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5th Grade - Writing

Text Types and Purposes:
W.5.1
Write opinion pieces on topics or texts, supporting a point of view with reasons and information.
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Notebook Files:
  • Purposes in Writing w/b
  • Understanding different purposes w/b
  • Personal Business Block Style Letter With Open Punctuation Example  w/b
  • Persuasive Writing
  • Earth Day Persuasive Essays
W.5.1a
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.
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Notebook Files:
  • Persuasive Writing
  • Earth Day Persuasive Essays
W.5.1b
Provide logically ordered reasons that are supported by facts and details.
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W.5.1c
Link opinion and reasons using words, phrases, and clauses (e.g., consequently, specifically).
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W.5.1d
Provide a concluding statement or section related to the opinion presented.
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  • Persuasive Writing
  • Earth Day Persuasive Essays
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W.5.2
Write informative/explanatory texts to examine a topic and convey ideas and information clearly.
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  • Adverb Clauses: Cause and Effect Relationships 
  • Cause and Effect 
  • Cause and Effect Quiz - Quiz 4
  • Cause and Effect Quiz - Quiz 1
  • Cause and Effect Quiz - Quiz 2
  • Cause and Effect Transitions 

Notebook Files:
  • Cause and Effect Essay w/b 
  • Cause and Effect Sheet -w/b
  • Cause and Effect Graphic Organizers w/b
  • Modes of Writing w/b
  • Plan Your Conclusion w/b
  • Transitional Devices w/b
  • Writing a How-To Explanation - Student model
  • Writing a Personal Narrative - Student model
  • Writing a Persuasive Essay - Student model

 
W.5.2a
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.
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W.5.2b
Develop the topic with facts, definitions, concrete details, quotations, or other information and examples related to the topic.
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W.5.2c
Link ideas within and across categories of information using words, phrases, and clauses (e.g., in contrast, especially).
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W.5.2d
Use precise language and domain-specific vocabulary to inform about or explain the topic.
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W.5.2e
Provide a concluding statement or section related to the information or explanation presented.
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W.5.3
Write narratives to develop real or imagined experiences or events using effective technique, descriptive details, and clear event sequences.
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Notebook Files:
  • Evaluating Supporting Details in Writing  w/b
  • Plan Your Conclusion  w/b
  • Purposes in Writing - w/b
  • Transitional Devices w/b
  • Understanding different purposes - w/b
  • Guess the Emotion
  • Show, Don't Tell
  • Writing Narrative
  • Sensory Description
  • Preposition Poem
  • Pumping up the details
W.5.3a
Orient the reader by establishing a situation and introducing a narrator and/or characters; organize an event sequence that unfolds naturally.
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Writing Narrative
W.5.3b
Use narrative techniques, such as dialogue, description, and pacing, to develop experiences and events or show the responses of characters to situations.
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W.5.3c
Use a variety of transitional words, phrases, and clauses to manage the sequence of events.
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W.5.3d
Use concrete words and phrases and sensory details to convey experiences and events precisely.
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Guess the Emotion
Show, Don't Tell
Sensory Description
Preposition Poem
Pumping up the details

W.5.3e
Provide a conclusion that follows from the narrated experiences or events.
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Production and Distribution of Writing:
W.5.4

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.)
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  • Quiz - 1
  • Quiz - 2
  • Which Writing? 
Notebook Files:
  • Modes of Writing  w/b
  • Writing a How-To Explanation - Student model
  • Writing a Personal Narrative - Student model
  • Writing a Persuasive Essay - Student model
  • Writing Dialogue w/b
  • Expository Essay
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W.5.5
With guidance and support from peers and adults, develop and strengthen writing as needed by planning, revising, editing, rewriting, or trying a new approach. (Editing for conventions should demonstrate command of Language standards 1-3 up to and including grade 5 here.)
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  • Quiz -1
  • Quiz - 2
  • Which Writing? 
Notebook Files:
  • Modes of Writing  w/b
  • Writing a How-To Explanation - Student model
  • Writing a Personal Narrative - Student model
  • Writing a Persuasive Essay - Student model
  • Writing Dialogue w/b
  • Writing Steps: Ideas
  • Earth Day Persuasive Essays
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W.5.6
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.
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  • Comic Strips 
  • Comic Strips 
  • Online Notetaker
  • Which Writing? 
  • Write Me a Story 
  • Write Now 

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  •  Keyboarding Skills to meet Common Core ELA Standards 
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Research to Build and Present Knowledge:
W.5.7
Conduct short research projects that use several sources to build knowledge through investigation of different aspects of a topic.
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Notebook Files:
  • Evaluating Information Found on the World Wide Web 
  • The Good, The Bad & The Ugly w/b
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W.5.8
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.
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  • Paraphrasing 
  • Paraphrasing Topic Sentences 

Notebook Files:
  • Evaluating Information Found on the Internet w/b
  • Paraphrasing & Summarizing Exercise 
  • Evaluating Web Pages  w/b
  • Paraphrase: Write it in your Own Words  w/b
  • Paraphrasing Exercise w/b
  • Paraphrasing Practice w/b
  • Using Paraphrases w/b
  • Finding Quality Sources
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W.5.9

Draw evidence from literary or informational texts to support analysis, reflection, and research.
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Reading Comprehension  w/b
W.5.9a
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]").
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W.5.9b
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]"").
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W.5.10

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.
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Notebook Files:
  • Creative Writing Prompts w/b 
  • Expository Essay Collection w/b
  • Expository Prompts  w/b
  • Expository Writing Prompts w/b
  • Journal Writing Ideas  w/b 
  • Writing Exercises w/b
  • Writing Expository Introductions and Conclusions  w/b
  • Writing Prompts: Journal Topics w/b
  • Practice Prompts
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