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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