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• Write directions to unfamiliar locations using cardinal and ordinal directions,<br />
landmarks, and distances, and create an accompanying map<br />
WORD CHOICE:<br />
• Elaborate on organized information using descriptive language and supporting<br />
details<br />
• Multiple language techniques(e.g., foreshadowing, imagery, simile, metaphor,<br />
sensory language, connotation, denotation)<br />
• Modify word choices using resources and reference materials (e.g., dictionary,<br />
thesaurus)<br />
• Employ figurative language and other literary devices(e.g., onomatopoeia,<br />
simile, metaphor, alliteration, personification, hyperbole)<br />
• Vocabulary/mature word choice(e.g., specific nouns, vivid verbs, adjectives,<br />
adverbs, dazzling color words)<br />
VOICE:<br />
• Word choice appropriate to the selected tone and mood<br />
• Analyze language techniques of professional authors(e.g., point of view,<br />
establishing mood) to enhance the use of descriptive language and word choice<br />
• Creating precision and interest <strong>by</strong> expressing ideas vividly through varied<br />
language techniques(e.g., foreshadowing, imagery)<br />
• Dialogue<br />
• Literary devices (e.g., specific emotions, ALL CAPS, point of view, emotional<br />
appeal<br />
FLUENCY:<br />
• Sentence variation<br />
• Vary rhythm, length, and sentence structure<br />
• Literary devices (e.g., anadiplosis, flashback)<br />
CONVENTIONS:<br />
• Correct spelling using spelling rules, patterns, generalizations, knowledge of<br />
root words, prefixes, suffixes, and knowledge of Greek and Latin root words<br />
• Capitalization of proper nouns<br />
• Punctuation in simple, compound, and complex sentences, including appositives<br />
and appositive phrases, and cited sources, including quotations<br />
• Identify and use correctly the eight parts of speech(e.g., noun, pronoun, verb,<br />
adverb, adjective, conjunction, preposition, interjection<br />
• Consistency in simple, compound, and complex sentences<br />
February District Writing Assessment<br />
LA.6.4.2.5<br />
LA.6.3.2.1<br />
LA.6.3.3.3<br />
LA6.3.3.3<br />
LA.6.4.1.2<br />
LA.6.3.2.1<br />
LA.6.3.2.1<br />
LA.6.3.2.3<br />
LA.6.3.3.3<br />
LA.6.4.1.2<br />
LA.6.3.3.1<br />
LA.6.4.3.2<br />
LA.6.3.4.1<br />
LA.6.3.4.2<br />
LA.6.3.4.3<br />
LA.6.3.4.4<br />
LA.6.3.4.5<br />
See Social Studies (Holt)<br />
Descriptive details M/MH Unit 2: 170<br />
Connotation/Denotation M/MH Unit 2: 134, 142; Persuasive<br />
letter writing, Denotation/ Connotation M/MH Unit 2: 151<br />
Alliteration M/MH Unit 2:146; Onomatopoeia DC 79<br />
Idioms M/MH Unit 2: 199<br />
Improving word choice DC 77; Adjectives DC 72;<br />
Power words DC 73<br />
Tone M/MH Unit 2: 201<br />
Dialogue M/MH Unit 4: 408-410<br />
Word Choice Through Music DC 77<br />
Point of view DI 17<br />
Sentence fluency M/MH Unit 3: 273D<br />
Sentence fluency M/MH Unit 4: 449B<br />
Super Sentences DC 99<br />
(Use Unit 3 and 4 Spelling and Grammar lessons to teach all<br />
the convention standards)<br />
Capitalization Concentration DC 112<br />
Punctuation Game DC 111<br />
Revised Edition, 2008