Indiana 5th Grade ELA Standards in Writing

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W Writing

• Learning Outcome
  • 5.W.1 Write routinely over a variety of time frames and for a range of discipline-specific tasks, purposes, and audiences; apply reading standards to support reflection and response to literature and nonfiction texts.
• Writing Genres: Argumentative, Informative, and Narrative
  • 5.W.3.1 Write persuasive compositions in a variety of forms that
    • 5.W.3.1.a Clearly present a position in an introductory statement to an identified audience.
    • 5.W.3.1.b Support the position with qualitative and quantitative facts and details from various sources, including texts.
    • 5.W.3.1.c Use an organizational structure to group related ideas that support the purpose.
    • 5.W.3.1.d Use language appropriate for the identified audience.
    • 5.W.3.1.e Connect reasons to the position using words, phrases, and clauses.
    • 5.W.3.1.f Provide a concluding statement or section related to the position presented.
  • 5.W.3.2 Write informative compositions on a variety of topics that
    • 5.W.3.2.a Introduce a topic; organize sentences and paragraphs logically, using an organizational form that suits the topic.
    • 5.W.3.2.b Employ sufficient examples, facts, quotations, or other information from various sources and texts to give clear support for topics.
    • 5.W.3.2.c Connect ideas within and across categories using transition words (e.g., therefore, in addition).
    • 5.W.3.2.d Include text features (e.g., formatting, pictures, graphics) and multimedia when useful to aid comprehension.
    • 5.W.3.2.e Use appropriate language, vocabulary, and sentence variety to convey meaning; for effect; and to support a tone and formality appropriate to the topic and audience.
    • 5.W.3.2.f Provide a concluding statement or section related to the information or explanation presented.
  • 5.W.3.3 Write narrative compositions in a variety of forms that
    • 5.W.3.3.a Develop the exposition (e.g., describe the setting, establish the situation, introduce the narrator and/or characters).
    • 5.W.3.3.b Develop an event sequence (e.g., conflict, climax, resolution) that unfolds naturally, connecting ideas and events using transitions.
    • 5.W.3.3.c Use narrative techniques, such as dialogue, description, and pacing to develop experiences and events or show the responses of characters to situations.
    • 5.W.3.3.d Use precise and expressive vocabulary and figurative language for effect.
    • 5.W.3.3.e Provide an ending that follows from the narrated experiences or events.
• The Writing Process
  • 5.W.4 Apply the writing process to
    • 5.W.4.a Generate a draft by developing, selecting and organizing ideas relevant to topic, purpose, and genre; revise to improve writing, using appropriate reference materials (e.g., quality of ideas, organization, sentence fluency, word choice); and edit writing for format and standard English conventions.
    • 5.W.4.b Use technology to interact and collaborate with others to publish legible documents.
• The Research Process: Finding, Assessing, Synthesizing, and Reporting Information
  • 5.W.5 Conduct short research assignments and tasks on a topic.
    • 5.W.5.a With support, formulate a research question (e.g., What were John Wooden’s greatest contributions to college basketball?).
    • 5.W.5.b Identify and acquire information through reliable primary and secondary sources.
    • 5.W.5.c Summarize and paraphrase important ideas and supporting details, and include direct quotations where appropriate, citing the source of information.
    • 5.W.5.d Avoid plagiarism and follow copyright guidelines for use of images, pictures, etc.
    • 5.W.5.e Present the research information, choosing from a variety of sources.
• Conventions of Standard English: Grammar and Usage / Capitalization, Punctuation, and Spelling
  • 5.W.6.1 Demonstrate command of English grammar and usage, focusing on:
    • 5.W.6.1a Nouns/Pronouns — Students are expected to build upon and continue applying conventions learned previously.
    • 5.W.6.1b Verbs
      • 5.W.6.1b.1 Writing sentences that use the perfect (e.g., I have walked, I had walked, I will have walked) verb tenses.
      • 5.W.6.1b.2 Correctly using verbs that are often misused (e.g., lie/lay, sit/set, rise/raise).
    • 5.W.6.1c Adjectives/ Adverbs — Students are expected to build upon and continue applying conventions learned previously.
    • 5.W.6.1d Prepositions — Writing sentences that include prepositional phrases and explaining their functions in the sentence.
    • 5.W.6.1e Usage — Writing correctly simple, compound, and complex declarative, interrogative, imperative, and exclamatory sentences, using correlative conjunctions (e.g., either/or, neither/nor).
  • 5.W.6.2 Demonstrate command of capitalization, punctuation, and spelling, focusing on:
    • 5.W.6.2a Capitalization — Applying correct usage of capitalization in writing.
    • 5.W.6.2b Punctuation
      • 5.W.6.2b.1 Applying correct usage of apostrophes and quotation marks in writing.
      • 5.W.6.2b.2 Using a comma for appositives, to set off the words yes and no, to set off a tag question from the rest of the sentence, and to indicate direct address.
    • 5.W.6.2c Spelling — Applying correct spelling patterns and generalizations in writing.