A comprehensive 36-week online homeschooling curriculum for 5th grade English and creative writing tailored for 13-year-olds. Aligns with Oklahoma Academic Standards and includes detailed weekly lessons, worksheets, quizzes, rubrics, and grading scale.
| Percentage Range | Letter Grade | Description |
|---|---|---|
| 90-100% | A | Excellent |
| 80-89% | B | Good |
| 70-79% | C | Satisfactory |
| 60-69% | D | Needs Improvement |
| Below 60% | F | Unsatisfactory |
| Writing Assignments Rubric (100 pts total) | Criteria | Excellent (90-100) | Good (80-89) | Satisfactory (70-79) | Needs Improvement (<70) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Content | Thorough, clear ideas, well developed | Clear ideas but some details missing | Basic ideas, not fully developed | Ideas unclear or disorganized | |
| Organization | Logical order, transitions present | Mostly organized | Order somewhat unclear | Disorganized, confusing | |
| Grammar & Spelling | Virtually error-free | Few errors | Several errors | Many errors affecting meaning | |
| Creativity | Very original and engaging | Some originality | Somewhat basic | Little to no creativity | |
| Sentence Structure | Varied and strong | Some variety | Simple sentences | Mostly simple or incomplete |
| Reading Comprehension Rubric (100 pts total) | Criteria | Excellent (90-100) | Good (80-89) | Satisfactory (70-79) | Needs Improvement (<70) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Understanding | Fully comprehends text | Mostly comprehends | Basic understanding | Misunderstands text | |
| Details | Cites relevant details | Some details cited | Few details cited | No details cited | |
| Inference & Analysis | Insightful and logical | Mostly logical | Some logic | Lacks logic or insight |
Topic: Introduction to 5th Grade English & Creative Writing
Lesson Plan Description: Overview of course goals, Oklahoma standards, expected skills. Introduction to parts of speech (nouns, verbs, adjectives) and their use in sentences
Worksheet Description: Identify parts of speech in sample sentences (15 questions)
Quiz Description: No quiz this week, focus on practice exercises
Subject Explorer Entry: "Learned about basic parts of speech and practiced identifying nouns, verbs, and adjectives."
Topic: Sentence Types & Structure
Lesson Plan Description: Understanding declarative, interrogative, imperative, and exclamatory sentences; subject and predicate basics
Worksheet Description: Classify sentence types and label subject/predicate
Quiz Description: None this day
Subject Explorer Entry: "Practiced writing and identifying different types of sentences."
Topic: Creative Writing - Brainstorming Ideas
Lesson Plan Description: Introduction to creative writing; techniques to brainstorm story ideas (mind-mapping, free-writing)
Worksheet Description: Brainstorm and list ideas for story starters
Quiz Description: None
Subject Explorer Entry: "Brainstormed ideas for creative writing stories."
Topic: Paragraph Structure & Topic Sentences
Lesson Plan Description: Teaching how to write clear topic sentences and supporting details in paragraphs
Worksheet Description: Write topic sentence and add 3 supporting sentences for given prompts
Quiz Description: None
Subject Explorer Entry: "Practiced writing clear paragraphs with topic sentences and supporting details."
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(Continue similarly for each week with progressive difficulty focusing on reading, writing mechanics, grammar, vocabulary, creative writing prompts, literary devices, analysis of texts etc. Weeks will alternate between language mechanics and creative writing focus with integrated reading comprehension tasks.)
Assessment includes:
| Week | Focus Area | Key Skills/Topics |
|---|---|---|
| 1-4 | Grammar basics/Parts of speech | Nouns, Verbs, Adjectives; sentence types; paragraphs |
| 5-8 | Reading comprehension & vocabulary | Context clues; main idea and details; prefixes/suffixes |
| 9-12 | Writing process/creative writing | Brainstorming; drafting short stories, descriptive writing |
| 13-16 | Grammar: Sentence expansion & punctuation | Compound and complex sentences; commas, quotation marks |
| 17-20 | Literary devices & writing techniques | Similes, metaphors; writing dialogue; point of view |
| 21-24 | Reading literary texts & summarizing | Fables, myths, folktales; summarizing texts |
| 25-28 | Writing narratives and essays | Narrative structure; opinion writing; essays |
| 29-32 | Editing and revising skills | Peer editing; self-assessment; using rubrics |
| 33-36 | Final projects and presentations | Write and illustrate a short story; oral presentation skills |
| Criteria | Excellent (90-100) | Good (80-89) | Satisfactory (70-79) | Needs Improvement (<70) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Story Development | Full plot, strong characters | Clear plot and characters | Basic plot and characters | Incomplete or confusing |
| Language Use | Rich vocabulary, expressive | Good vocabulary | Simple vocabulary | Limited vocabulary |
| Grammar & Mechanics | Virtually no errors | Few errors | Some errors present | Many errors |
| Presentation | Engaging, clear visuals | Clear visuals | Basic visuals | Little or no visuals |
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