective: Introduce the structure and format of playscripts. Activities: Read and discuss a short playscript. Students work in groups to write and perform their own short plays. 🔖Week 8: Shades of Meaning (Contextual Meanings & Word Choice) Dates: Wednesday, March 28th, and Thursday, March 29th. Objective: Explore nuances in word meanings. Activities: Analyze Robert Louis Stevenson's poem "The Swing" for shades of meaning. Students choose synonyms to convey subtle differences in meaning. NO CLASSES APRIL 1-5 🔖Week 9: The Features of Newspaper Articles Dates: Wednesday, April 10th, and Thursday, April 11th. Objective: Understand the features of newspaper articles. Activities: Analyze examples of newspaper articles. Identify headline structures, leads, and key features. 🔖Week 10: Managing Shifts Between Levels of Formality Dates: Wednesday, April 17th, and Thursday, April 18th. Objective: Learn to manage shifts between levels of formality in writing. Activities: Explore examples of writing with varying levels of formality. Practice shifting between formal and informal tones. 🔖Week 11: Technicality of Sentences (Structure & Features, e.g., Expanded Noun Phrases) Dates: Wednesday, April 24th, and Thursday, April 25th. Objective: Understand the technicalities of sentence structure. Activities: Focus on features like expanded noun phrases. Analyze sentences for technical aspects. 🔖Week 12: Discursive Writing Dates: Wednesday, May 1st, and Thursday, May 2nd. Objective: Explore discursive writing techniques. Activities: Analyze samples of discursive writing. Practice organizing and presenting arguments. 🔖Week 13: Cohesion in Writing Dates: Wednesday, May 8th, and Thursday, May 9th. Objective: Enhance cohesion in writing. Activities: Explore methods for creating cohesive writing. Practice using transition words and phrases. 🔖Week 14: Short Burst Creative Writing Across Genres Dates: Wednesday, May 15th, and Thursday, May 16th. Objective: Engage in short burst creative writing across various genres. Activities: Students participate in quick creative writing exercises spanning different genres. 🔖Week 15: 5th Grade Spelling, Punctuation, and Grammar Dates: Wednesday, May 22nd, and Thursday, May 23rd. Objective: Review 5th-grade spelling, punctuation, and grammar rules. Activities: Focus on common spelling, punctuation, and grammar challenges. Practice through exercises. 🔖Week 16: How to Correctly Use the 'Passive'; How to Use Semi-Colons, Colons, and Dashes Correctly Dates: Wednesday, May 29th, and Thursday, May 30th. Objective: Understand correct usage of the passive voice; Learn proper use of semi-colons, colons, and dashes. Activities: Discuss examples and practice using the passive voice and punctuation marks. 🔖Week 17: Review and Wrap-Up Dates: Wednesday, June 5th, and Thursday, June 6th. Objective: Review key concepts and skills covered during the semester. Activities: Engage in a comprehensive review. Answer questions and provide additional assistance.
Learning Goals
⭐Reading Comprehension and Fluency
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.5.1: Quote accurately from a text when explaining what the text says explicitly and when drawing inferences from the text.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RF.5.4.A: Read grade-level text with purpose and understanding.
⭐Poetry Reading and Analysis
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.5.5: Explain how a series of chapters, scenes, or stanzas fits together to provide the overall structure of a particular story, drama, or poem.
⭐Figurative Language - Poetic/Literary Devices
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.5.4: Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, including figurative language.
⭐Proofreading: Editing and Revision
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.5.5: With guidance and support from peers and adults, develop and strengthen writing as needed by planning, revising, and editing.
⭐Uplevelling Descriptive Writing
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.5.3.D: Use concrete words and phrases and sensory details to convey experiences and events precisely.
⭐Fronted Adverbials
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.5.1.A: Explain the function of conjunctions, prepositions, and interjections in general and their function in particular sentences.
⭐Playscript Writing
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.5.3.B: Use narrative techniques, such as dialogue, description, and pacing, to develop experiences and events or show the responses of characters to situations.
⭐Shades of Meaning (Contextual Meanings & Word Choice)
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.5.5.C: Use the relationship between particular words to better understand each of the words.
⭐Features of Newspaper Articles
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.5.2.D: Use precise language and domain-specific vocabulary to inform about or explain the topic.
⭐Managing Shifts Between Levels of Formality
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.5.1.B: Develop and strengthen writing as needed by planning, revising, and editing.
⭐Technicality of Sentences (Structure & Features, e.g., Expanded Noun Phrases)
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.5.3.A: Expand, combine, and reduce sentences for meaning, reader/listener interest, and style.
Discursive Writing
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.5.1.A: Introduce a topic or text clearly, state an opinion, and create an organizational structure in which ideas are logically grouped to support the writer's purpose.
⭐Cohesion in Writing
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.5.1.C: Link ideas within and across categories of information using words, phrases, and clauses.
⭐Short Burst Creative Writing Across Genres
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.5.3: Write narratives to develop real or imagined experiences or events using effective technique, descriptive details, and clear event sequences.
⭐5th Grade Spelling, Punctuation, and Grammar
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.5.2: Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English capitalization, punctuation, and spelling when writing.
⭐How to Correctly Use the 'Passive'
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.5.1.B: Form and use the perfect (e.g., I had walked; I have walked; I will have walked) verb tenses.
⭐How to Use Semi-Colons, Colons, and Dashes Correctly
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.5.2.B: Use a comma to separate an introductory element from the rest of the sentence.
Other Details
Parental Guidance
This class will use interactive educational tools such as Nearpod which will be accessed via link provided, learners will not need to create a login.
Supply List
Learners will not need any supplies for this class, reading material will be provided and read during class.
External Resources
In addition to the Outschool classroom, this class uses:
Sources
All sources are in the public domain:
Class 1: Reading Comprehension and Fluency
Excerpts from "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland" by Lewis Carroll.
Class 2: Poetry Reading and Analysis
"Where the Sidewalk Ends" by Shel Silverstein.
Class 3: Figurative Language - Poetic/Literary Devices
"The Road Not Taken" by Robert Frost.
Class 8: Shades of Meaning (Contextual Meanings & Word Choice)
"The Swing" by Robert Louis Stevenson.
Joined December, 2020
4.8
242reviews
Teacher expertise and credentials
Non-US Teaching Certificate in English to Speakers of Other Languages
Bachelor's Degree in English from University of Northampton
I have both Masters and Bachelor degrees in English Literature (UK Universities) and a Diploma in Teaching Literacy in Primary and Secondary Schools. I am also a qualified English Language teacher with TEFL.Reviews
Live Group Class
<$1
weekly2x per week, 17 weeks
45 min
Completed by 6 learners
Live video meetings
Ages: 10-11
1-10 learners per class
