35 5.W.2.a W.5.2.A ELAGSE5W2a W.5.2.a W.5.2a W.5.2.b 5W2a W.5.2.a 5.W.TTP.2.a W.5.3.a 5.W.2.b W.5.2.B ELAGSE5W2b W.5.2.b W.5.2b W.5.2.c 5W2b 5.W.TTP.2.d W.5.2.b 41 5.W.2.c W.5.2.C ELAGSE5W2c W.5.2.c W.5.2c W.5.2.d 5W2d W.5.2.c 5.W.TTP.2.f W.5.3.b 5.W.2.d W.5.2.D ELAGSE5W2d W.5.2.d W.5.2d W.5.2.e 5W2c 5.W.TTP.2.g 5.W.2.e W.5.2.E ELAGSE5W2e W.5.2.e W.5.2e W.5.2.f 5W2e 5.W.TTP.2.e 5.15* 5.15.B* 5.18* 5.18.A* CC.1.4.5.A CC.1.4.5.B CC.1.4.5.D CC.1.4.5.E CC.1.4.5.F CC.1.4.5.C 5.W.2.S

Expository Writing - Composition 5th Grade

Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS): 5.15*
Students use elements of the writing process (planning, drafting, revising, editing, and publishing) to compose text.
Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS): 5.15.B*
develop drafts by choosing an appropriate organizational strategy (e.g., sequence of events, cause-effect, compare-contrast) and building on ideas to create a focused, organized, and coherent piece of writing;
Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS): 5.18*
Students write expository and procedural or work-related texts to communicate ideas and information to specific audiences for specific purposes.
Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS): 5.18.A*
create multi-paragraph essays to convey information about the topic that: present effective introductions and concluding paragraphs; guide and inform the reader's understanding of key ideas and evidence; include specific facts, details, and examples in an appropriately organized structure; and use a variety of sentence structures and transitions to link paragraphs;
Alabama Course of Study Standards: 35
Write informative or explanatory texts using multiple sources to examine a topic, conveying ideas and information clearly and incorporating a strong organizational structure, relevant details, and elaboration.
Arizona Academic Standards: 5.W.2.a Common Core State Standards: Literacy.W.5.2a Georgia Standards of Excellence (GSE): ELAGSE5W2a Kentucky Academic Standards (KAS): W.5.2.a Mississippi College- and Career-Readiness Standards: W.5.2a
Introduce a topic clearly, provide a general observation and focus, and group related information logically; include formatting (e.g., headings), illustrations, and multimedia when useful to aiding comprehension.
North Carolina - Standard Course of Study: W.5.2.b
Introduce a topic clearly, provide a general observation and focus, and group related information logically; include formatting, illustrations, and multimedia when useful to aiding comprehension.
New York State Next Generation Learning Standards: 5W2a
Introduce a topic clearly, provide a general focus, and organize related information logically.
Ohio's Learning Standards: W.5.2.a
Introduce a topic clearly, provide a general observation and focus, and group related information logically; include formatting (e.g., headings), illustrations, and multimedia to aid in comprehension, if needed.
Tennessee Academic Standards: 5.W.TTP.2.a
Introduce a topic by providing a general observation and focus. 5.W.TTP.2.b - Group related information logically. 5.W.TTP.2.c - Include formatting features, illustrations, and multimedia, when needed, to provide clarity to the reader.
Wisconsin Academic Standards: W.5.3.a
Organization: Include an introduction that establishes a purpose and engages the reader. Text builds to a concluding statement appropriate to the mode of writing and related to the body of the composition.
Arizona Academic Standards: 5.W.2.b Common Core State Standards: Literacy.W.5.2b Georgia Standards of Excellence (GSE): ELAGSE5W2b Kentucky Academic Standards (KAS): W.5.2.b Mississippi College- and Career-Readiness Standards: W.5.2b North Carolina - Standard Course of Study: W.5.2.c Tennessee Academic Standards: 5.W.TTP.2.d
Develop the topic with facts, definitions, concrete details, quotations, or other information and examples related to the topic.
New York State Next Generation Learning Standards: 5W2b
Develop a topic with facts, definitions, concrete details, quotations, or other relevant information; include text features, illustrations, and multimedia to aid comprehension.
Wisconsin Academic Standards: W.5.2.b
Informative text that introduces a topic clearly, use topic- and genre-specific language to provide a general observation, focus, and group related information logically. Include formatting (e.g., headings), illustrations, and multimedia when useful to aiding comprehension and to link ideas within and across categories of information.
Alabama Course of Study Standards: 41
Write using grade-appropriate general academic and domain-specific words and phrases accurately, including those that signal contrasting ideas, additional information, and other logical relationships.
Arizona Academic Standards: 5.W.2.c
Link ideas within and across categories of information using words, phrases, and clauses (e.g., in contrast, especially).
Common Core State Standards: Literacy.W.5.2c Georgia Standards of Excellence (GSE): ELAGSE5W2c Kentucky Academic Standards (KAS): W.5.2.c Mississippi College- and Career-Readiness Standards: W.5.2c
Link ideas within and across categories of information using words, phrases, and clauses (e.g., in contrast, especially).
North Carolina - Standard Course of Study: W.5.2.d Tennessee Academic Standards: 5.W.TTP.2.f
Link ideas within and across categories of information using words, phrases, and clauses.
New York State Next Generation Learning Standards: 5W2d
Use appropriate transitional/linking words, phrases, and clauses to clarify and connect ideas and concepts.
Ohio's Learning Standards: W.5.2.c
Link ideas within and across categories of information using words, phrases, and clauses (e.g., in contrast, especially).
Wisconsin Academic Standards: W.5.3.b
Transitions: Use a variety of transitional words and phrases that logically connect and develop ideas.
Arizona Academic Standards: 5.W.2.d Common Core State Standards: Literacy.W.5.2d Georgia Standards of Excellence (GSE): ELAGSE5W2d Kentucky Academic Standards (KAS): W.5.2.d Mississippi College- and Career-Readiness Standards: W.5.2d North Carolina - Standard Course of Study: W.5.2.e New York State Next Generation Learning Standards: 5W2c Tennessee Academic Standards: 5.W.TTP.2.g
Use precise language and domain-specific vocabulary to inform about or explain the topic.
Arizona Academic Standards: 5.W.2.e Common Core State Standards: Literacy.W.5.2e Georgia Standards of Excellence (GSE): ELAGSE5W2e Kentucky Academic Standards (KAS): W.5.2.e Mississippi College- and Career-Readiness Standards: W.5.2e North Carolina - Standard Course of Study: W.5.2.f New York State Next Generation Learning Standards: 5W2e
Provide a concluding statement or section related to the information or explanation presented.
Tennessee Academic Standards: 5.W.TTP.2.e
Provide a conclusion related to the information or explanation presented.
Pennsylvania Core Standards: CC.1.4.5.A
Write informative/ explanatory texts to examine a topic and convey ideas and information clearly.
Pennsylvania Core Standards: CC.1.4.5.B
Identify and introduce the topic clearly. E05.E.1.1.1 - Introduce text(s) for the intended audience, state an opinion and/or topic, establish a situation, and create an organizational structure in which ideas are logically grouped to support the writer’s purpose.
Pennsylvania Core Standards: CC.1.4.5.C
Develop the topic with facts, definitions, concrete details, quotations, or other information and examples related to the topic; include illustrations and multimedia when useful to aiding comprehension. E05.E.1.1.2 - Develop the analysis using a variety of evidence from text(s) to support claims, opinions, ideas, and inferences.
Pennsylvania Core Standards: CC.1.4.5.D
Group related information logically linking ideas within and across categories of information using words, phrases, and clauses; provide a concluding statement or section; include formatting when useful to aiding comprehension. E05.E.1.1.1 - Introduce text(s) for the intended audience, state an opinion and/or topic, establish a situation, and create an organizational structure in which ideas are logically grouped to support the writer’s purpose. E05.E.1.1.3 - Link ideas within and across categories of information using words, phrases, and clauses (e.g., in contrast, especially). E05.E.1.1.6 - Provide a concluding section related to the analysis presented.
Pennsylvania Core Standards: CC.1.4.5.E
Write with an awareness of style. Use precise language and domain-specific vocabulary to inform about or explain the topic. Use sentences of varying length. E05.D.2.1.1 - Expand, combine, and reduce sentences for meaning, reader/listener interest, and style. E05.D.2.1.2 - Choose words and phrases to convey ideas precisely.* E05.D.2.1.3 - Choose punctuation for effect.* E05.D.2.1.4 - Choose words and phrases for effect.* E05.E.1.1.3 - Link ideas within and across categories of information using words, phrases, and clauses (e.g., in contrast, especially). E05.E.1.1.4 - Use precise language and domain-specific vocabulary to inform about or explain the topic and/or convey the experience and events. E05.E.1.1.5 - Establish and maintain a formal style.
Pennsylvania Core Standards: CC.1.4.5.F
Demonstrate a grade-appropriate command of the conventions of standard English grammar, usage, capitalization, punctuation,and spelling. E05.D.1.1.1 - Explain the function of conjunctions, prepositions, and interjections in general and their function in particular sentences. E05.D.1.1.2 - Form and use the perfect verb tenses (e.g., I had walked; I have walked; I will have walked). E05.D.1.1.3 - Use verb tense to convey various times, sequences, states, and conditions. E05.D.1.1.4 - Recognize and correct inappropriate shifts in verb tense.* E05.D.1.1.5 - Use correlative conjunctions (e.g., either/or, neither/nor). E05.D.1.1.6 - Produce complete sentences, recognizing and correcting inappropriate fragments and run-on sentences.* E05.D.1.1.7 - Correctly use frequently confused words (e.g., to, too, two; there, their, they’re).* E05.D.1.1.8 - Ensure subject-verb and pronoun-antecedent agreement. E05.D.1.2.1 - Use punctuation to separate items in a series.* E05.D.1.2.2 - Use a comma to separate an introductory element from the rest of the sentence. E05.D.1.2.3 - Use a comma to set off the words yes and no (e.g., Yes, thank you), to set off a tag question from the rest of the sentence (e.g., It’s true, isn’t it?), and to indicate direct address (e.g., Is that you, Steve?). E05.D.1.2.4 - Use underlining, quotation marks, or italics to indicate titles of works. E05.D.1.2.5 - Spell grade-appropriate words correctly.
Arkansas Academic Standards: 5.W.2.S
Write informative or explanatory pieces, using multiple sources to examine a topic.

Expository Writing - Composition

Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS): 5.15*

Students use elements of the writing process (planning, drafting, revising, editing, and publishing) to compose text.

Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS): 5.15.B*

develop drafts by choosing an appropriate organizational strategy (e.g., sequence of events, cause-effect, compare-contrast) and building on ideas to create a focused, organized, and coherent piece of writing;

Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS): 5.18*

Students write expository and procedural or work-related texts to communicate ideas and information to specific audiences for specific purposes.

Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS): 5.18.A*

Alabama Course of Study Standards: 35

Write informative or explanatory texts using multiple sources to examine a topic, conveying ideas and information clearly and incorporating a strong organizational structure, relevant details, and elaboration.

Arizona Academic Standards: 5.W.2.a

Common Core State Standards: Literacy.W.5.2a

Georgia Standards of Excellence (GSE): ELAGSE5W2a

Kentucky Academic Standards (KAS): W.5.2.a

Mississippi College- and Career-Readiness Standards: W.5.2a

Introduce a topic clearly, provide a general observation and focus, and group related information logically; include formatting (e.g., headings), illustrations, and multimedia when useful to aiding comprehension.

North Carolina - Standard Course of Study: W.5.2.b

Introduce a topic clearly, provide a general observation and focus, and group related information logically; include formatting, illustrations, and multimedia when useful to aiding comprehension.

New York State Next Generation Learning Standards: 5W2a

Introduce a topic clearly, provide a general focus, and organize related information logically.

Ohio's Learning Standards: W.5.2.a

Introduce a topic clearly, provide a general observation and focus, and group related information logically; include formatting (e.g., headings), illustrations, and multimedia to aid in comprehension, if needed.

Tennessee Academic Standards: 5.W.TTP.2.a

Introduce a topic by providing a general observation and focus. 5.W.TTP.2.b - Group related information logically. 5.W.TTP.2.c - Include formatting features, illustrations, and multimedia, when needed, to provide clarity to the reader.

Wisconsin Academic Standards: W.5.3.a

Organization: Include an introduction that establishes a purpose and engages the reader. Text builds to a concluding statement appropriate to the mode of writing and related to the body of the composition.

Arizona Academic Standards: 5.W.2.b

Common Core State Standards: Literacy.W.5.2b

Georgia Standards of Excellence (GSE): ELAGSE5W2b

Kentucky Academic Standards (KAS): W.5.2.b

Mississippi College- and Career-Readiness Standards: W.5.2b

North Carolina - Standard Course of Study: W.5.2.c

Tennessee Academic Standards: 5.W.TTP.2.d

Develop the topic with facts, definitions, concrete details, quotations, or other information and examples related to the topic.

New York State Next Generation Learning Standards: 5W2b

Develop a topic with facts, definitions, concrete details, quotations, or other relevant information; include text features, illustrations, and multimedia to aid comprehension.

Wisconsin Academic Standards: W.5.2.b

Alabama Course of Study Standards: 41

Write using grade-appropriate general academic and domain-specific words and phrases accurately, including those that signal contrasting ideas, additional information, and other logical relationships.

Arizona Academic Standards: 5.W.2.c

Link ideas within and across categories of information using words, phrases, and clauses (e.g., in contrast, especially).

Common Core State Standards: Literacy.W.5.2c

Georgia Standards of Excellence (GSE): ELAGSE5W2c

Kentucky Academic Standards (KAS): W.5.2.c

Mississippi College- and Career-Readiness Standards: W.5.2c

Link ideas within and across categories of information using words, phrases, and clauses (e.g., in contrast, especially).

North Carolina - Standard Course of Study: W.5.2.d

Tennessee Academic Standards: 5.W.TTP.2.f

Link ideas within and across categories of information using words, phrases, and clauses.

New York State Next Generation Learning Standards: 5W2d

Use appropriate transitional/linking words, phrases, and clauses to clarify and connect ideas and concepts.

Ohio's Learning Standards: W.5.2.c

Link ideas within and across categories of information using words, phrases, and clauses (e.g., in contrast, especially).

Wisconsin Academic Standards: W.5.3.b

Transitions: Use a variety of transitional words and phrases that logically connect and develop ideas.

Arizona Academic Standards: 5.W.2.d

Common Core State Standards: Literacy.W.5.2d

Georgia Standards of Excellence (GSE): ELAGSE5W2d

Kentucky Academic Standards (KAS): W.5.2.d

Mississippi College- and Career-Readiness Standards: W.5.2d

North Carolina - Standard Course of Study: W.5.2.e

New York State Next Generation Learning Standards: 5W2c

Tennessee Academic Standards: 5.W.TTP.2.g

Use precise language and domain-specific vocabulary to inform about or explain the topic.

Arizona Academic Standards: 5.W.2.e

Common Core State Standards: Literacy.W.5.2e

Georgia Standards of Excellence (GSE): ELAGSE5W2e

Kentucky Academic Standards (KAS): W.5.2.e

Mississippi College- and Career-Readiness Standards: W.5.2e

North Carolina - Standard Course of Study: W.5.2.f

New York State Next Generation Learning Standards: 5W2e

Provide a concluding statement or section related to the information or explanation presented.

Tennessee Academic Standards: 5.W.TTP.2.e

Provide a conclusion related to the information or explanation presented.

Pennsylvania Core Standards: CC.1.4.5.A

Write informative/ explanatory texts to examine a topic and convey ideas and information clearly.

Pennsylvania Core Standards: CC.1.4.5.B

Identify and introduce the topic clearly. E05.E.1.1.1 - Introduce text(s) for the intended audience, state an opinion and/or topic, establish a situation, and create an organizational structure in which ideas are logically grouped to support the writer’s purpose.

Pennsylvania Core Standards: CC.1.4.5.C

Pennsylvania Core Standards: CC.1.4.5.D

Introduce a topic by providing a general observation and focus.

5.W.TTP.2.b - Group related information logically.

5.W.TTP.2.c - Include formatting features, illustrations, and multimedia, when needed, to provide clarity to the reader.

Identify and introduce the topic clearly.
E05.E.1.1.1 - Introduce text(s) for the intended audience, state an opinion and/or topic, establish a situation, and create an organizational structure in which ideas are logically grouped to support the writer’s purpose.