Common Core: Writing
5.W.9
Draw evidence from literary or informational texts to support analysis, reflection, and research.
October 1, 20185.W.9a
Apply grade 5 Reading standards to literature (e.g., “Compare and contrast two or more characters, settings, or events in a story or a drama, drawing on specific details in the text [e.g., how characters interact]”).
October 1, 20185.W.9b
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 support which point[s]”).
October 1, 20185.W.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.
October 1, 20185.W.3a
Orient the reader by establishing a situation and introducing a narrator and/or characters; organize an event sequence that unfolds naturally.
October 1, 20185.W.3b
Use narrative techniques, such as dialogue, description, and pacing, to develop experiences and events or show the responses of characters to situations.
October 1, 20185.W.3c
Use a variety of transitional words, phrases, and clauses to manage the sequence of events.
October 1, 20185.W.3d
Use concrete words and phrases and sensory details to convey experiences and events precisely.
October 1, 20185.W.4
Produce clear and coherent writing in which the development and organization are appropriate to task, purpose, and audience. (Grade-specific expectations for writing types are defined in standards 1-3 above.)
October 1, 20185.W.1c
Link opinion and reasons using words, phrases, and clauses (e.g., consequently, specifically).
October 1, 2018