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W.6.5 With some guidance and support from peers and adults, develop and strengthen writing as needed by planning, revising, editing, rewriting, or trying a new approach. (Editing for conventions should demonstrate command of Language standards 1-3 up to and including grade 6 here.)

6(10)(C) Revise drafts for clarity, development, organization, style, word choice, and sentence variety.

W.6.5 With some guidance and support from peers and adults, develop and strengthen writing as needed by planning, revising, editing, rewriting, or trying a new approach. (Editing for conventions should demonstrate command of Language standards 1-3 up to and including grade 6 here.)

6(10)(C) Revise drafts for clarity, development, organization, style, word choice, and sentence variety.

6(10)(B)(ii) Develop drafts into a focused, structured, and coherent piece of writing by developing an engaging idea reflecting depth of thought with specific facts and details.

W.6.2.F Provide a concluding statement or section that follows from the information or explanation presented.

W.6.1 Write arguments to support claims with clear reasons and relevant evidence.

W.6.1.A Introduce claim(s) and organize the reasons and evidence clearly.

W.6.1.B Support claim(s) with clear reasons and relevant evidence, using credible sources and demonstrating an understanding of the topic or text.

W.6.1.C Use words, phrases, and clauses to clarify the relationships among claim(s) and reasons.

W.6.1.D Establish and maintain a formal style.

W.6.1.E Provide a concluding statement or section that follows from the argument presented.

6(10)(B)(i) Develop drafts into a focused, structured, and coherent piece of writing by organizing with purposeful structure, including an introduction, transitions, coherence within and across paragraphs, and a conclusion.

W.6.1 Write arguments to support claims with clear reasons and relevant evidence.

W.6.1.A Introduce claim(s) and organize the reasons and evidence clearly.

W.6.1.B Support claim(s) with clear reasons and relevant evidence, using credible sources and demonstrating an understanding of the topic or text.

W.6.1.C Use words, phrases, and clauses to clarify the relationships among claim(s) and reasons.

W.6.1.D Establish and maintain a formal style.

W.6.1.E Provide a concluding statement or section that follows from the argument presented.

6(11)(C) Compose multi-paragraph argumentative texts using genre characteristics and craft.

W.6.2 Write informative/explanatory texts to examine a topic and convey ideas, concepts, and information through the selection, organization, and analysis of relevant content.

W.6.2.A Introduce a topic; organize ideas, concepts, and information, using strategies such as definition, classification, comparison/contrast, and cause/effect; include formatting (e.g., headings), graphics (e.g., charts, tables), and multimedia when useful to aiding comprehension.

W.6.2.B Develop the topic with relevant facts, definitions, concrete details, quotations, or other information and examples.

W.6.2.C Use appropriate transitions to clarify the relationships among ideas and concepts.

W.6.2.D Use precise language and domain-specific vocabulary to inform about or explain the topic.

W.6.2.E Establish and maintain a formal style.

W.6.2.F Provide a concluding statement or section that follows from the information or explanation presented.

W.6.2 Write informative/explanatory texts to examine a topic and convey ideas, concepts, and information through the selection, organization, and analysis of relevant content.

W.6.2.A Introduce a topic; organize ideas, concepts, and information, using strategies such as definition, classification, comparison/contrast, and cause/effect; include formatting (e.g., headings), graphics (e.g., charts, tables), and multimedia when useful to aiding comprehension.

W.6.2.B Develop the topic with relevant facts, definitions, concrete details, quotations, or other information and examples.

W.6.2.C Use appropriate transitions to clarify the relationships among ideas and concepts.

W.6.2.D Use precise language and domain-specific vocabulary to inform about or explain the topic.

W.6.2.E Establish and maintain a formal style.

W.6.2.F Provide a concluding statement or section that follows from the information or explanation presented.

6(11)(B) Compose informational texts, including multi-paragraph essays that convey information about a topic, using a clear controlling idea or thesis statement and genre characteristics and craft.

PII.A.SCT.2.B.BRI (SCT.2 Understanding cohesion) Apply increasing understanding of how ideas, events, or reasons are linked throughout a text using an increasing variety of connecting and transitional words or phrases (e.g., for example, afterward, first/next/last) to comprehending texts and writing cohesive texts.

C.5.F (Writing) write using a variety of grade-appropriate sentence lengths, patterns, and connecting words to combine phrases, clauses, and sentences in increasingly accurate ways as more English is acquired;

W.6.5 With some guidance and support from peers and adults, develop and strengthen writing as needed by planning, revising, editing, rewriting, or trying a new approach. (Editing for conventions should demonstrate command of Language standards 1-3 up to and including grade 6 here.)

W.6.3.D Use precise words and phrases, relevant descriptive details, and sensory language to convey experiences and events.

W.6.3.D Use precise words and phrases, relevant descriptive details, and sensory language to convey experiences and events.

6(11)(A) Compose literary texts such as personal narratives, fiction, and poetry using genre characteristics and craft.

W.6.4 Produce clear and coherent writing in which the development, organization, and style are appropriate to task, purpose, and audience. (Grade-specific expectations for writing types are defined in standards 1-3 above.)

L.6.4.B Use common, grade-appropriate Greek or Latin affixes and roots as clues to the meaning of a word (e.g., audience, auditory, audible).

6(2)(C) Determine the meaning and usage of grade-level academic English words derived from Greek and Latin roots such as mis/mit, bene, man, vac, scrib/script, and jur/jus.

L.6.1.A Ensure that pronouns are in the proper case (subjective, objective, possessive).

6(10)(D)(v) Edit drafts using standard English conventions, including pronouns, including relative.

L.6.4 Determine or clarify the meaning of unknown and multiple-meaning words and phrases based on grade 6 reading and content, choosing flexibly from a range of strategies.

L.6.4.A Use context (e.g., the overall meaning of a sentence or paragraph; a word's position or function in a sentence) as a clue to the meaning of a word or phrase.

6(2)(B) Use context such as definition, analogy, and examples to clarify the meaning of words.

L.6.4 Determine or clarify the meaning of unknown and multiple-meaning words and phrases based on grade 6 reading and content, choosing flexibly from a range of strategies.

L.6.4.A Use context (e.g., the overall meaning of a sentence or paragraph; a word's position or function in a sentence) as a clue to the meaning of a word or phrase.

L.6.5.A Interpret figures of speech (e.g., personification) in context.