Essential Question: What character traits were needed in people who settled the West?
Week 1
Reasons for Western Expansion
Reading skill: Central idea and text structure
Grammar skill: Writing quotations
Generative vocabulary: Suffixes -ic and -al, prefix mid-
Reading skill: Central idea and text structure
Grammar skill: Writing quotations
Generative vocabulary: Suffixes -ic and -al, prefix mid-
Week 2a
Explore the Wild West
Reading skill: Finding text evidence
Grammar skill:
Generative vocabulary: Prefix mid-; Suffixes -al, -ic
Reading skill: Finding text evidence
Grammar skill:
Generative vocabulary: Prefix mid-; Suffixes -al, -ic
Week 2b
The Celestials Railroad and Homesteading
Reading skill: Central idea & examining multiple accounts of a text to make connections and comparisons
Grammar skill: Subject and Object Pronouns, Pronoun-Antecedent Agreement
Generative Vocabulary: Prefix -trans, Suffixes -ous, -ious
Reading skill: Central idea & examining multiple accounts of a text to make connections and comparisons
Grammar skill: Subject and Object Pronouns, Pronoun-Antecedent Agreement
Generative Vocabulary: Prefix -trans, Suffixes -ous, -ious
Week 3
A Pioneer Sampler: The Daily Life of a Pioneer Family in 1840
Reading skill: Point of view & literary elements
Grammar skill: Past, present, and future tense
Generative Vocabulary: Prefixes mis- and mal-; suffixes -able, -ible
Reading skill: Point of view & literary elements
Grammar skill: Past, present, and future tense
Generative Vocabulary: Prefixes mis- and mal-; suffixes -able, -ible