- English Language Arts and Reading
- Grade 5
- Composition
compose literary texts such as personal narratives, fiction, and poetry using genre characteristics and craft;
Task students with composing a poem that clearly reflects genre characteristics such as stanzas, sensory language, rhyme, rhythm, and alliteration. Remind students to follow the writing process as they compose their poems.
This assessment requires students to apply knowledge of the characteristics and craft of poetry. It is important for students to develop this knowledge with all literary forms. This knowledge is acquired through practice and experience reading and analyzing a variety of literary forms.