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WORD CHOICE:<br />

• Elaborate on organized information using descriptive language and<br />

supporting details.<br />

• Varied language techniques(e.g, simile, metaphor, sensory language,<br />

connotation, denotation<br />

• Modify word choices using resources and reference materials (e.g.,<br />

dictionary, thesaurus)<br />

• Employ figurative language and other literary devices(e.g.<br />

onomatopoeia, simile, metaphor, alliteration, personification, hyperbole,<br />

idioms)<br />

• Vocabulary /mature word choice (e.g., nouns(specificity), verbs(vivid),<br />

adjectives, adverbs, dazzling color words<br />

VOICE:<br />

• Word choices appropriate to the selected tone and mood<br />

• Creating precision and interest <strong>by</strong> expressing ideas vividly through varied<br />

language techniques(e.g., foreshadowing, imagery)<br />

• Literary devices(e.g., dialogue, ALL CAPS, point of view, specific emotion<br />

words, engaging phrases)<br />

FLUENCY:<br />

• Sentence variation<br />

• Vary rhythm and sentence structure<br />

• Literary devices(e.g., anadiplosis, flashback)<br />

CONVENTIONS:<br />

• Spelling using spelling rules, root words, prefixes, suffixes<br />

• Capitalization including literary titles, nationalities, ethnicities,<br />

languages, religions, geographic names and places<br />

• Punctuation including commas in clauses, hyphens, cited sources,<br />

quotations for exact words from sources<br />

• Four basic parts of speech plus subjective, objective, and<br />

demonstrative pronouns, singular and plural possessives of nouns<br />

• Subject/verb and noun/pronoun agreement<br />

LA.5.3.2.1<br />

LA.5.3.3.3<br />

LA.5.3.3.3<br />

LA.5.4.1.2<br />

LA.5.3.2.1<br />

LA.5.3.3.3<br />

LA.5.4.1.2<br />

LA.5.3.3.1<br />

LA.5.3.3.2<br />

LA.5.3.4.1<br />

LA.5.3.4.2<br />

LA.5.3.4.3<br />

LA.5.3.4.4<br />

LA.5.3.4.5<br />

Levels of support DC 33 Adding Relevant Details DI 9<br />

Sensory language DC 29; Literary Devices/Writing Skills, see<br />

PbP; Denotation/Connotation M/MH Unit 1: 111B Similes<br />

Unit 2: 152-155, 250<br />

Thesaurus M/MH Unit 2: 169B<br />

Onomatopoeia DC 68 Metaphors M/MH Unit 1: 118,121<br />

Unit 2: 198 Personification Unit 2: 188, 191Q, 238<br />

Idioms Unit 2: 14 PBP Literary Devices/Writing Skills<br />

Color words DC 27; Vivid verbs DC 30; Verbs M/MH Unit 2:<br />

213<br />

Literary Devices/Writing Skills, see PbP<br />

Tone M/MH Unit 1: 64, 101<br />

Foreshadowing M/MH Unit 1: 25; Dialect Unit 2: 162<br />

Emotion words DC 28 Try Tags DI 34<br />

PbP Literary Devices/Writing Skills<br />

Sentence triangles DC 95-97<br />

Tempo and Expression Unit 1: 65,108-109 Repetition<br />

Unit 2: 252-253 Sentence fluency Unit 2: 255B<br />

Root words M/MH Unit 1: 96<br />

(Use Units 1 and 2 Spelling and Grammar lessons to teach all<br />

the convention standards)<br />

Punctuation bingo DC 107-108<br />

Parts of speech<br />

review/activity DI 11<br />

September District Writing Assessment<br />

Revised Edition, 2008

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