COMMON+CORE+STANDARDS

Text Types and Purposes

 * 1. Write opinion pieces on topics or texts, supporting a point of view with reasons and information.
 * 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.
 * Provide logically ordered reasons that are supported by facts and details.
 * Link opinion and reasons using words, phrases, and clauses (e.g., //consequently//, //specifically//).
 * Provide a concluding statement or section related to the opinion presented.
 * 2. Write informative/explanatory texts to examine a topic and convey ideas and information clearly.
 * Introduce a topic clearly, provide a general observation and focus, and group related information logically; include formatting (e.g., headings), illustrations, and multimedia when useful to aiding comprehension.
 * Develop the topic with facts, definitions, concrete details, quotations, or other information and examples related to the topic.
 * Link ideas within and across categories of information using words, phrases, and clauses (e.g., //in// //contrast//, //especially//).
 * Use precise language and domain-specific vocabulary to inform about or explain the topic.
 * Provide a concluding statement or section related to the information or explanation presented.
 * 3. Write narratives to develop real or imagined experiences or events using effective technique, descriptive details, and clear event sequences.
 * Orient the reader by establishing a situation and introducing a narrator and/or characters; organize an event sequence that unfolds naturally.
 * Use narrative techniques, such as dialogue, description, and pacing, to develop experiences and events or show the responses of characters to situations.
 * Use a variety of transitional words, phrases, and clauses to manage the sequence of events.
 * Use concrete words and phrases and sensory details to convey experiences and events precisely.
 * Provide a conclusion that follows from the narrated experiences or events.

Production and Distribution of Writing

 * 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.)
 * 5. With guidance and support from peers and adults, develop and strengthen writing as needed by planning, revising, editing, rewriting, or trying a new approach.
 * 6. With some guidance and support from adults, use technology, including the Internet, to produce and publish writing as well as to interact and collaborate with others; demonstrate sufficient command of keyboarding skills to type a minimum of two pages in a single sitting.

Research to Build and Present Knowledge

 * 7. Conduct short research projects that use several sources to build knowledge through investigation of different aspects of a topic.
 * 8. 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.
 * 9. Draw evidence from literary or informational texts to support analysis, reflection, and research.
 * 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]”).
 * 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]”).

Range of Writing

 * 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.