Unit 5/6 Self-Paced Assignments

Name:___________________________________________________

Lesson 1

RL 5.5 I can explain how a series of chapters, scenes or stanzas fit together to provide the overall structure
of a particular story, drama or poem.
1. Flashbacks Score
_______ 1st attempt

_______ 2nd attempt

2. Flipped Video Notes

Type of Writing

Characteristics

Prose

-Definition: ___________________________________________________
-Examples: __________________________________________________
-organized into _________________
-often a new idea appears in each ____________________

Poems

-Definition: ___________________________________________________
-Examples: __________________________________________________
-organized into _________________
-often a new idea appears in each ____________________

Plays

-Definition: ___________________________________________________
-Examples: __________________________________________________
-organized into _________________
-in longer plays, _____________ are grouped into ___________

3. Common Core Ready Pages 170-171-with a partner

a. You MUST
APE
the Short Answer
4. Common Core Ready Pages 172-174-by yourself
a. You MUST
APE
the Short Answer
5. Bring your packet to Mrs. McCormick to grade.
6. Get on Study Island and complete 10 questions in 5th Grade: ELA Updated: Structures of Texts
a. Score: ________

Lesson 2
RI 5.5 I can compare and contrast the overall structures (chronology, problem/solution, cause and effect,
comparison) of events, ideas, concepts or information in two or more texts.
1. Flashbacks Score
_______ 1st attempt

_______ 2nd attempt

2. Flipped Video Notes

Type of Text Structure

Description

Key Words

Chronological
Sequence
Problem/Solution
Cause and Effect

Compare and Contrast

Description

3. Directions:
Find the Determining Text Structures assignment (either on Google Classroom or the
paper copy back by sink). Read the passages and determine the type of text structure of each. Write
your answers on a piece of loose leaf paper.
a. Grade: _______
4. Common Core Ready pages 122-124-with a partner
a. You MUST
APE
the Short Answer
b. Grade: _______
5. Common Core Ready pages 132-134-independently
a. You MUST
APE
the Short Answer
b. Grade: _______
6. Bring your packet to Mrs. McCormick to grade.
7. Get on Study Island and complete 10 questions in 5th Grade: ELA Updated: Informational Texts: Text
Structures
a. Score: ________

Lesson 3
RL 5.7 I can identify and located information in formats other than words to answer questions and solve
problems.
1. Flashbacks Score
_______ 1st attempt
_______ 2nd attempt
2. Read through the document
Famous People who Overcame Challenges (
found in Google
Classroom) and choose one person on which to do a little more research.
Who have you selected?
______________________________
3. Do a little more research on this person.
Go to Google and search for an article about your person
(do not use wikipedia or answers.com). You are looking for an article with a visual: a graph, map,
picture, diagram etc. (this could be statistics for an athlete, a picture that shows an invention, a
map of different places the person has been, etc.).
a. Where did you find the article? Write the website here
________________________________________________________
b. What type of visual did you locate? _____________________________
c. What type of text structure is the article written in? _______________________
4. How does the graphic help you learn more about the person that you have selected?