Grade 5 Writing

We can learn from mentor authors and replicate their craft moves.

Our perspective shapes our experience and makes it our own.

The same event can be interpreted in different ways.

Character development brings life to stories.

Effective writers develop realistic characters.

Writing a book from multiple perspectives can strengthen a story.

Define perspective and its role in stories

Define the genre of realistic fiction and identify realistic fiction stories

Predict character perspectives about a single event

Develop realistic events/conflicts for use in vignettes

Develop characters through a variety of writer strategies (internal and external dialogue, action, description, inner/outer traits)

Predict and envision character reactions to events/conflicts

Write in first-person as two different characters who are involved in an event - include a beginning, middle, and end

Develop believable characters using sensory details and descriptions

Use effective pacing to show character response and reaction

Writers can teach readers about a topic at which they are an expert.

Writers can explain factual information and ideas clearly.

Writers can use nonfiction text features in their own writing.

Writers help readers become informed about a topic that is important to them.

Writers will construct writing with focus.

Write feature articles on topics of expertise.

Group related information logically using categories and subcategories

Use linking words and phrases to show relationships between pieces of information

Use domain specific vocabulary, including terms and definitions specific to the topic

Write for an audience and with a voice

Create well-structured, well-elaborated, engaging feature articles

Publish their work in a correct format, employing text features thoughtfully using Google Docs or Pages

Gather relevant information from multiple print and digital sources, assess the credibility and accuracy of each source, and integrate the information while avoiding plagiarism

Poems should be meaningful to themselves

Poems convey meaning and emotion

Poets create meaning from the inventive use of imagery, form, and figurative language

Technology is of value for collaboration and sharing

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 one page in a single sitting

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

Demonstrate understanding of figurative language, word relationships, and nuances in word meanings

Determine or clarify the meaning of unknown and multiple-meaning words and phrases based on grade 5 reading and content, choosing flexibly from an array of strategiesUses knowledge of language and its conventions when writing speaking, reading, or listening

With guidance and support from peers and adults, develop and strengthens writing as needed by planning, revising and editing

Readers and writers recognize that a good argument is supported by reasons backed by evidence.

In order to debate an issue, one must become an expert on the issue, back up their own claim, create awareness and call to action.

Write about and debate on a specific topic from a text

Determine an author's perspective in order to understand how their ideas fit into the issue

Discuss choices authors make to shape the content of their stories

Read a text and ask, "How might this information apply to my argument?"

Summarize an argument by putting the author's idea in their own words without changing the author's message

Use reasons and evidence to back up an argument

Use their annotations to facilitate evidence-based conversations about a text

Writing is a process; their first draft is not their final draft.

Planning develops and strengthens their writing.

Writing is improved through revision and editing.

Writing is a tool for communication so it must be understandable to the reader.

Collaboration enriches writing.

Revisit strategies for generating ideas

Push the development of their writing

Organize writing to create a logical and clear sequence

Use their understanding of different modes of writing to choose appropriate structures for their pieces

Analyze text for strengths and weaknesses

Use revision and editing strategies to improve a piece of writing

Write with rich vocabulary (juicy words)

Use proper writing conventions to raise the quality of writing

Distinguish between narrative, informational, and opinion (persuasive) writing