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A. Writing
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A. Writing
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A. Writing
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1. Compose texts using the prewriting and drafting strategies of effective writers and speakers
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1. Compose texts using the prewriting and drafting strategies of effective writers and speakers
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1. Compose texts using the prewriting and drafting strategies of effective writers and speakers
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a. Generate ideas and topics and make a plan before writing
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a. Generate topics based on discussion of common experiences using techniques such as graphic organizers, journal writing, listing, webbing, and discussion of prior experiences
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a. Generate and select topics using techniques such as graphic organizers, journal writing, free writing, listing, webbing, and discussion of prior experiences
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b. Write a first draft with a main idea and supporting details
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b. Plan and organize ideas for writing by using an appropriate organizational structure such as chronological or sequential order, comparison and contrast
- Complete an idea by providing topic, support, and concluding sentences
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b. Plan and organize ideas for writing by using an appropriate organizational structure such as chronological or sequential order, comparison and contrast, cause and effect
- Complete an idea by providing topic, support and concluding sentences
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c. Organize related ideas into a simple paragraph
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2. Compose oral, written, and visual presentations that express personal ideas, inform, and persuade
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2. Compose oral, written, and visual presentations that express personal ideas, inform, and persuade
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2. Compose oral, written, and visual presentations that express personal ideas, inform, and persuade
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a. Write to express personal ideas using a variety of forms, such as journals, narratives, letters, and reports
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a. Compose to express personal ideas to develop fluency using a variety of forms such as journals, narratives, letters, reports, and paragraphs
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a. Compose to express personal ideas to develop fluency using a variety of forms suited to topic, audience, and purpose
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b. Contribute to a shared writing experience or topic of interest
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b. Describe in prose and poetry by using sensory details and vivid language with active verbs and colorful adjectives
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b. Describe in prose and poetry by using purposeful imagery and sensory details with active verbs and colorful adjectives
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c. Use sensory details to expand ideas
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c. Compose to inform using summary and selection of major points and examples to support a main idea
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c. Compose to inform using a structure with a clear beginning, middle, and end and a selection of major points, examples, and facts to support a main idea
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d. Compose to inform using major points and examples to support a main idea
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d. Compose to persuade using significant reasons and relevant support
- Agree or disagree with an idea and generate convincing reasons with relevant support
- Consider effective forms
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d. Compose to persuade using significant reasons and relevant support
- Agree or disagree with an idea and generate convincing reasons with relevant support
- Consider effective forms and word choice
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e. Write persuasive text to support a stated opinion
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e. Use writing-to-learn strategies such as journals, admit/exit slips, diagrams, drawings, graphic organizers, and "think-aloud's on paper" to connect ideas and thinking about lesson content
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e. Use writing-to-learn strategies such as diagrams, flow charts, freewriting, learning logs, and "think-aloud's on paper" to connect ideas and thinking about lesson content
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f. Write a variety of responses to text, such as response logs, journals, and constructed responses
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f. Manage time and process when writing for a given purpose
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f. Manage time and process when writing for a given purpose
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3. Compose texts using the revising and editing strategies of effective writers and speakers
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3. Compose texts using the revising and editing strategies of effective writers and speakers
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3. Compose texts using the revising and editing strategies of effective writers and speakers
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a. Improve writing by
- Maintaining a topic
- Adding ideas
- Deleting unrelated ideas
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a. Revise texts for clarity, completeness, and effectiveness
- Eliminate words and ideas that do not support the main idea
- Clarify meaning by rearranging words within a sentence
- Clarify meaning by rearranging sentences within a text for a clear beginning, middle, and end
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a. Revise texts for clarity, completeness, and effectiveness
- Eliminate words and ideas that do not support the main idea
- Clarify meaning by adding modifiers and sensory words within a sentence
- Clarify meaning by rearranging sentences within a text for a clear beginning, middle, and end
- Provide sentence variety and length by combining sentences and correcting rambling sentences
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b. Proofread and edit writing for
- Complete sentences
- Capitalization at the beginning of sentences
- Capitalization of proper nouns
- Punctuation at the end of sentences
- Commas with dates, salutations, and closing, and items in a series
- Apostrophes in contractions
- Quotation marks in simple dialogue
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b. Use suitable traditional and electronic resources to edit final copies of text for correctness in language usage and conventions such as capitalization, punctuation, and spelling
- Self edit
- Peer edit
- Dictionary
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b. Use suitable traditional and electronic resources to edit final copies of text for correctness in language usage and conventions such as capitalization, punctuation, and spelling
- Self edit
- Peer edit
- Dictionary
- Thesaurus
- Spell checker
- Language handbook
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c. Prepare writing for publication
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c. Prepare the final product for presentation to an audience
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c. Prepare the final product for presentation to an audience
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4. Identify how language choices in writing and speaking affect thoughts and feelings
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4. Identify how language choices in writing and speaking affect thoughts and feelings
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4. Identify how language choices in writing and speaking affect thoughts and feelings
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a. Use colorful language to convey thoughts and feelings in formal and informal writing
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a. Select words appropriate for audience, situation, or purpose
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a. Select words appropriate for audience, situation, or purpose
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b. Acquire and use new vocabulary
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b. Acquire and use new vocabulary
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b. Describe how listeners might respond differently to similar words such as nightmare/dream, loud/deafening, cute/gorgeous
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c. Consider the effect of word choices on the audience
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c. Consider the effect of word choices on the audience
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5. Use effective details, words, and figurative language in the student's own composing
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5. Assess the effectiveness of choice of details, word choice, and use of figurative language in the student's own composing
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5. Assess the effectiveness of choice of details, organizational pattern, word choice, and use of figurative language in the student's own composing
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a. Use sensory words and other details to expand and improve student's own writing
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a. Assess the effectiveness of choice of details and words/phrases that extend meaning in student's own composing
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a. Assess the effectiveness of word choice in student's own composing
- Language suitable for a given purpose
- Words/phrases that extend meaning
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b. Examine and use basic transitions, such as "and," "but," "or," "first," "second," and "last"
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b. Explain how specific words/phrases used by the writer affects reader response
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b. Explain how specific words/phrases used by the writer affects reader response
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c. Examine and use basic transitions such as "and," "but," "or," "first," "second," and "last"
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c. Examine and use spatial transitions such as "near," "far," "on the left," and "in the distance"
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6. Explain how textual changes in a work clarify meaning or fulfill a purpose
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6. Explain how textual changes in a work clarify meaning or fulfill a purpose
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6. Explain how textual changes in a work clarify meaning, address a particular audience, or fulfill a purpose
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a. Revise own text for word choice
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a. Revise own text for word choice
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a. Revise own text for word choice
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b. Explain how revisions in word choice affect meaning
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7. Locate, retrieve, and use information from various sources to accomplish a purpose
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7. Locate, retrieve, and use information from various sources to accomplish a purpose
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7. Locate, retrieve, and use information from various sources to accomplish a purpose
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a. Identify and use sources of information on a topic
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a. Identify and use sources of information on a topic
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a. Identify and use sources of information on a topic
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b. Use various information retrieval sources (traditional and/or electronic) to obtain information on a topic
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b. Use various information retrieval sources (traditional and/or electronic) to obtain information on a topic
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b. Use various information retrieval sources (traditional and/or electronic) to obtain information on a topic
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c. Use note taking and organizational strategies to record and organize information
- Participate in teacher-directed note taking and organization of information
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c. Use note taking and organizational strategies to record and organize information
- Participate in teacher-directed note-taking and organization of information
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c. Use note taking, organizational strategies, and simple documentation of information to record and organize information
- Participate in teacher-directed note-taking and organization of information
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d. Use information to fulfill a given purpose
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d. Use information to fulfill a given purpose
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d. Use information to fulfill a given purpose
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e. Credit sources when paraphrasing and quoting to avoid plagiarism
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