IRELAND ENGLISH CLASS 5 – EDmama Ireland

A. Vocabulary Foundations

A.01. Identify common prefixes, suffixes, and roots in English words.
A.02. Sort words by shared Greek or Latin roots.
A.03. Use guide words in dictionaries and thesauruses efficiently.
A.04. Determine the meanings of words using synonyms in context.
A.05. Use context clues to determine the meanings of unfamiliar words.
A.06. Use Greek and Latin roots as clues to the meanings of words
A.07. Determine the meanings of words with Greek and Latin roots.
A.08. Analyse how the meaning of a word changes with the addition or subtraction of prefixes and suffixes.

B. Sentence Structure Basics

C. Reading Comprehension: Main Ideas and Details

D. Reading Comprehension: Text Structure and Purpose

E. Vocabulary: Word Relationships

F. Writing: Sentence Combining and Transitions

G. Grammar: Noun Usage

H. Grammar: Pronoun Usage

H.01. Identify personal pronouns in sentences.
H.02. Replace the noun with a personal pronoun
H.03. Choose between subject and object personal pronouns.
H.04. Compound subjects and objects with ‘I’ and ‘me’
H.05. Compound subjects and objects with personal pronouns
H.06. Use possessive pronouns correctly.
H.07. Choose between personal and reflexive pronouns
H.08. Use reflexive pronouns correctly.
H.09. Identify relative pronouns
H.10. Use relative pronouns: who and whom
H.11. Use relative pronouns: who, whom, whose, which and that

I. Reading Comprehension: Literary Devices

J. Grammar: Verb Tense and Agreement

J.01. Use the correct subject or verb
J.02. Use the correct subject or verb – with compound subjects
J.03. Identify main verbs and helping verbs
J.04. What does the modal verb show?
J.05. Use the correct modal verb
J.06. Is the sentence in the past, present or future tense?
J.07. Form and use the regular past tense
J.08. Form and use the irregular past tense
J.09. Form and use the simple past, present and future tense
J.10. Correct inappropriate shifts in verb tense
J.11. Use the progressive verb tenses
J.12. Form the progressive verb tenses
J.13. Choose between the past tense and past participle
J.14. Use the perfect verb tenses
J.15. Form the perfect verb tenses

K. Writing: Developing Arguments

L. Reading Comprehension: Inference and Point of View

M. Writing: Descriptive Details

N. Grammar: Adjectives, Adverbs, and Prepositions

N.01. Identify adjectives in sentences.
N.02. Identify adverbs in sentences.
N.03. Identify prepositions
N.04. Identify prepositions and their objects
N.05. Identify prepositional phrases
N.06. Order adjectives
N.07. Use relative adverbs
N.08. Choose between adjectives and adverbs
N.09. Is the word an adjective or adverb?
N.10. Use adjectives to compare
N.11. Spell adjectives that compare
N.12. Use adjectives with more and most
N.13. Use adverbs to compare
N.14. Prepositions: review

O. Reading Different Text Types

O.01. Read fantasy with illustrations and identify key elements.
O.02. Read realistic fiction with illustrations and discuss themes.
O.03. Read historical fiction with illustrations and analyse the setting.
O.04. Read realistic fiction and discuss character development.
O.05. Read historical fiction and understand historical context.
O.06. Read poetry and identify poetic devices.
O.07. Read drama and understand stage directions.
O.08. Read about animals and learn about their habitats.
O.09. Read about art, music and traditions and explore cultural expressions.
O.10. Read about famous places and understand geographical significance.
O.11. Read about sports and hobbies and learn about rules and strategies.
O.12. Read about famous people and their contributions.
O.13. Read about business and technology and understand innovations.
O.14. Read about science and nature and explore scientific concepts.
O.15. Read about history and understand historical events.
O.16. Compare and contrast different text types based on purpose and structure.

P. Writing: Introductions, Conclusions and Organisation

Q. Grammar: Complex Sentences and Conjunctions

Q.01. Identify dependent and independent clauses
Q.02. Is the sentence simple or compound?
Q.03. Is the sentence simple, compound or complex?
Q.04. Identify coordinating conjunctions
Q.05. Identify subordinating conjunctions
Q.06. Use the correct pair of correlative conjunctions
Q.07. Fill in the missing correlative conjunction
Q.08. Combine simple sentences into compound and complex sentences using appropriate conjunctions.
Q.09. Understand how different conjunctions change the relationship between clauses.

Course Content

A. Vocabulary Foundations

A.01. Identify common prefixes, suffixes, and roots in English words.

A.02. Sort words by shared Greek or Latin roots.

A.03. Use guide words in dictionaries and thesauruses efficiently.

A.04. Determine the meanings of words using synonyms in context.

A.05. Use context clues to determine the meanings of unfamiliar words.

A.06. Use Greek and Latin roots as clues to the meanings of words

A.07. Determine the meanings of words with Greek and Latin roots.

A.08. Analyse how the meaning of a word changes with the addition or subtraction of prefixes and suffixes.

B. Sentence Structure Basics

B.01. Identify the complete subject or complete predicate of a sentence

B.02. Identify the simple subject or predicate of a sentence

B.03. Identify nouns (including abstract nouns), pronouns, verbs, adjectives, and adverbs within simple sentences.

B.04. Determine if a group of words is a complete sentence, a fragment, or a run-on.

B.05. Order the words to create a sentence

B.06. Is the sentence declarative, interrogative, imperative or exclamatory?

C. Reading Comprehension: Main Ideas and Details

C.01. Use key details to determine the main idea of a paragraph.

C.02. Determine the main idea of a passage.

C.03. Identify supporting details in literary texts

C.04. Identify supporting details in informational texts

C.05. Combine main ideas from two texts.

D. Reading Comprehension: Text Structure and Purpose

D.01. Determine the order of events in informational texts.

D.02. Match causes and effects in informational texts.

D.03. Match problems with their solutions

D.04. Identify text structures in different genres.

D.05. Compare and contrast in informational texts.

D.06. Identify the purpose of a text.

D.07. Distinguish facts from opinions.

E. Vocabulary: Word Relationships

E.01. Choose the synonym for a given word.

E.02. Choose the antonym for a given word.

E.03. Find synonyms in context.

E.04. Find antonyms in context.

E.05. Complete analogies.

E.06. Use the correct homophone in a sentence.

E.07. Describe the difference between related words.

E.08. Distinguish between words with positive and negative connotations.

F. Writing: Sentence Combining and Transitions

F.01. Use coordinating conjunctions to combine simple sentences.

F.02. Choose the best transition word or phrase to connect ideas.

F.03. Put the sentences in order to create a coherent paragraph

F.04. Organise information by topic

F.05. Order items from most general to most specific

F.06. Remove the sentence that does not belong

F.07. Understand how to use transition words to show cause, effect, contrast, or sequence.

G. Grammar: Noun Usage

G.01. Identify common and proper nouns.

G.02. Form plurals of nouns ending in f, fe, o and y

G.03. Form and use plurals of nouns ending in f, fe, o and y

G.04. Form plurals: review

G.05. Form and use plurals: review

G.06. Identify plurals, singular possessives and plural possessives

G.07. Form the singular or plural possessive

G.08. Identify and correct errors with plural and possessive nouns

H. Grammar: Pronoun Usage

H.01. Identify personal pronouns in sentences.

H.02. Replace the noun with a personal pronoun

H.03. Choose between subject and object personal pronouns.

H.04. Compound subjects and objects with ‘I’ and ‘me’

H.05. Compound subjects and objects with personal pronouns

H.06. Use possessive pronouns correctly.

H.07. Choose between personal and reflexive pronouns

H.08. Use reflexive pronouns correctly.

H.09. Identify relative pronouns

H.10. Use relative pronouns: who and whom

H.11. Use relative pronouns: who, whom, whose, which and that

I. Reading Comprehension: Literary Devices

I.01. Sort sensory details

I.02. Identify similes and metaphors in literary texts.

I.03. Determine the meanings of similes and metaphors.

I.04. Analyse the effects of figures of speech on meaning and tone

I.05. Identify story elements

I.06. Explore how literary devices contribute to the overall impact of a text.

J. Grammar: Verb Tense and Agreement

J.01. Use the correct subject or verb

J.02. Use the correct subject or verb – with compound subjects

J.03. Identify main verbs and helping verbs