Writing

In writing this year fifth graders will build upon skills learned in earlier grades. Students will review grammar skills, as well as learn new skills. Students will be exposed to all types of writing. They will go through the writing process and have the experience of writing narratives, journals, expository writings, research papers, poems, and other creative pieces. Students will take a writing alternative assessment in March.

Writing

5.7 The student will write for a variety of purposes: to describe, to inform, to entertain, to explain, and to persuade. a) Identify intended audience. b) Use a variety of prewriting strategies. c) Organize information to convey a central idea. d) Write a clear topic sentence focusing on the main idea. e) Write multiparagraph compositions. f) Use precise and descriptive vocabulary to create tone and voice. g) Vary sentence structure by using transition words. h) Revise for clarity of content using specific vocabulary and information. i) Include supporting details that elaborate the main idea.

5.8 The student will edit writing for correct grammar, capitalization, spelling, punctuation, sentence structure, and paragraphing. a) Use plural possessives. b) Use adjective and adverb comparisons. c) Identify and use interjections. d) Use apostrophes in contractions and possessives. e) Use quotation marks with dialogue. f) Use commas to indicate interrupters. g) Use a hyphen to divide words at the end of a line. h) Edit for fragments and run-on sentences. i) Eliminate double negatives. j) Use correct spelling of commonly used words. k) Identify and use conjunctions.

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