English Curriculum

LEAP Math and Reading

English Workbook Curriculum in Alameda CA

Kindergarten

Grade 2

Simple reading is introduced; the texts are composed with the aim to help student learn to read. Learn about concepts on cause and effect, fact or opinion, subject verb agreement, inference, prediction, sequence, character traits, main idea, visualization, context clues
Language major skills include: transition words, adverbs, plural nouns, conjunctions, collective nouns, capitalization, end marks and comma, prefixes and suffixes, root words
Students start to compose simple sentences.

Grade 3

The texts are composed with the aim to challenge students. Their reading comprehension skills are assessed via multiple choice, short answer, and open-ended questions. Reading skills are introduced to guide students to become analytical readers. Skills include cause and effect, character trait, inference, main idea, prediction, plot, and visualization.
Language Major skills include abstract noun, pronoun, conjunction, types of sentences, homophone, root words, and affixes.
Students write paragraphs, short essays, poetry, and stories. Writing topic is often related to the theme in the text.

Grade 4

Learn reading skills that help students understand literature of increasing difficulty and nuance. Learn about concepts on conflict, central theme, poetry, drawing conclusions, compare and contrast, foreshadowing, flashback, allusion, plot, figurative language.
Language major skills include: progressive verb tense, essay parts, capitalization and punctuation, abbreviations, compound and complex sentence, fragments and run-on sentence, active and passive voice, tone, formal and informal language.
Writing include different types of essays, including opinion, compare and contrast, and narrative. Writing topic is often related to the theme in the text.

Grade 5

Reading texts include fiction, nonfiction, and poetry on a variety of topics, which include literature, science, and history. Texts are rich and challenging, and comprehension questions include multiple choice, short answer, and open-ended questions.
Reading skills are introduced to guide students to become analytical readers. Skills include flashback, foreshadowing, drawing a conclusion, and point of view.
Language Major skills include perfect tense, helping verb, active and passive voice, idiom, root word and affix, and figurative language.
Students write different types of essays, including opinion, compare and contrast, and narrative. Writing topic is often related to the theme in the text.

Grade 6

Reading – learn about concepts on theme, character motivation, tone and mood, inference, character analysis, text structures, perspective, finding evidence, making connections, allegory, context clues, plot chart.
Language major skills include: pronoun-antecedent, types of pronouns, action and linking vers, 12 verb tenses, direct and indirect objects, interjections and negatives, relative clause and appositive, roots and affixes, analogy, idioms, dictionary and research skills, editing and revising, proofreading.
Writing include different types of essays, including opinion, compare and contrast, narrative, persuasive, and informative. Writing topic is often related to the theme in the text.

Grade 7

Reading texts include fiction, nonfiction, and poetry on a variety of topics, which include literature, science, and history. Texts are rich and challenging, and comprehension questions include multiple choice, short answer, and open-ended questions. Reading Skills are introduced to guide students to become analytical readers. Skills include allegory, drawing a conclusion, foreshadowing, theme, and tone and mood.
Language Major skills include verb tense, relative clause, dangling and misplaced modifiers, dialect, analogy, and connotation
Students write different types of essays, including opinion, informative, and argumentative. Writing topic is often related to the theme in the text.

Grade 8

Reading – learn about concepts on symbolism, theme and story map, central theme, plot and conflict, supporting details, satire, allusion, flashback, figurative language.
Language major skills include: types of verbals, verb mood, appositives, adjectives and intensifiers, connotation and denotation, misplaced and dangling modifiers, redundancy.
Students write different types of essays, including opinion, informative, and argumentative. Writing topic is often related to the theme in the text.