Writing

**a.** Introduce a topic or text clearly, state an opinion, and create an organizational structure in which ideas are logically grouped to support the writer’s purpose. **b.** Provide logically ordered reasons that are supported by facts and details. **c.** Link opinion and reasons using words, phrases, and clauses (e.g., //consequently//, //specifically//). **d.** Provide a concluding statement or section related to the opinion presented. **a.** Introduce a topic clearly, provide a general observation and focus, and group related information logically; include formatting (e.g., headings), illustrations, and multimedia when useful to aiding comprehension. **b.** Develop the topic with facts, definitions, concrete details, quotations, or other information and examples related to the topic. **c.** Link ideas within and across categories of information using words, phrases, and clauses (e.g., //in// //contrast//, //especially//). **d.** Use precise language and domain-specific vocabulary to inform about or explain the topic. **e.** Provide a concluding statement or section related to the information or explanation presented.
 * English Language Arts Standards » __Writing__ » Grade 5 **
 * Text Types and Purposes ** **W.5.1. Write opinion pieces on topics or texts, supporting a point of view with reasons and information. **
 * W.5.2.  Write informative/explanatory texts to examine a topic and convey ideas and information clearly. **


 * W.5.3. <span style="color: #3b3b3a; font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;"> Write narratives to develop real or imagined experiences or events using effective technique, descriptive details, and clear event sequences. **

<span style="color: #3b3b3a; font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">**a.** Orient the reader by establishing a situation and introducing a narrator and/or characters; organize an event sequence that unfolds naturally. <span style="color: #3b3b3a; font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">**b.** Use narrative techniques, such as dialogue, description, and pacing, to develop experiences and events or show the responses of characters to situations. <span style="color: #3b3b3a; font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">**c.** Use a variety of transitional words, phrases, and clauses to manage the sequence of events. <span style="color: #3b3b3a; font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">**d.** Use concrete words and phrases and sensory details to convey experiences and events precisely.
 * <span style="color: #3b3b3a; font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">e. **<span style="color: #3b3b3a; font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">Provide a conclusion that follows from the narrated experiences or events.


 * <span style="color: #3b3b3a; font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px;">Production and Distribution of Writing **
 * <span style="color: #8a2003; font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">W.5.4. <span style="color: #3b3b3a; font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;"> Produce clear and coherent writing in which the development and organization are appropriate to task, purpose, and audience. (Grade-specific expectations for writing types are defined in standards 1–3 above.) **


 * <span style="color: #8a2003; font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">W.5.5. <span style="color: #3b3b3a; font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;"> With guidance and support from peers and adults, develop and strengthen writing as needed by planning, revising, editing, rewriting, or trying a new approach. **


 * <span style="color: #8a2003; font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">W.5.6. <span style="color: #3b3b3a; font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;"> With some guidance and support from adults, use technology, including the Internet, to produce and publish writing as well as to interact and collaborate with others; demonstrate sufficient command of keyboarding skills to type a minimum of two pages in a single sitting. **


 * <span style="color: #3b3b3a; font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px;">Research to Build and Present Knowledge **
 * <span style="color: #8a2003; font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">W.5.7. <span style="color: #3b3b3a; font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;"> Conduct short research projects that use several sources to build knowledge through investigation of different aspects of a topic. **


 * <span style="color: #8a2003; font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">W.5.8. <span style="color: #3b3b3a; font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;"> Recall relevant information from experiences or gather relevant information from print and digital sources; summarize or paraphrase information in notes and finished work, and provide a list of sources. **

<span style="color: #3b3b3a; font-family: 'helvetica','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">**b.** Apply //grade 5 Reading standards// to informational texts (e.g., “Explain how an author uses reasons and evidence to support particular points in a text, identifying which reasons and evidence support which point[s]”).
 * <span style="color: #8a2003; font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">W.5.9. <span style="color: #3b3b3a; font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">Draw evidence from literary or informational texts to support analysis, reflection, and research. **
 * <span style="color: #3b3b3a; font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">a. **<span style="color: #3b3b3a; font-family: 'helvetica','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">Apply //grade 5 Reading standards// to literature (e.g., “Compare and contrast two or more characters, settings, or events in a story or a drama, drawing on specific details in the text [e.g., how characters interact]”).

**Reading: Literature** **Reading: Informational** **Reading: Foundational** **Writing** **Speaking and Listening** **Language**
 * <span style="color: #3b3b3a; font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px;">Range of Writing **
 * <span style="color: #8a2003; font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">W.5.10. <span style="color: #3b3b3a; font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">Write routinely over extended time frames (time for research, reflection, and revision) and shorter time frames (a single sitting or a day or two) for a range of discipline-specific tasks, purposes, and audiences. **