Curriculum strands
TFSText Forms and Structures
Photo essays, news articles, tall tales, science fiction, persuasive text, lyric poetry, drama
OLOral Language
Collaborative dialogue; verbal, non-verbal and paraverbal communication for purpose and audience
VVocabulary
Word origins, affixes, metaphor; using thesauruses and dictionaries
CComprehension
Summarize main ideas, make inferences, explore perspectives and context
WWriting
Plan for audience; leads, transitions, conclusions; research and checking source reliability
CVConventions
Parentheses; verb tense; subject-verb agreement, adverbs, conjunctions; spelling patterns