English Language Arts Curriculum
5th Grade
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Course Purpose: |
Students will apply foundational skills to critically read and analyze grade level texts. Students will evaluate spoken language to compare and contrast point of view. Students will support formal writing with explanations and text evidence from multiple sources. |
Outcomes and Components:
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LA.5.11 |
Students will write an opinion piece on a topic or text, supporting a point of view with reasons and information. | ||
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Pacing Instruct/ Assess |
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Component |
Standard(s) |
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LA.5.11.1 |
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. | 5.W.1a | |
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LA.5.11.2 |
Provide logically ordered reasons that are supported by facts and details. | 5.W.1b | |
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LA.5.11.3 |
Link opinion and reasons using words, phrases, and clauses (e.g., consequently, specifically). | 5.W.1c | |
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LA.5.11.4 |
Provide a concluding statement or section related to the opinion presented. | 5.W.1d | |
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LA.5.11.5 |
Produce clear and coherent writing in which the development and organization are appropriate to task, purpose, and audience. | 5.W.4 | |
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LA.5.11.6 |
With guidance and support from peers and adults, develop and strengthen writing as needed by planning, revising, editing, rewriting, or trying a new approach. | 5.W.5 | |
| LA.5.11.7 | 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. | 5.W.6 | |
| LA.5.11.8 | 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. | 5.W.8 | |
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Academic Vocabulary: draft, prewriting, support, commas, point of view, supporting details, introduction, body paragraph, conclusion, linking words, reasons, opinion, graphic organizer, outline, peer edit, edit |
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