Ongoing activities integrated into units: comprehension strategies, creative dramatics, grammar, punctuation, reading logs, research, revising and proofreading strategies, speaking and listening, spelling, study skills, vocabulary study, and narrative, expository, persuasive, descriptive, and expressive writing. 

1. August-September: Top Ten Posters 
2. September: Nonfiction Reading Strategies
3. October: Freak the Mighty (novel study) and Reading Portfolio 
4. November: Childhood Memories (personal narrative)
5. November-December: Dickens' A Christmas Carol (novel study) and expository essay
6. January: Environmental Research (persuasive speech and letter)
7. February: Storytelling
8. March: Short Stories and Extended Reading Response
9. April: Poetry 

May: Trying on Someone Else's Shoes (novel study)