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Overview of the Year
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| MONTH |  HISTORY |
 LITERATURE |
 LANGUAGE ARTS |
| SEPTEMBER Note: Long term projects are shown in red. |
Ch.
23 - 27 Mayan Civilization Mayan Simulation Ch. 1 Roman Empire |
Biography:
Anne
Frank Literary response Autobiographical narrative Independent reading |
Word
analysis: Spelling of derivatives
Sentence structure:Subject, predicate, object
Paragraph organization:Main idea
Supporting Details Conclusion |
| OCTOBER | Ch.
2 - 5 Medieval Europe Research project/ model |
Epic:
Beowulf Figurative language |
Parts
of
speech: Noun, pronoun
CapitalizationPunctuation 5-paragraph essay organization Autobiographical narrative |
| NOVEMBER | Ch.
6 Byzantine Empire Unit 1 Test Ch. 7 - 9 Islam |
Fantasy:
The
Sword in the
Stone Drama Presentation |
Parts
of
speech: Verb
Summary essayListening comprehension |
| DECEMBER | Ch.
10 - 12 Islam East Africa Unit 2 Test Short research report (Islam) |
Short
Story Folklore: 1001 Nights Drama Presentation Independent reading presentation |
Parts
of speech: Adjective
Oral
presentationAdverb Punctuation |
| JANUARY | Ch.
12 - 15 West Africa Research report (child labor) |
Short Story Folklore: African griot tales |
Sentence
structure: Prepositional phrases
Conjunctions |
| FEBRUARY | Ch.
16 - 19 China Unit 4 Test |
Historical Novel: Of Nightingales That Weep or The Samurai's Tale | Sentence
structure: Clauses, transitions
Figurative languageExpository descriptive essay |
| MARCH | Ch.
20 - 22 Japan Unit 5 Test |
Poetry
Research report (Japan) |
Sentence
structure: Independent clauses
Persuasive essayDependent clauses |
| APRIL | Ch. 28 - 31 Renaissance | Historical
Novel: Juan
de
Pareja Literature circles |
Sentence
structure: Subject-verb agreement
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| MAY | Ch.
32 - 35 Renaissance |
Detective Mystery | Fictional
narrative
writing |
| JUNE | Ch.
25 Inca Empire Inca simulation |
Detective
Mystery Independent reading presentation |
Culmination & review |