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Kewaskum School District
5th Grade Writing Curriculum
Writing Topics/Genres
Personal Narrative
o Compose a piece that tells about an important time in their life
Explanatory
o Describe steps to complete a process
Research/Persuasive
o Conduct research; use it to compose a persuasive speech on a theme
Descriptive
o Describe an object based on its characteristics, using the 5 senses
Writing Skills/6+1 Traits of Writing
Control of Language
o Voice
o Sentence Fluency
o Word Choice
Content/Composition
o Organization
o Ideas
o Conventions
o Writing Process
Grammar/Spelling
Sentences
o Identifies kinds (Declarative, Interrogative, Exclamatory, Question)
o Identifies and corrects run-on
o Identifies subjects and predicates
o Punctuates dialogue
Nouns
o Identifies and correctly uses singular and plural
o Identifies and correctly uses singular and plural possessives
o Identifies and correctly uses common and proper
o Identifies and correctly uses adjectives
Verbs
o Identifies and correctly uses subject/verb agreement
o Identifies and correctly uses tenses
o Identifies and correctly uses irregular verbs
o Identifies and correctly uses comparing adverbs
Pronouns
o Identifies and correctly uses subject and object
Listening/Speaking
Speech
o Students research, create, and present speeches on a particular theme.
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