Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 9, September 20, 2024
A. Write opinion
pieces on topics or texts, supporting a point of view with reasons and
information.
1. Introduce a topic or text
clearly, state an opinion, and create an organizational structure in which
ideas are logically grouped to support the writers purpose.
2. Provide logically ordered reasons that are
supported by facts and details.
3.
Link opinion and reasons using words, phrases, and clauses (e.g., consequently,
specifically).
4. Provide a
concluding statement or section related to the opinion presented.
B. Write informative/explanatory
texts to examine a topic and convey ideas and information clearly.
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.
2. Develop
the topic with facts, definitions, concrete details, quotations, or other
information and examples related to the topic.
3. Link ideas within and across categories of
information using words, phrases, and clauses (e.g., in contrast,
especially).
4. Use precise
language and domain-specific vocabulary to inform about or explain the
topic.
5. Provide a concluding
statement or section related to the information or explanation
presented.
C. Write
narratives to develop real or imagined experiences or events using effective
technique, descriptive details, and clear event sequences.
1. Orient the reader by establishing a
situation and introducing a narrator and/or characters; organize an event
sequence that unfolds naturally.
2.
Use narrative techniques, such as dialogue, description, and pacing, to develop
experiences and events or show the responses of characters to
situations.
3. Use a variety of
transitional words, phrases, and clauses to manage the sequence of
events.
4. Use concrete words and
phrases and sensory details to convey experiences and events
precisely.
5. Provide a conclusion
that follows from the narrated experiences or events.
D. Produce clear and coherent writing in
which the development and organization are appropriate to task, purpose, and
audience.
E. With guidance and
support from peers and adults, develop and strengthen writing as needed by
planning, revising, editing, rewriting, or trying a different
approach.
F. With guidance and
support from adults, produce and publish grade-appropriate writing using
technology, either independently or in collaboration with others.
G. Conduct short research projects that use
several sources to build knowledge through investigation of different aspects
of a topic.
H. 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.
I. Draw relevant evidence from
grade-appropriate literary or informational texts to support analysis,
reflection, and research.
1. 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]").
2. 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]").
J. 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.
AUTHORITY NOTE:
Promulgated in accordance with
R.S.
17:6, R.S. 17: 24.4, and
R.S.
17:154.
