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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

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