In this exercise, students will compare two books of the same genre and similar topics using questions that require students to demonstrate understanding of a text by referring explicitly to the text as the basis for answers.

In this lesson, students analyze "The New Colossus" by Emma Lazarus and explain its importance as an example of how the Statue of Liberty continues to bring meaning to different groups of people.

Students will read "If," write to explain, read and analyze the text for character traits and vocabulary, write examples of figurative language, write quotes to support a main idea, and write a narrative. This resource supports English language development for English language learners.

Students will read paragraphs, infer the setting, and justify their responses. This resource supports English language development for English language learners.

Students will read a description of and passage by Albert Payson Terhune, events, questions, vocabulary, definitions, text excerpts, and a writing prompt. Students will write short answers, quotations to support a main idea, and an essay. This resource supports English language development for English language learners.

Students will read a description of and a passage from Rober Louis Stevenson's work. Students will then write answers to questions based on the passage. This resource supports English language development for English language learners.

Students will read paragraphs, write to make inferences based on the paragraphs, and write the textual evidence they used to make their inference. This resource supports English language development for English language learners.

Students will build speaking and listening skills through discussion, develop fluency and literary understanding, and will build skills in written expression.This resource supports English language development for English Language Learners. This is a full lesson plan focusing on the poem "I'm Nobody." The plan includes activities in all language domains with multiple opportunities for student interaction.

This teacher's guide for Lion Island: Cuba's Warrior of Words by Margarita Engle contains information about the book, discussion questions and prompts, activity suggestions including a readers theater, and ways to connect the themes in the book to other subjects.

Students are required to act out their favorite character from the book, The Invention of Hugo Cabret. Students will also develop an opinion of the main character, Hugo Cabret. They must decide if he is a diligent or obsessed person. Students will then create their own Hugo Cabret puppet using a paper plate and cut out body parts. The puppet will convey two reasons why the student felt the way they did about Hugo, as well as two references from the text to support their opinion.

This course was created by the Rethink Education Content Development Team. This course is aligned to the NC Standards for 5th Grade ELA. 

This course was created by the Rethink Education Content Development Team. This course is aligned to the NC Standards for 5th Grade English Language Arts. 

This resource accompanies our Rethink 5th Grade ELA course. It includes ideas for use, ways to support exceptional children, ways to extend learning, digital resources and tools, tips for supporting English Language Learners and students with visual and hearing impairments. There are also ideas for offline learning. 

This teachers guide for Searching for Silverheels by Jeannie Mobley includes a prereading activity, discussion questions, and writing and research activities for after reading.

This project can be used with 5th grade AIG students during the third module of EL.As students read the novel, Silver People:  Voices from the Panama Canal, by Margarita Engle, they will use their guided reading journal to take notes on different passages that represent the different themes of the novel.Students will then use their passages to complete a Google Slide presentation.  They will insert images that can relate to the passage and then provide their analysis of how the image and passage represent the theme from the book.

In this lesson, students will explore Emma Lazarus's poem and explore how this written piece has added to our understanding of the Statue of Liberty.

A teachers guide for five Jack Henry books by Jack Gantos (Jack Adrift, Jack on the Tracks, Heads or Tails, Jack's New Power, Jack's Black Book), including an activity to complete throughout reading, discussion questions for each book as well as questions to draw connections between themes, and ways to connect themes and key subjects in the books to other areas of education.

Students will learn the difference between theme and main idea; when to use them and with which genre. Students will be able to determine the central message by refering to the text as a basis for the answers. By understanding themes, students will be able to compare and contrast themes within and between stories.

In this lesson, students will participate in small group Collaborative Reasoning about issues of social justice and diversity. Students will read articles and answer questions that spur them to think critically about issues and discuss with others, using evidence and experiences to support their personal beliefs. Each group will create an online Persuasion Map to share whole class.