Reading
Literature
Students will be able to:
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Informational Text
Students will be able to:
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Writing
Opinion
- 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, provide logically ordered reasons that are supported by facts and details, provide a concluding statement or section and create an organizational structure in which ideas are logically grouped to support the writer’s purpose.
- Link opinion and reasons using words, phrases, and clauses (e.g., consequently, specifically).
- Write informative/explanatory texts to examine a topic and convey ideas and information clearly.
- Introduce a topic clearly; provide a general observation and focus; develop the topic with facts, definitions, concrete details, quotations, and group-related information logically; provide a concluding statement or section; include formatting (e.g., headings), illustrations, and multimedia when useful to aiding comprehension.
- Use precise language and domain-specific vocabulary to inform about or explain the topic.
- 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; and provide a conclusion that follows from the narrated experiences or events.
- Use a variety of transitional words, phrases, and clauses to manage the sequence of events.