Unit 1:  Mystery—Elementary, My Dear Watson
Activity 1:  Mystery Words
Activity 2:  Mystery-Specific Idiomatic Expressions/Figurative Language
Activity 3:  Elements of the Mystery Genre
Activity 4:  Reading and Comparing Mystery Writers
Activity 5:  Mystery Webbing
Activity 6:  Reading and Responding to Mystery Novels
Activity 7:  Creating a Mystery
Activity 8:  Writing a Mystery
Activity 9:  Sharing Mysteries

Unit 2:  Laughing Out Loud - Humorous Fiction/Essays

Activity 1:  Humor Me

Activity 2:  Vocabulary - Puns and Connotative/Denotative

Activity 3:  Elements and Techniques of Humor

Activity 4:  Reading and Responding to Humor

Activity 5:  Viewing Humor

Activity 6:  Writing a Humorous Anecdote

Activity 7:  Sharing Humorous Anecdotes

Activity 8:  Comics in the Classroom

Activity 9:  Political Cartoons in the Classroom

Activity 10:  Persuasive Essay/Speech

Unit 3:  Life is a Poem - Poetry

Activity 1:  Poetry Vocabulary

Activity 2:  Narrative or Lyric Poetry?

Activity 3:  Figuratively Speaking: Simile, Metaphor, Personification, Hyperbole, or Idiom?

Activity 4:  Free Verse or Structured Verse?

Activity 5:  Allusions and Symbolism?

Activity 6: A Poem’s Meaning

Activity 7:  Visualizing Poetry

Activity 8: Poetry: Comparison/Contrast Essay

Activity 9:  Poetry:  The Total Effect

Activity 10:  Writing Poetry

Activity 11:  Poetry Alive

Unit 4:  Nonfiction "I-Search" - Research Reports - Writing Products

Activity 1: Vocabulary

Activity 2: Nonfiction Overview

Activity 3: Biography/Autobiography

Activity 4: Selecting a Topic for I-Search 

Activity 5:  Gathering Information

Activity 6: Drafting the I-Search Report

Activity 7:  Publishing I-Search Reports

Activity 8:  Content Area/Informational Research

Activity 9:  Locating Information/Evaluating Sources/Making Source

Activity 10:  Taking Notes

Activity 11:  Drafting/Publishing

Activity 12:  Problem/Solution Essay

Unit 5:  That’s a Novel Idea - Novel

Activity 1:  Sustained Silent Reading

Activity 2:  Vocabulary

Activity 3:  Class Novel

Activity 4:  Literature Circles

Activity 5:  Character Analysis

Activity 6:  Setting Analysis

Activity 7:  Plot Analysis

Activity 8:  Point of View Analysis

Activity 9:  Theme Development

Activity 10:  After the Novel

Unit 6:  All the World’s a Stage - Drama

Activity 1:  Vocabulary

Activity 2:  What Is Drama?

Activity 3:  Elements of Drama

Activity 4:  Reader’s Theater

Activity 5:  Reading a Play

Activity 6:  Analyzing Characters

Activity 7:  Writing a Character Analysis

Activity 8:  Be the Critic