PI.C.P.11.EMG (P.11 Supporting Opinions) Support opinions by providing good reasons and some textual evidence or relevant background knowledge (e.g., referring to textual evidence or knowledge of content).

PI.C.P.11.EMG (P.11 Supporting Opinions) Support opinions by providing good reasons and some textual evidence or relevant background knowledge (e.g., referring to textual evidence or knowledge of content).

C.5.B (Writing) write using newly acquired basic vocabulary and content-based grade-level vocabulary;

RI.5.8 Explain how an author uses reasons and evidence to support particular points in a text, identifying which reasons and evidence support which point(s).

L.5.1 Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English grammar and usage when writing or speaking.

L.5.1.A Explain the function of conjunctions, prepositions, and interjections in general and their function in particular sentences.

5(11)(D)(vi) Edit drafts using standard English conventions, including prepositions and prepositional phrases and their influence on subject-verb agreement.

RI.5.8 Explain how an author uses reasons and evidence to support particular points in a text, identifying which reasons and evidence support which point(s).

PII.B.EEI.3.EMG (EEI.3 Using verbs and verb phrases) Use frequently used verbs, different verb types (e.g., doing, saying, being/having, thinking/feeling), and verb tenses appropriate for the text type and discipline to convey time (e.g., simple past for recounting an experience).

C.5.E (Writing) employ increasingly complex grammatical structures in content area writing commensurate with grade-level expectations, such as:

C.5.E (i) (Writing) using correct verbs, tenses, and pronouns/antecedents;

W.5.5 With 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 5 here.)

L.5.3.A Expand, combine, and reduce sentences for meaning, reader/listener interest, and style.

5(11)(C) Revise drafts to improve sentence structure and word choice by adding, deleting, combining, and rearranging ideas for coherence and clarity.

L.5.1.B Form and use the perfect (e.g., I had walked; I have walked; I will have walked) verb tenses.

PI.C.P.11.EMG (P.11 Supporting Opinions) Support opinions by providing good reasons and some textual evidence or relevant background knowledge (e.g., referring to textual evidence or knowledge of content).

L.5.1 Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English grammar and usage when writing or speaking.

W.5.5 With 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 5 here.)

5(11)(C) Revise drafts to improve sentence structure and word choice by adding, deleting, combining, and rearranging ideas for coherence and clarity.

L.5.1.A Explain the function of conjunctions, prepositions, and interjections in general and their function in particular sentences.

5(11)(D)(i) Edit drafts using standard English conventions, including complete simple and compound sentences with subject-verb agreement and avoidance of splices, run-ons, and fragments.

PI.A.C.3.EMG (C.3 Offering opinions) Offer opinions and negotiate with others in conversations using basic learned phrases (e.g., I think…), as well as open responses in order to gain and/or hold the floor

W.5.1.D Provide a concluding statement or section related to the opinion presented.

PI.C.P.10.A.EMG (P.10 Writing) Write short literary and informational texts (e.g., a description of a flashlight) collaboratively (e.g., joint construction of texts with an adult or with peers) and sometimes independently.