Fifth Grade Learning Expectations
Essential Learning 1: The student writes clearly and effectively.Writing Skill 1.5: Varies sentence lengths and structure.
Definition of writing skill:
Sentence length -The number of words used in a sentence.
Sentence structure -The manner in which the words are arranged in a sentence.
Resources:
- Write Idea, p. 244-245, 298-299, 299A, 299C, 299D, 332
- Instructional Three-Trait Writing Rubric
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Assessment:
- Write a paragraph focusing primarily on varying sentence length.
- Three-Trait Writing Assessment - parallel to WASL Rubric