5th Grade · Full-year course · 4 units

English

Week 1 is free. Tap Week 1. The reading and the problems are on that lesson. Weeks 2–36 open with a Life Academy plan ($35/month per student or $69/month per family (up to 4 students)).

Unit 1: Foundations

Weeks 1–9

Week 1Evidence & citation Week 2Research questions Week 3Argument writing: a claim a skeptic could disagree with Week 4Counterarguments Week 5Narrative pacing Week 6Literary analysis: prove a character trait from a line Week 7Research report I Week 8Research report II Week 9Revision

Unit 2: Building fluency

Weeks 10–18

Week 10Speeches: who is talking, and what they want you to do Week 11Media literacy: headlines vs evidence Week 12Journalism: who / what / when + a named source Week 13Poetry: speaker, image, and a turn Week 14Drama: stage directions are instructions Week 15Compare texts: two articles, one claim each Week 16Info structure Week 17Financial literacy Week 18Reading check: argument vs summary

Unit 3: Depth & application

Weeks 19–27

Week 19Rhetoric Week 20Socratic seminar Week 21Lab reports Week 22Engineering design Week 23History analysis Week 24Global geography Week 25Civics deep Week 26Book club Week 27Creative writing

Unit 4: Mastery & showcase

Weeks 28–36

Week 28Poetry anthology Week 29Documentary notes Week 30Debate tournament Week 31Reflective writing Week 32Capstone research I Week 33Capstone research II Week 34Presentation: three pieces of evidence, not a costume Week 35Skills battery: name the author + a short argument Week 36Portfolio + goals