About 5th Grade Writing Curriculum
The fifth grade at Gretna Elementary will be using Lucy Caulkins Units of Study for writing. Units include opinion, information, and narrative writing. Writing will be done in the form of Writer’s Workshop.
Fifth Grade English-Writing Goals include:
•Organize and write paragraphs and stories using the Six Traits of Writing qualities.
•Use the writing process effectively
•Prewriting
•First Draft
•Revising
•Editing
•Final Draft
Modes of Writing
•Narrative Essay
•Veterans Day Essay
•Argumentative Essay
•Historical Research Report
•Poetry
•Text-Dependent Analysis (TDA)
Information Writing Links