GRADE 5: ORAL COMMUNICATION - Scholastic Education

Momentum Correlations Ontario Grade 5Point of View1.9 identify the point of view presented in texts, askquestions to identify missing or possible alternative pointsof view, and suggest some possible alternativeperspectives (e.g., ask why the perspective of certaincharacters in a story is not presented and include somemissing voices in a dramatization of a text; with a partner,role-play an interview with a person who represents oneof the missing voices)The Last Thing I Do; Blobby Gobs! Just Add Water; Missing; Bats Have Hands; Behind the Scenes at the Zoo; Whata Disaster!; Don’t Look Down; Move Over, Leonardo; The Big Five; The Tunnel; All Aboard!; A Roman Day toRemember; Creeping Sands—Life in the Desert; Hidden Treasure; Jason Jackson, Super Surfer; Famous FakePhotographs; Alex and Lily; Big Amy; Fire on the BeachTeacher prompts: “Whose point of view is fullyexplored? Why?” “Do you see any evidence ofstereotyping in this text?”2. Understanding Form and StyleBy the end of Grade 5, students will:Text Forms2.1 analyse a variety of text forms and explain how theirparticular characteristics help communicate meaning, witha focus on literary texts such as short stories (e.g., howcharacter, setting, and plot illustrate the theme), graphictexts such as a logo (e.g., how the elements work togetherto convey a message), and informational texts such as amovie review (e.g., how the “lead” is used to signalwhether the review is positive or negative)Text Patterns2.2 identify a variety of organizational patterns in a rangeof texts and explain how they help readers understand thetexts (e.g., comparison in a report; time order in abiography; cause and effect in an explanation)Text Features2.3 identify a variety of text features and explain howthey help readers understand texts (e.g., indexes, maps,charts, lists, photographs, menus, glossaries, tables ofcontents help the reader locate and verify information)The Last Thing I Do; Blobby Gobs! Just Add Water; Dog Detectives and Other Dogs With Special Skills; Special andStrange! Unusual Plants; Missing; Bats Have Hands; Behind the Scenes at the Zoo; What a Disaster!; Don’t LookDown; Move Over, Leonardo; Pandora’s Gift and Other Tales; Sticky Fingers—A History of Cooking and Eating;Stingers and Fangs—Ways Animals Attack; Twisters, Tornadoes, and Other Wild Weather; The Big Five; TheTunnel; All Aboard!; A Roman Day to Remember; The Samurai and His Daughter; A Trip on the Nile; CreepingSands—Life in the Desert; Hidden Treasure; Jason Jackson, Super Surfer; Where in the Universe?; Champions in theMaking; Famous Fake Photographs; How to Write a Horror Story; Masks and Make-Up, Plays and Performances;Alex and Lily; Big Amy; Fire on the Beach; Rhiannon and PwyllThe Last Thing I Do; Blobby Gobs! Just Add Water; Dog Detectives and Other Dogs With Special Skills; Special andStrange! Unusual Plants; Bats Have Hands; Behind the Scenes at the Zoo; Don’t Look Down; Pandora’s Gift andOther Tales; Sticky Fingers—A History of Cooking and Eating; Stingers and Fangs—Ways Animals Attack; The BigFive; The Tunnel; All Aboard!; A Roman Day to Remember; The Samurai and His Daughter; A Trip on the Nile;Creeping Sands—Life in the Desert; Hidden Treasure; Jason Jackson, Super Surfer; Where in the Universe?; How toWrite a Horror Story; Big Amy; Fire on the BeachThe Last Thing I Do; Blobby Gobs! Just Add Water; Dog Detectives and Other Dogs With Special Skills; Special andStrange! Unusual Plants; Missing; Bats Have Hands; Behind the Scenes at the Zoo; What a Disaster!; Don’t LookDown; Move Over, Leonardo; Pandora’s Gift and Other Tales; Sticky Fingers—A History of Cooking and Eating;Stingers and Fangs—Ways Animals Attack; Twisters, Tornadoes, and Other Wild Weather; The Big Five; TheTunnel; All Aboard!; A Roman Day to Remember; The Samurai and His Daughter; A Trip on the Nile; CreepingSands—Life in the Desert; Hidden Treasure; Jason Jackson, Super Surfer; Where in the Universe?; Champions in theMaking; Famous Fake Photographs; How to Write a Horror Story; Masks and Make-Up, Plays and Performances;Alex and Lily; Big Amy; Fire on the Beach; Rhiannon and Pwyll