North Carolina 5th Grade ELA Standards in Writing

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W Writing

• Text Types, Purposes, and Publishing
  • W.5.1 Write opinion pieces on topics or texts, supporting a point of view with reasons and information.
    • W.5.1.a Organize information and ideas around a topic to plan and prepare to write.
    • W.5.1.b 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.c Provide logically ordered reasons that are supported by facts and details.
    • W.5.1.d Link opinion and reasons using words, phrases, and clauses.
    • W.5.1.e Provide a concluding statement or section related to the opinion presented.
    • W.5.1.f With guidance and support from peers and adults, develop and strengthen writing as needed by revising, editing, rewriting, or trying a new approach, with consideration to task, purpose, and audience.
  • W.5.2 Write informative /explanatory texts to examine a topic and convey ideas and information clearly.
    • W.5.2.a Organize information and ideas around a topic to plan and prepare to write.
    • W.5.2.b Introduce a topic clearly, provide a general observation and focus, and group related information logically; include formatting, illustrations, and multimedia when useful to aiding comprehension.
    • W.5.2.c Develop the topic with facts, definitions, concrete details, quotations, or other information and examples related to the topic.
    • W.5.2.d Link ideas within and across categories of information using words, phrases, and clauses.
    • W.5.2.e 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.5.2.g With guidance and support from peers and adults, develop and strengthen writing as needed by revising, editing, rewriting, or trying a new approach, with consideration to task, purpose, and audience.
  • 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 Organize information and ideas around a topic to plan and prepare to write.
    • W.5.3.b Orient the reader by establishing a situation and introducing a narrator and/or characters; organize an event sequence that unfolds naturally.
    • W.5.3.c 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.d Use a variety of transitional words, phrases, and clauses to manage the sequence of events.
    • W.5.3.e Use concrete words and phrases and sensory details to convey experiences and events precisely.
    • W.5.3.f Provide a conclusion that follows from the narrated experiences or events.
    • W.5.3.g With guidance and support from peers and adults, develop and strengthen writing as needed by revising, editing, rewriting, or trying a new approach, with consideration to task, purpose, and audience.
  • W.5.4 With some guidance and support from adults, use digital tools and resources to produce and publish writing as well as to interact and collaborate with others; demonstrate sufficient command of word processing skills.
• Research
  • W.5.5 Conduct short research projects that use several sources to build knowledge through investigation of different aspects of a topic.
  • W.5.6 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.