Backpack
6 |
Scope
& Sequence |
| Unit
1 |
Amazing
People |
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Theme
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Communication Objectives
- discuss notable and famous people
- talk about events from the past
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Language Objectives
- regular and irregular past tense
- wh- questions (who, what, when, etc.)
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Learning Strategies/Thinking
Skills
- to use prior knowledge, to brainstorm, to figure out meaning
from context, to use visual clues, to sequence information, to
identify main idea and details, to make inferences
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| Unit
2 |
Our Stories |
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Theme
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Communication Objectives
- talk about personal experiences
- read and write friendly letters
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Language Objectives
- simple past tense
- present perfect tense with for + amount of time
- since + point in time
- questions with how long
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Learning Strategies/Thinking
Skills
- to use prior knowledge, to sequence information, to skim for
specific information, to summarize, to identify main idea and
details, to use pictures and context to determine meaning
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| Unit
3 |
Skills and
Abilities |
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Theme
- skills, abilities, and careers
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Communication Objectives
- talk about what people like doing and what they are good at
- talk about how jobs fit people’s aptitudes
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Language Objectives
- love, like, enjoy + gerund
- good at, excited about, interested in, worried about
+ gerund
- true conditionals in the future (if + present tense/future
tense)
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Learning Strategies/Thinking
Skills
- to use prior knowledge, to make inferences, to organize information,
to scan for details, to figure out meaning from context, to make
associations, to express opinions, to use charts
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| Unit
4 |
Into the
Future |
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Theme
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Communication Objectives
- talk about life in the future
- make predictions
- express certainty or doubt
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Language Objectives
- predictions with will/won’t
- degrees of certainty: might, may, could
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Learning Strategies/Thinking
Skills
- to use prior knowledge, to make predictions, to identify main
idea and details, to make inferences, to evaluate information,
to make connections to real life
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| Unit
5 |
Space |
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Theme
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Communication Objectives
- learn facts about planets and outer space
- talk about planets and outer space
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Language Objectives
- adjective clauses (relative pronouns: who, that, which)
- contrary-to-fact conditionals (if + past tense/would + base form of verb)
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Learning Strategies/Thinking
Skills
- to use prior knowledge, to figure out meaning from context,
to identify main idea and details, to recognize key words, to
brainstorm, to ask questions to clarify
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| Unit
6 |
Adventures |
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Theme
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Communication Objectives
- talk about leisure time activities and adventure stories
- tell what one would or wouldn’t like to do
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Language Objectives
- present perfect with ever, already/yet
- questions with would you ever, would/wouldn’t
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Learning Strategies/Thinking
Skills
- to use prior knowledge, to figure out meaning from context,
to categorize information, to summarize, to identify main idea
and details, to identify key words, to evaluate ideas
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| Unit
7 |
A World of
Records |
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Theme
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Communication Objectives
- talk about games, contests, records, and record breaking
- compare and contrast
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Language Objectives
- comparatives andsuperlatives with
-er & -est
- comparatives and superlatives with more and the most
- more/most and fewer/fewest + noun
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Learning Strategies/Thinking
Skills
- to use prior knowledge, to identify main idea and details, to
use graphic organizers, to rank, to compare and contrast, to summarize
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| Unit
8 |
Mysteries
Past and Present |
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Theme
- mysterious phenomena and places
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Communication Objectives
- learn about and discuss mysterious phenomena and places
- speculate
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Language Objectives
- degrees of certainty: must/could
- passive voice: past tense
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Learning Strategies/Thinking
Skills
- to use prior knowledge, to figure out meaning from context,
to make inferences, to draw conclusions, to do research, to sequence
information, to classify information
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| Unit
9 |
The Movies |
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Theme
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Communication Objectives
- talk about movies
- make suggestions
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Language Objectives
- How about + gerund
- reported speech: present, past, present perfect, past perfect
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Learning Strategies/Thinking
Skills
- to use prior knowledge, to figure out meaning from context,
to make predictions, to compare and contrast, to identify main
idea and details, to retell a plot, to categorize
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