5th+RLA+Writing


 * Subject/Course:** English Language Arts

**Grade Level:** 5

**Standard:** Writing

**SPI or Check for Understanding (#): SPI 0501.3.7 Select details that support a topic sentence.**

**Assessment Topic: Supporting Details**

**Essential Question (s):**
 * 1) **What word/sentences does the author use to expand the topic sentence?**
 * 2) **How do the sentences help contribute to the main idea?**

**Subject/Course:** English Language Arts

**Grade Level:** 5

**Standard:** Writing

**SPI or Check for Understanding (#): SPI 0501.3.12 Select an appropriate title that reflects the topic of a written selection.**

**Assessment Topic: Selecting a Title**

**Essential Question (s):**
 * 1) **What could be another title for this selection?**
 * 2) **Why would the author decide to title this selection the way he did?**

**Subject/Course:** English Language Arts

**Grade Level:** 5

**Standard:** Writing

**SPI or Check for Understanding (#):** **SPI 0501.3.10** Select appropriate time-order or transitional words/phrases to enhance the flow of a writing sample.

**Assessment Topic: Time order/Transitional words**

**Essential Question (s):**
 * 1) **Can you connect sentences using appropriate time order or transitional words?**
 * 2) **Can you relate a new sentence with the one before, using the best time order or transition words?**

** Subject/Course: ** English Language Arts ** Grade Level: ** 5 ** Standard: **Writing ** SPI or Check for Understanding (#): ****SPI 0501.3.6 **Rearrange sentences to form a sequential, coherent paragraph. ** Assessment Topic: Paragraph Writing ** ** Essential Question (s): **
 * 1) ** Can you put sentences in a logical order within a paragraph? **
 * 2) ** Can you analyze the sentences of a paragraph to determine which order they should be in to make the best sense? **