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.5.12 |
Students will write informative/explanatory texts to examine a topic and convey ideas and information clearly. | ||
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Pacing Instruct/ Assess |
Component Code |
Component |
Standard(s) |
| LA.5.12.1 | 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. | 5.W.2a | |
| LA.5.12.2 | Develop the topic with facts, definitions, concrete details, quotations, or other information and examples related to the topic. | 5.W.2b | |
| LA.5.12.3 | Link ideas within and across categories of information using words, phrases, and clauses (e.g., in contrast, especially). | 5.W.2c | |
| LA.5.12.4 | Use precise language and domain-specific vocabulary to inform about or explain the topic. | 5.W.2d | |
| LA.5.12.5 | Provide a concluding statement or section related to the information or explanation presented. | 5.W.2e | |
| LA.5.12.6 | 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 | |
| LA.5.12.7 | Produce clear and coherent writing in which the development and organization are appropriate to task, purpose, and audience. | 5.W.4 | |
| LA.5.12.8 | 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.5.12.9 | 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.5.12.10 | Draw evidence from literary texts to support analysis, reflection, and research. | 5.W.9a | |
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Academic Vocabulary: punctuation, capitalization, grammatical structure, sentences, subject, predicate, verb, cite, source, research, plagiarism, reflection |
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Content Vocabulary: ghetto, upstander, diversity, Pearl Harbor, invasion, Nazi, World War II |