Grade 05 ELA - EC: E05.C.1.2.6
Grade 05 ELA - EC: E05.C.1.2.6
Continuum of Activities
The list below represents a continuum of activities: resources categorized by Standard/Eligible Content that teachers may use to move students toward proficiency. Using LEA curriculum and available materials and resources, teachers can customize the activity statements/questions for classroom use.
This continuum of activities offers:
- Instructional activities designed to be integrated into planned lessons
- Questions/activities that grow in complexity
- Opportunities for differentiation for each student’s level of performance
Grade Levels
5th Grade
Course, Subject
English Language Arts
Related Academic Standards / Eligible Content
Activities
- Define the importance of a good concluding section in an informative writing piece.
- Identify key information in the informative writing that should be included in a concluding section.
- Determine the appropriateness of the information selected for inclusion in concluding section.
- Organize information to be included in concluding section in a logical manner.
- Construct a concluding section that includes appropriate information organized in a logical manner.
- Critique conclusion to assure that relevant information was chosen.
- Analyze concluding section for effectiveness to the overall informational topic.
- Revise concluding section as needed to provide information, facts, and details.
- Revise concluding section as needed to provide logical organization.
Answer Key/Rubric
- Student is able to share that a good concluding section for an informative writing piece restates the topic and includes a recap of the information that supports the topic.
- Using his/her own informative writing piece, the writer identifies the information that should be included in the concluding section. Information chosen for the concluding section should be carefully considered and very significant.
- Writer considers the information that will be included in the concluding section. Appropriate information for inclusion is reasons, facts, and details that logically and importantly provide information about the topic of the writing.
- The order of the information to be included in the concluding section is considered. Likely the order of the information is the same as it is presented throughout the piece of writing. If the order is different, the writer can state and defend a logical reason for the change.
- Writer constructs a concluding section that includes the informational topic restated from the introductory section and a summary and/or restatement of the reasons, facts, and details.
- Writer critiques the information included in the concluding section. Relevance to the stated topic is considered. A direct connection should be evident. Information that doesn’t belong should be revised or eliminated.
- Writer analyzes the concluding section to assure that the information included is appropriately aligned with the topic. Logical reasoning should be employed. Information should be appropriate for the intended audience.
- Based on analyzing and critiquing the opinion writing, the writer revises the concluding section to include additional necessary facts and details. Additional reasons may be added to the conclusion if stronger support of the opinion is needed. Reasons may be omitted if they are unneeded or repetitive.
- Based on analyzing and critiquing the opinion writing, the writer revises the concluding section to be more logically organized. Most likely the order of information follows the same order it was presented in the writing piece.
