English Language Arts and Literacy | Grade : 5
Strand - Writing
Cluster - Production and Distribution of Writing
[W.5.5] - Develop and strengthen writing as needed by planning, revising, editing, rewriting, or trying a new approach.
- Editing
Component of writing and preparing presentations concerned chiefly with improving clarity, organization, conciseness, and appropriateness of expression relative to task, purpose, and audience; often involves replacing or deleting words, phrases, and sentences that are awkward or confusing and correcting errors in spelling, usage, mechanics, and grammar. See Revising, Rewriting - Grade 5 Annotated Personal Narrative
- Grade 5 Unmarked Personal Narrative
- Revising
Component of writing and preparing presentations concerned chiefly with reworking a text in light of task, purpose, and audience considerations. Compared to editing, revising is a larger-scale activity often associated with the overall substance and structure of a text. See Rewriting. - Rewriting
Component of writing and preparing presentations that involves largely or wholly replacing a previous, unsatisfactory effort with a new effort on the same or a similar topic or theme but better aligned to task, purpose, and audience. Compared to revising, rewriting is a larger-scale activity more akin to replacement than to enhancement.
[L.5.1] -
Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English grammar and usage when writing or speaking; retain and further develop language skills learned in previous grades. (See grade 5 Writing Standard 5 and Speaking and Listening Standard 6 on strengthening writing and presentations by applying knowledge of conventions.)
[L.5.6] -
Acquire and use accurately grade-appropriate general academic and domain-specific words and phrases, including those that signal contrast, addition, and other logical relationships (e.g., however, although, nevertheless, similarly, moreover, in addition). grade 5 Reading literature Standard 4 and Reading Informational Text Standard 4 on applying knowledge of vocabulary to reading; see grade 5 Writing Standard 5 and Speaking and Listening Standard 4 on strengthening writing and presentations by applying knowledge of vocabulary.)