Louisiana Administrative Code
Title 28 - EDUCATION
Part XI - Accountability/Testing
Subpart 5 - Bulletin 127-LEAP Connect Assessment, Louisiana Connectors for Students with Significant Cognitive Disabilities
Chapter 93 - English Language Arts
Subchapter G - Grade 6
Section XI-9338 - Writing

A. Produce a persuasive permanent product which has an introduction that introduces a claim.

B. Create an organizational structure in which ideas are logically grouped to support the claim.

C. Support the claim with clear reasons and relevant evidence from credible sources.

D. Use words, phrases, and clauses to link the claim and reasons.

E. Provide a concluding statement or section that follows the argument presented.

F. Distinguish claims presented orally or in writing that are supported by reasons and claims that are not.

G. Produce an informative/explanatory permanent product which has an introduction that includes context/background information on a topic and establishes a central idea or focus about the topic.

H. Organize ideas, concepts, and information (e.g., using definition, classification, comparison/contrast, cause/effect).

I. Develop the topic (i.e., add additional information related to the topic) with relevant facts, definitions, concrete details, quotations, or other information and examples.

J. Include formatting (e.g., headings), graphics (e.g., charts, tables), and multimedia when useful to promote reading understanding.

K. Use transitional words, phrases, and clauses that connect ideas.

L. Use precise language and domain-specific vocabulary to inform about or explain the topic.

M. Maintain a consistent style and voice.

N. Provide a concluding statement or section that follows from the information presented.

O. Produce a narrative permanent product which engages and orients the reader by establishing a context and introducing a narrator and/or characters.

P. Organize events so they unfold naturally.

Q. When appropriate, use narrative techniques, such as dialogue, pacing, and description, to develop experiences, events, and/or characters.

R. Use a variety of transition words, phrases, and clauses to convey sequence and signal shifts from one time frame or setting to another.

S. Use precise words and phrases, relevant descriptive details, and sensory language to convey experiences and events.

T. Provide a conclusion that follows from the narrated experiences or events.

U. Use figurative language appropriately, including similes and metaphors.

V. Produce a clear, coherent permanent product that is appropriate to the specific task (e.g., topic or text), purpose (e.g., to inform or entertain), and audience (e.g., reader).

W. With guidance and support from peers and adults, develop a plan for permanent products (e.g., brainstorm topics, select a topic, gather information, create a draft).

X. With guidance and support from peers and adults, strengthen writing by revising and editing (e.g., review a permanent product, strengthen an informative/explanatory permanent product by adding transitional phrases, fix incorrect verb tense).

Y. Use technology to produce and publish permanent products (e.g., use the Internet to gather information; use word processing to generate and collaborate on writing).

Z. Follow steps to complete a short research project (e.g., determine topic, locate information on a topic, organize information related to the topic, draft a permanent product).

AA. Gather relevant information (e.g., highlight in text, quote or paraphrase from text or discussion) from print (e.g., text read aloud, printed image) and/or digital sources (e.g., video, audio, images/graphics) relevant to a topic.

BB. Quote or paraphrase the data and conclusions of others while avoiding plagiarism.

CC. Provide a bibliography for sources that contributed to the creation of a permanent product.

DD. Provide evidence from texts when producing permanent products.