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English Language Arts and Reading.5.12.D

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The student is expected to

compose correspondence that requests information.

A student expectation is directly related to the knowledge and skills statement, is more specific about how students demonstrate their learning, and always begins with a verb. Student expectations are further broken down into their component parts, often referred to as “breakouts.”

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Detailed Alignment 

ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS AND READING.5.12.D — Vertical Alignment

Vertical alignment shows student expectations in the same subject area at different grade levels that are related to or build upon one another.

Previous grade
ELA.1.12.C

dictate or compose correspondence such as thank you notes or letters.

ELA.2.12.C

compose correspondence such as thank you notes or letters.

ELA.3.12.D

compose correspondence such as thank you notes or letters.

ELA.4.12.D

compose correspondence that requests information.

ELA.5.12.D

compose correspondence that requests information.

ELA.6.11.D

compose correspondence that reflects an opinion, registers a complaint, or requests information in a business or friendly structure.

ELA.7.11.D

compose correspondence that reflects an opinion, registers a complaint, or requests information in a business or friendly structure.

ELA.8.11.D

compose correspondence that reflects an opinion, registers a complaint, or requests information in a business or friendly structure.

ELA.E1.10.D
compose correspondence in a professional or friendly structure.
ELA.E2.10.D
compose correspondence in a professional or friendly structure.
ELA.E3.10.D
compose correspondence in a professional or friendly structure;
ELA.E4.10.D
compose correspondence in a professional or friendly structure;
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ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS AND READING.5.12.D — Breakout of skills

Breakouts are the component parts that make up a student expectation. A breakout shows a distinct concept a student should know or a distinct skill that a student should be able to demonstrate.

The student is expected to
compose correspondence that requests information

ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS AND READING.5.12.D — Focal Points

Oral and Written Expression

Students develop and sustain oral and written language skills to communicate their ideas effectively using appropriate language conventions. Students consider audience and purpose while applying appropriate genre characteristics and craft and determining the appropriate mode of delivery.

ELA.5.1.A

listen actively to interpret verbal and non-verbal messages, ask relevant questions, and make pertinent comments;

ELA.5.1.B

follow, restate, and give oral instructions that include multiple action steps;

ELA.5.1.C

give an organized presentation employing eye contact, speaking rate, volume, enunciation, natural gestures, and conventions of language to communicate ideas effectively; and

ELA.5.2.B.i

spelling multisyllabic words with closed syllables; open syllables; VCe syllables; vowel teams, including digraphs and diphthongs; r-controlled syllables; and final stable syllables;

ELA.5.2.B.ii

spelling words with consonant changes, including/t/ to/sh/ such as in select and selection and/k/ to/sh/ such as music and musician;

ELA.5.2.B.iii

spelling multisyllabic words with multiple sound-spelling patterns;

ELA.5.2.B.iv

spelling words using advanced knowledge of syllable division patterns;

ELA.5.2.B.v

spelling words using knowledge of prefixes; and

ELA.5.2.B.vi

spelling words using knowledge of suffixes, including how they can change base words such as dropping e, changing y to i, and doubling final consonants; and

ELA.5.3.C

identify the meaning of and use words with affixes such as trans-, super-, -ive, and -logy and roots such as geo and photo; and

ELA.5.3.D

identify, use, and explain the meaning of adages and puns.

ELA.5.7.A

describe personal connections to a variety of sources, including self-selected texts;

ELA.5.7.B

write responses that demonstrate understanding of texts, including comparing and contrasting ideas across a variety of sources;

ELA.5.7.C

use text evidence to support an appropriate response;

ELA.5.7.D

retell, paraphrase, or summarize texts in ways that maintain meaning and logical order;

ELA.5.7.E

interact with sources in meaningful ways such as notetaking, annotating, freewriting, or illustrating;

ELA.5.7.F

respond using newly acquired vocabulary as appropriate; and

ELA.5.7.G

discuss specific ideas in the text that are important to the meaning.

ELA.5.9.A

demonstrate knowledge of distinguishing characteristics of well-known children's literature such as folktales, fables, legends, myths, and tall tales;

ELA.5.9.B

explain the use of sound devices and figurative language and distinguish between the poet and the speaker in poems across a variety of poetic forms;

ELA.5.9.C

explain structure in drama such as character tags, acts, scenes, and stage directions;

ELA.5.9.D.i

the central idea with supporting evidence;

ELA.5.9.D.ii

features such as insets, timelines, and sidebars to support understanding; and

ELA.5.9.D.iii

organizational patterns such as logical order and order of importance;

ELA.5.9.E.i

identifying the claim;

ELA.5.9.E.ii

explaining how the author has used facts for or against an argument; and

ELA.5.9.E.iii

identifying the intended audience or reader; and

ELA.5.9.F

recognize characteristics of multimodal and digital texts.

ELA.5.10.A

explain the author's purpose and message within a text;

ELA.5.10.B

analyze how the use of text structure contributes to the author's purpose;

ELA.5.10.C

analyze the author's use of print and graphic features to achieve specific purposes;

ELA.5.10.D

describe how the author's use of imagery, literal and figurative language such as simile and metaphor, and sound devices achieves specific purposes;

ELA.5.10.E

identify and understand the use of literary devices, including first- or third-person point of view;

ELA.5.10.F

examine how the author's use of language contributes to voice; and

ELA.5.10.G

explain the purpose of hyperbole, stereotyping, and anecdote.

ELA.5.11.A

plan a first draft by selecting a genre for a particular topic, purpose, and audience using a range of strategies such as brainstorming, freewriting, and mapping;

ELA.5.11.B.i

organizing with purposeful structure, including an introduction, transitions, and a conclusion; and

ELA.5.11.B.ii

developing an engaging idea reflecting depth of thought with specific facts and details;

ELA.5.11.C

revise drafts to improve sentence structure and word choice by adding, deleting, combining, and rearranging ideas for coherence and clarity;

ELA.5.11.D

edit drafts using standard English conventions, including:

ELA.5.11.D.i

complete simple and compound sentences with subject-verb agreement and avoidance of splices, run-ons, and fragments;

ELA.5.11.D.ii

past tense of irregular verbs;

ELA.5.11.D.iii

collective nouns;

ELA.5.11.D.iv

adjectives, including their comparative and superlative forms;

ELA.5.11.D.v

conjunctive adverbs;

ELA.5.11.D.vi

prepositions and prepositional phrases and their influence on subject-verb agreement;

ELA.5.11.D.vii

pronouns, including indefinite;

ELA.5.11.D.viii

subordinating conjunctions to form complex sentences;

ELA.5.11.D.ix

capitalization of abbreviations, initials, acronyms, and organizations;

ELA.5.11.D.x

italics and underlining for titles and emphasis, and punctuation marks, including quotation marks in dialogue and commas in compound and complex sentences; and

ELA.5.11.D.xi

correct spelling of words with grade-appropriate orthographic patterns and rules and high-frequency words; and

ELA.5.11.E

publish written work for appropriate audiences.

ELA.5.12.A

compose literary texts such as personal narratives, fiction, and poetry using genre characteristics and craft;

ELA.5.12.B

compose informational texts, including brief compositions that convey information about a topic, using a clear central idea and genre characteristics and craft;

ELA.5.12.C

compose argumentative texts, including opinion essays, using genre characteristics and craft; and

ELA.5.12.D

compose correspondence that requests information.

ELA.5.13.A

generate and clarify questions on a topic for formal and informal inquiry;

ELA.5.13.B

develop and follow a research plan with adult assistance;

ELA.5.13.C

identify and gather relevant information from a variety of sources;

ELA.5.13.D

understand credibility of primary and secondary sources;

ELA.5.13.E

demonstrate understanding of information gathered;

ELA.5.13.F

differentiate between paraphrasing and plagiarism when using source materials;

ELA.5.13.G

develop a bibliography; and

ELA.5.13.H

use an appropriate mode of delivery, whether written, oral, or multimodal, to present results.

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