LEVEL 5: Scope and Sequence 1
Big Question: How can we make a difference?
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Nonfiction Biography Competition: Whiz Kids!
Key Words 1: international, society, charity, vaccination, disease, inspire, environment, conservation, volunteer, talent
Reading Strategy Asking Questions
Key Words 2: react, developer, ambassador, code, successful, skill, professional, electronic, invent, innovation
Quantifiers All/Most/Some/A few/No houses had electricity.
Fiction Courtney the Mind Reader
Key Words 3: canvas, generator, germs, exhibition
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Vocabulary
Key Words 4: introduce, hang out with, curious, interrupt, ignore, weird, offer, obviously, get lost, immediately, realize, announcement
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Reading Strategy Cause and Effect
Causative Verbs I had my bike fixed last week. I had my hair cut yesterday.
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2 Big Question: How can we make our dreams come true? Vocabulary
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Key Words 1: ambition, design, college, engineer, degree, career, dedicated, training program, athlete, creative
Reading Strategy Author’s Purpose
Key Words 2: veterinarian, undergraduate, biology, specialize, instructor, composer, emotion, sculptor, inspiration, astronaut
Fiction A Beating Ambition
Key Words 3: patient, poison, convey, scuba diving
Reading Strategy Literary Elements
Key Words 4: disappointed, make sure, rhythm, echo, fascinating, beat, crowd, tap, imitate, routine, gather around, transport
Past Tense with ago Alex Watson biked across the Atacama Desert three years ago.
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Nonfiction The Wonderful World of Work
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Might and could for Possibility I might find something interesting. It could be my lucky day.
3 Big Question: How can we deal with natural disasters? Reading
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Nonfiction Savage Earth
Key Words 1: disaster, volcanic eruption, earthquake, hurricane, tornado, drought, overflow, tsunami, devastation, recover
The Present Simple Passive Buildings are demolished because they aren’t safe. This bridge is designed to shake in an earthquake.
Reading Strategy Using Graphic Sources Fiction A Survivor’s Tale Reading Strategy Visualizing
Key Words 2: crust, mantle, magma, core, continental plate, lava, crater, friction, survivor, prevent Key Words 3: demolish, architect, resistant, drill
Key Words 4: deadly, panic, spinning, funnel, calm, violent, shelter, hail, howling, shatter, debris, stripped
Too and enough It was too late. There was enough time. I ate too much cake and too many cookies.
4 Big Question: What makes going to a show so exciting? Vocabulary
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Nonfiction Stages Around the World
Key Words 1: show, concert, live performance, actor/actress, special effect, performer, makeup, costume, fireworks, prop
Reading Strategy Summarizing (Nonfiction)
Key Words 2: opera, musical, acrobatics, dialogue, tragedy, stage, audience, comedy, puppeteer, mime
Present Simple for Future Events The play starts at six o’clock on Friday evening.
Fiction The Masked Bandit
Key Words 3: lighting, elaborate, characteristic, project
Reading Strategy Summarizing (Fiction)
Key Words 4: triplets, attic, disorganized, footprint, scratch, clue, crime, driveway, sneakers, alibi, guilty, bandit
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Subject and Object Questions Who solved the crime? What did Henry solve?
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