Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 9, September 20, 2024
A. Write arguments
to support claims with clear reasons and relevant evidence.
1. Introduce claim(s) and organize the
reasons and evidence clearly.
2.
Support claim(s) with clear reasons and relevant evidence, using credible
sources and demonstrating an understanding of the topic or text.
3. Use words, phrases, and clauses to clarify
the relationships among claim(s) and reasons.
4. Establish and maintain a formal
style.
5. Provide a concluding
statement or section that follows from the argument presented.
B. Write informative/explanatory
texts to examine a topic and convey ideas, concepts, and information through
the selection, organization, and analysis of relevant content.
1. Introduce a topic; organize ideas,
concepts, and information, using strategies such as definition, classification,
comparison/contrast, and cause/effect; include formatting (e.g., headings),
graphics (e.g., charts, tables), and multimedia when useful to aiding
comprehension.
2. Develop the topic
with relevant facts, definitions, concrete details, quotations, or other
information and examples.
3. Use
appropriate transitions to clarify the relationships among ideas and
concepts.
4. Use precise language
and domain-specific vocabulary to inform about or explain the topic.
5. Establish and maintain a formal
style.
6. Provide a concluding
statement or section that follows from the information or explanation
presented.
C. Write
narratives to develop real or imagined experiences or events using effective
technique, relevant descriptive details, and well-structured event sequences.
1. Engage and orient the reader by
establishing a context and introducing a narrator and/or characters; organize
an event sequence that unfolds naturally and logically.
2. Use narrative techniques, such as
dialogue, pacing, and description, to develop experiences, events, and/or
characters.
3. Use a variety of
transition words, phrases, and clauses to convey sequence and signal shifts
from one time frame or setting to another.
4. Use precise words and phrases, relevant
descriptive details, and sensory language to convey experiences and
events.
5. Provide a conclusion
that follows from the narrated experiences or events.
D. Produce clear and coherent writing in
which the development, organization, and style are appropriate to task,
purpose, and audience.
E. With some
guidance and support from peers and adults, develop and strengthen writing as
needed by planning, revising, editing, rewriting, or trying a different
approach.
F. Produce and publish
grade-appropriate writing using technology, either independently or in
collaboration with others.
G.
Conduct short research projects to answer a question, drawing on several
sources and refocusing the inquiry when appropriate.
H. Gather relevant information from multiple
print and digital sources; assess the credibility of each source; and quote or
paraphrase the data and conclusions of others while avoiding plagiarism and
providing basic bibliographic information for sources.
I. Draw relevant evidence from
grade-appropriate literary or informational texts to support analysis,
reflection, and research.
1. Apply grade 6
reading standards to literature (e.g., "Compare and contrast texts in different
forms or genres [e.g., stories and poems; historical novels and fantasy
stories] in terms of their approaches to similar themes and topics").
2. Apply grade 6 reading standards to
literary nonfiction (e.g., "Trace and evaluate the argument and specific claims
in a text, distinguishing claims that are supported by reasons and evidence
from claims that are not").
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.
