ELAR 6.10
Composition: listening, speaking, reading, writing, and thinking using multiple texts--writing process. The student uses the writing process recursively to compose multiple texts that are legible and uses appropriate conventions. The student is expected to:
(A) plan a first draft by selecting a genre appropriate for a particular topic, purpose, and audience using a range of strategies such as discussion, background reading, and personal interests;
(B) develop drafts into a focused, structured, and coherent piece of writing by:
(i) organizing with purposeful structure, including an introduction, transitions, coherence within and across paragraphs, and a conclusion; and
(ii) developing an engaging idea reflecting depth of thought with specific facts and details;
(C) revise drafts for clarity, development, organization, style, word choice, and sentence variety;
(D) edit drafts using standard English conventions, including:
(i) complete complex sentences with subject-verb agreement and avoidance of splices, run-ons, and fragments;
(ii) consistent, appropriate use of verb tenses;
(iii) conjunctive adverbs;
(iv) prepositions and prepositional phrases and their influence on subject-verb agreement;
(v) pronouns, including relative;
(vi) subordinating conjunctions to form complex sentences and correlative conjunctions such as either/or and neither/nor;
(vii) capitalization of proper nouns, including abbreviations, initials, acronyms, and organizations;
(viii) punctuation marks, including commas in complex sentences, transitions, and introductory elements; and
(ix) correct spelling, including commonly confused terms such as its/it's, affect/effect, there/their/they're, and to/two/too; and
(E) publish written work for appropriate audiences.
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Editing Checklist
Help your students with the editing process with this editing checklist.
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Everyday Grammar Capitalization and Punctuation Warm-Ups – Grades 5 and 6 Interactive PowerPoint
An engaging 44-slide interactive PowerPoint to use in the upper grades classroom when learning about grammar and punctuation.
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Everyday Grammar Parts of Speech Warm-Ups – Grades 5 and 6
A 39-slide editable PowerPoint to use when reviewing parts of speech with your students.
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Prepositional Phrase Mini Jigsaw Puzzle
5 mini jigsaw puzzles that require the students to construct prepositional phrases.
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Sentence Saga Literacy Activity (Silly Sentences)
A set of words and punctuation marks that are combined to make sentences.
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Grammar Bookmarks – Miniature Anchor Charts for Upper Grades
A quick reference grammar guide for students on a bookmark.
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Guided Writing Groups - Progress Tracker
Track student progress during guided writing sessions with this template.
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Punctuation Bookmarks – Upper Grades
Help your students remember their punctuation rules by providing them with this bookmark for quick reference.
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Editing Bookmarks
A clear and colorful editing checklist for students to refer to when proofreading their writing.
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Successful Sentences – Sentence Construction Cards
Word cards for constructing complex sentences.