Arkansas 5th Grade ELA Standards in Writing

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W.5 Writing

• Text Types and Purposes
  • W.5.1 Write opinion pieces on topics or texts, supporting the opinion with 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).
    • W.5.1.E Provide a concluding statement or section related to 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 text features when useful to enhance comprehension.
    • W.5.2.B Develop the topic with facts, definitions, concrete details, quotations, or other information and examples related to 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.F Provide a concluding statement or section related to the information or explanation presented.
  • W.5.3 Write narratives to develop real or imagined experiences or events using effective technique, descriptive details, and clear event sequences.
    • W.5.3.A Orient the reader by establishing a 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 pacing, to develop experiences and events or show the responses of characters to situations.
    • W.5.3.C Use a variety of transitional words, phrases, and clauses to manage the sequence of events.
    • W.5.3.D Use concrete words and phrases and sensory details 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 Develop and strengthen writing with guidance and support as needed from peers and adults, by planning, revising, editing, rewriting, or trying a new approach.
  • W.5.6 Use technology, including the Internet, to produce and publish writing as well as interact and collaborate with others with some guidance and support from adults; demonstrate sufficient command of keyboarding skills to produce writing 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. 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.
    • W.5.9.B Apply Grade 5 Reading standards to informational texts.
• Range of Writing
  • W.5.10 Write routinely over extended time frames (time for research, reflection, and revision) and shorter time frames (e.g., a single sitting or a day or two) for a range of discipline-specific tasks, purposes, and audiences.