Alaska 5th Grade ELA Standards in Writing

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W Writing Standards

• Text Types and Purposes
  • W.5.1 Write opinion pieces on topics or texts, supporting a point of view with fact- or text-based reasons and information.
    • W.5.1.a Introduce a topic or text clearly, state an opinion, and create an organizational structure in which ideas are logically grouped to support the writer’s purpose.
    • W.5.1.b Provide logically ordered reasons that are supported by facts and details.
    • W.5.1.c Link opinion and reasons using words, phrases, and clauses (e.g., consequently, specifically, most of all).
    • W.5.1.d Provide a concluding statement or section that reinforces or restates the opinion presented.
  • W.5.2 Write informative/explanatory texts to examine a topic and convey ideas and information clearly.
    • W.5.2.a Introduce a topic clearly, provide a general observation and focus, and group related information logically; include formatting (e.g., headings), labeled or captioned visuals/graphics, and multimedia when useful to aiding comprehension.
    • W.5.2.b Develop the topic with facts, definitions, concrete details, quotations, or other information and examples that support the topic.
    • W.5.2.c Link ideas within and across categories of information using words, phrases, and clauses (e.g., in contrast, especially).
    • W.5.2.d Use precise language and domain-specific vocabulary to inform about or explain the topic.
    • W.5.2.e Provide a concluding statement or section that paraphrases the focus of the text or explanation presented.
  • W.5.3 Use narrative writing to develop real or imagined characters, experiences, or events using effective narrative techniques (dialogue, description, elaboration, problem-solution, figurative language) and clear event sequences (chronology).
    • W.5.3.a Orient the reader by establishing a context or situation and introducing a narrator and/or characters; organize an event sequence that unfolds naturally.
    • W.5.3.b Use narrative techniques, such as dialogue, description and elaboration, concrete and sensory details, literary devices, and pacing to describe actions, thoughts, and motivations and to develop experiences and events showing the responses of characters to situations, problems, or conflicts.
    • W.5.3.c Use a variety of transitional words, phrases, and devices (e.g., foreshadowing) to develop the pacing and sequence of events.
    • W.5.3.d Use concrete words and phrases, sensory details, and elaboration to convey experiences and events precisely.
    • W.5.3.e Provide a conclusion that follows from the narrated experiences or events.
• Production and Distribution of Writing
  • W.5.4 Produce clear and coherent writing in which the development and organization are appropriate to task, purpose, and audience.
  • W.5.5 With guidance and support from peers and adults, develop and strengthen writing as needed by planning, revising, editing, rewriting, or trying a new approach.
  • W.5.6 With some guidance and support from adults, use technology, including the Internet, to produce, edit, 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.
• Research to Build and Present Knowledge
  • W.5.7 Conduct short research projects that use several sources to build knowledge through investigation of different aspects of a topic.
  • W.5.8 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.
  • W.5.9 Draw evidence from literary or informational texts to support analysis, reflection, and research.
    • W.5.9.a Apply grade 5 Reading standards to literature (e.g., “Compare and contrast two or more characters, settings, or events in a story or drama, drawing on specific details in the text [e.g., how characters interact, how conflicts are resolved].”).
    • W.5.9.b 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 supports which point[s].”).
• Range of Writing
  • W.5.10 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.