Language Arts 4 A&B - Materials List
Module 1: Introduction
*Language Arts 4A Workbook, ISBN 978-1-63916-020-4 (optional)
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Module 2: Processes
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Students must choose one novel from the following list (students will read two different novels total - one earlier in the course, and one later): Bud, Not Buddy by Christopher Paul Curtis, Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing by Judy Blume, or The Tale of Despereaux by Kate DiCamillo
Module 3: Inferences
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Module 4: Plot
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Module 5: Conflict
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Module 6: Setting
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Module 7: Characters
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Module 8: Characterization
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Module 9: Point of View
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Module 10: Narrators
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Students must choose one novel from the following list (students will read two different novels total - one earlier in the course, and one later): Bud, Not Buddy by Christopher Paul Curtis, Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing by Judy Blume, or The Tale of Despereaux by Kate DiCamillo
Module 11: Theme
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Module 12: Finding Themes
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Module 13: Comparing Themes
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Module 14: Forms of Fiction
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printer and scanner (optional)
Module 15: Forms of Media
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Module 16: Analyzing Multimedia
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short story (written previously this semester)
Module 17: Mythology
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Module 18: Comparing Myths
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Module 19: Elements of Poetry
*Language Arts 4B Workbook, ISBN 978-1-63916-021-1 (optional)
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Students must choose one novel from the following list (students will read two different novels total - one earlier in the course, and one later): Wringer by Jerry Spinelli, Shiloh by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor, or Pictures of Hollis Woods by Patricia Reilly Giff
Module 20: Poetry in Practice
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Module 21: Drama
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Module 22: Elements of Drama
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Module 23: Reading for Information
highlighter
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printer and scanner (optional)
Module 24: Main Ideas
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Module 25: Technical Reading
highlighters (multiple colors)
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Module 26: Text Structures
dictionary (print or online)
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Module 27: Informational Reports
dictionary (print or online)
highlighters (multiple colors)
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Module 28: Multimedia Information
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Students must choose one novel from the following list (students will read two different novels total - one earlier in the course, and one later): Wringer by Jerry Spinelli, Shiloh by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor, or Pictures of Hollis Woods by Patricia Reilly Giff
Module 29: Integrating Information
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printer and scanner (optional)
word processing software, such as Microsoft Word.
Module 30: Writing Information
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printer and scanner (optional)
word processing software, such as Microsoft Word.
Module 31: Planning a Research Project
7 file folders
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Module 32: Gathering Information
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Module 33: Analyzing Information
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Module 34: Delivering Information
index cards
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Module 35: Discussing Information
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Module 36: Presenting Information
dictionary (print or online)
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