English Language Arts
Curriculum: Benchmark Advance
Unit 1: Government for the People
Unit 4: Comparing Points of View
Unit 5: Advancements in Technology
Unit 6: Making Decisions
Unit 7: Communities Then and Now
Unit 8: Weather and Climate
Unit 9: Spending Time and Money
Unit 10: Forces and Interactions
Unit 1: Government for the People
- Essential Question: “Why do people participate in government?”
- In this unit, students will read and compare selections about people working to make changes to the government.
- Essential Question: “How do our actions influence out lives?”
- In this unit, students read and compare stories, poems, and myths to analyze characters and understand how their actions shape events.
- Essential Question: “How do living things adapt to change?”
- In this unit, students will read and compare selections to learn about animal adaptation.
Unit 4: Comparing Points of View
- Essential Question: “What makes people view the same experience in different ways?
- In this unit, students will read and compare different versions of stories to analyze point of view.
Unit 5: Advancements in Technology
- Essential Question: “What is the value of innovation?”
- In this unit, students will read and compare selections about advances in technology to understand the value of innovation.
Unit 6: Making Decisions
- Essential Question: “What helps us solve problems?”
- In this unit, students will read and compare folktales from around the world to analyze how characters solve problems.
Unit 7: Communities Then and Now
- Essential Question: “What is a community?”
- In this unit, students read and compare selections about different types of communities to understand what a community is.
Unit 8: Weather and Climate
- Essential Question: “How can we predict the unknown?”
- In this unit, students read and compare selections about weather conditions and climate patterns around the globe.
Unit 9: Spending Time and Money
- Essential Question: “What do our economic choices tell us about ourselves?”
- In this unit, students will read and compare selections about the economic choices people make.
Unit 10: Forces and Interactions
- Essential Question: “How does understanding science help us achieve our goals?”
- In this unit, students will read and compare selections that investigate forces, motion, and magnetism.