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Subject Area - CC.1:
English Language Arts
  • Standard Area - CC.1.4: Writing: Students write for different purposes and audiences. Students write clear and focused text to convey a well-defined perspective and appropriate content.
  • Grade Level - CC.1.4.5: GRADE 5
Standard - CC.1.4.5.A

Write informative/ explanatory texts to examine a topic and convey ideas and information clearly.

PASA DLM
Essential Elements (EE)
Standard - CC.1.4.5.B

Identify and introduce the topic clearly.

Eligible Content:
12 Total
Assessments
Materials & Resources
  • Anchor Descriptor - E05.C.1.1 Write opinion pieces on topics or texts, supporting a point of view with reasons and information.
    • Eligible Content - E05.C.1.1.1 Introduce a topic or text for the intended audience, state an opinion, and create an organizational structure in which ideas are logically grouped to support the writer’s purpose.
      • Alternate Eligible Content - E05.C.1.1.1a Provide an opinion on a topic.
        Alternate Eligible Content is designed for students assessed using the PA Alternate System of Assessment (PASA). Essentialized Example resources assist teachers in designing instruction that reduces content complexity while maintaining alignment to academic standards.
    • Eligible Content - E05.C.1.1.2 Provide logically ordered reasons that are supported by facts and details.
      • Alternate Eligible Content - E05.C.1.1.2a Provide two or more details that support the reason for opinion.
        Alternate Eligible Content is designed for students assessed using the PA Alternate System of Assessment (PASA). Essentialized Example resources assist teachers in designing instruction that reduces content complexity while maintaining alignment to academic standards.
    • Eligible Content - E05.C.1.1.3 Link opinion and reasons using words, phrases, and clauses (e.g., consequently, specifically).
      • Alternate Eligible Content - E05.C.1.1.3a Identify two words to link the opinion and reasons.
        Alternate Eligible Content is designed for students assessed using the PA Alternate System of Assessment (PASA). Essentialized Example resources assist teachers in designing instruction that reduces content complexity while maintaining alignment to academic standards.
    • Eligible Content - E05.C.1.1.4 Establish and maintain a formal style.
    • Eligible Content - E05.C.1.1.5 Provide a concluding section related to the opinion presented.
  • Anchor Descriptor - E05.C.1.2 Write informative/explanatory texts to examine a topic and convey ideas and information clearly.
    • Eligible Content - E05.C.1.2.1 Introduce a topic for the intended audience, provide a general observation and focus, and group related information logically to support the writer’s purpose.
      • Alternate Eligible Content - E05.C.1.2.1a Introduce a topic.
        Alternate Eligible Content is designed for students assessed using the PA Alternate System of Assessment (PASA). Essentialized Example resources assist teachers in designing instruction that reduces content complexity while maintaining alignment to academic standards.
    • Eligible Content - E05.C.1.2.2 Develop the topic with facts, definitions, concrete details, quotations, or other information and examples related to the topic.
      • Alternate Eligible Content - E05.C.1.2.2a Provide two or more facts or details about the topic.
        Alternate Eligible Content is designed for students assessed using the PA Alternate System of Assessment (PASA). Essentialized Example resources assist teachers in designing instruction that reduces content complexity while maintaining alignment to academic standards.
    • Eligible Content - E05.C.1.2.3 Link ideas within and across categories of information using words, phrases, and clauses (e.g., in contrast, especially).
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      • Alternate Eligible Content - E05.C.1.2.3a Indentify two words to link the topic and details.
        Alternate Eligible Content is designed for students assessed using the PA Alternate System of Assessment (PASA). Essentialized Example resources assist teachers in designing instruction that reduces content complexity while maintaining alignment to academic standards.
    • Eligible Content - E05.C.1.2.4 Use precise language and domain-specific vocabulary to inform about or explain the topic.
    • Eligible Content - E05.C.1.2.5 Establish and maintain a formal style.
    • Eligible Content - E05.C.1.2.6 Provide a concluding section related to the information or explanation presented.
  • Anchor Descriptor - E05.C.1.3 Write narratives to develop real or imagined experiences or events using effective technique, descriptive details, and clear event sequences.
    • Eligible Content - E05.C.1.3.1 Orient the reader by establishing a situation and introducing a narrator and/or characters; organize an event sequence that unfolds naturally to support the writer’s purpose.
      • Alternate Eligible Content - E05.C.1.3.1a Introduce a topic for a narrative.
        Alternate Eligible Content is designed for students assessed using the PA Alternate System of Assessment (PASA). Essentialized Example resources assist teachers in designing instruction that reduces content complexity while maintaining alignment to academic standards.
    • Eligible Content - E05.C.1.3.2 Use narrative techniques, such as dialogue, description, and pacing, to develop experiences and events or to show the responses of characters to situations.
      Continuum of Activities
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      • Alternate Eligible Content - E05.C.1.3.2a Convey two events in sequence.
        Alternate Eligible Content is designed for students assessed using the PA Alternate System of Assessment (PASA). Essentialized Example resources assist teachers in designing instruction that reduces content complexity while maintaining alignment to academic standards.
    • Eligible Content - E05.C.1.3.3 Use a variety of transitional words, phrases, and clauses to manage the sequence of events.
      • Alternate Eligible Content - E05.C.1.3.3a Indentify transition words that convey sequence.
        Alternate Eligible Content is designed for students assessed using the PA Alternate System of Assessment (PASA). Essentialized Example resources assist teachers in designing instruction that reduces content complexity while maintaining alignment to academic standards.
    • Eligible Content - E05.C.1.3.4 Use concrete words and phrases and sensory details to convey experiences and events precisely.
    • Eligible Content - E05.C.1.3.5 Provide a conclusion that follows from the narrated experiences or events.
      • Alternate Eligible Content - E05.C.1.3.5a Provide a concluding statement.
        Alternate Eligible Content is designed for students assessed using the PA Alternate System of Assessment (PASA). Essentialized Example resources assist teachers in designing instruction that reduces content complexity while maintaining alignment to academic standards.
        • Anchor Descriptor - E05.E.1.1 Draw evidence from literary or informational texts to support analysis, reflection, and/or research.
          • Eligible Content - E05.E.1.1.1 Introduce text(s) for the intended audience, state an opinion and/or topic, establish a situation, and create an organizational structure in which ideas are logically grouped to support the writer’s purpose.
            Continuum of Activities
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          • Eligible Content - E05.E.1.1.2 Develop the analysis using a variety of evidence from text(s) to support claims, opinions, ideas, and inferences.
            Continuum of Activities
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          • Eligible Content - E05.E.1.1.3 Link ideas within and across categories of information using words, phrases, and clauses (e.g., in contrast, especially).
            Continuum of Activities
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          • Eligible Content - E05.E.1.1.4 Use precise language and domain-specific vocabulary to inform about or explain the topic and/or convey the experience and events.
            Continuum of Activities
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          • Eligible Content - E05.E.1.1.5 Establish and maintain a formal style.
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          • Eligible Content - E05.E.1.1.6 Provide a concluding section related to the analysis presented.
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        Standard - CC.1.4.5.C

        Develop the topic with facts, definitions, concrete details, quotations, or other information and examples related to the topic; include illustrations and multimedia when useful to aiding comprehension.

        Eligible Content:
        12 Total
        Assessments
        Materials & Resources
        • Anchor Descriptor - E05.C.1.1 Write opinion pieces on topics or texts, supporting a point of view with reasons and information.
          • Eligible Content - E05.C.1.1.1 Introduce a topic or text for the intended audience, state an opinion, and create an organizational structure in which ideas are logically grouped to support the writer’s purpose.
            • Alternate Eligible Content - E05.C.1.1.1a Provide an opinion on a topic.
              Alternate Eligible Content is designed for students assessed using the PA Alternate System of Assessment (PASA). Essentialized Example resources assist teachers in designing instruction that reduces content complexity while maintaining alignment to academic standards.
          • Eligible Content - E05.C.1.1.2 Provide logically ordered reasons that are supported by facts and details.
            • Alternate Eligible Content - E05.C.1.1.2a Provide two or more details that support the reason for opinion.
              Alternate Eligible Content is designed for students assessed using the PA Alternate System of Assessment (PASA). Essentialized Example resources assist teachers in designing instruction that reduces content complexity while maintaining alignment to academic standards.
          • Eligible Content - E05.C.1.1.3 Link opinion and reasons using words, phrases, and clauses (e.g., consequently, specifically).
            • Alternate Eligible Content - E05.C.1.1.3a Identify two words to link the opinion and reasons.
              Alternate Eligible Content is designed for students assessed using the PA Alternate System of Assessment (PASA). Essentialized Example resources assist teachers in designing instruction that reduces content complexity while maintaining alignment to academic standards.
          • Eligible Content - E05.C.1.1.4 Establish and maintain a formal style.
          • Eligible Content - E05.C.1.1.5 Provide a concluding section related to the opinion presented.
        • Anchor Descriptor - E05.C.1.2 Write informative/explanatory texts to examine a topic and convey ideas and information clearly.
          • Eligible Content - E05.C.1.2.1 Introduce a topic for the intended audience, provide a general observation and focus, and group related information logically to support the writer’s purpose.
            • Alternate Eligible Content - E05.C.1.2.1a Introduce a topic.
              Alternate Eligible Content is designed for students assessed using the PA Alternate System of Assessment (PASA). Essentialized Example resources assist teachers in designing instruction that reduces content complexity while maintaining alignment to academic standards.
          • Eligible Content - E05.C.1.2.2 Develop the topic with facts, definitions, concrete details, quotations, or other information and examples related to the topic.
            • Alternate Eligible Content - E05.C.1.2.2a Provide two or more facts or details about the topic.
              Alternate Eligible Content is designed for students assessed using the PA Alternate System of Assessment (PASA). Essentialized Example resources assist teachers in designing instruction that reduces content complexity while maintaining alignment to academic standards.
          • Eligible Content - E05.C.1.2.3 Link ideas within and across categories of information using words, phrases, and clauses (e.g., in contrast, especially).
            Continuum of Activities
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            • Alternate Eligible Content - E05.C.1.2.3a Indentify two words to link the topic and details.
              Alternate Eligible Content is designed for students assessed using the PA Alternate System of Assessment (PASA). Essentialized Example resources assist teachers in designing instruction that reduces content complexity while maintaining alignment to academic standards.
          • Eligible Content - E05.C.1.2.4 Use precise language and domain-specific vocabulary to inform about or explain the topic.
          • Eligible Content - E05.C.1.2.5 Establish and maintain a formal style.
          • Eligible Content - E05.C.1.2.6 Provide a concluding section related to the information or explanation presented.
        • Anchor Descriptor - E05.C.1.3 Write narratives to develop real or imagined experiences or events using effective technique, descriptive details, and clear event sequences.
          • Eligible Content - E05.C.1.3.1 Orient the reader by establishing a situation and introducing a narrator and/or characters; organize an event sequence that unfolds naturally to support the writer’s purpose.
            • Alternate Eligible Content - E05.C.1.3.1a Introduce a topic for a narrative.
              Alternate Eligible Content is designed for students assessed using the PA Alternate System of Assessment (PASA). Essentialized Example resources assist teachers in designing instruction that reduces content complexity while maintaining alignment to academic standards.
          • Eligible Content - E05.C.1.3.2 Use narrative techniques, such as dialogue, description, and pacing, to develop experiences and events or to show the responses of characters to situations.
            Continuum of Activities
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            • Alternate Eligible Content - E05.C.1.3.2a Convey two events in sequence.
              Alternate Eligible Content is designed for students assessed using the PA Alternate System of Assessment (PASA). Essentialized Example resources assist teachers in designing instruction that reduces content complexity while maintaining alignment to academic standards.
          • Eligible Content - E05.C.1.3.3 Use a variety of transitional words, phrases, and clauses to manage the sequence of events.
            • Alternate Eligible Content - E05.C.1.3.3a Indentify transition words that convey sequence.
              Alternate Eligible Content is designed for students assessed using the PA Alternate System of Assessment (PASA). Essentialized Example resources assist teachers in designing instruction that reduces content complexity while maintaining alignment to academic standards.
          • Eligible Content - E05.C.1.3.4 Use concrete words and phrases and sensory details to convey experiences and events precisely.
          • Eligible Content - E05.C.1.3.5 Provide a conclusion that follows from the narrated experiences or events.
            • Alternate Eligible Content - E05.C.1.3.5a Provide a concluding statement.
              Alternate Eligible Content is designed for students assessed using the PA Alternate System of Assessment (PASA). Essentialized Example resources assist teachers in designing instruction that reduces content complexity while maintaining alignment to academic standards.
              • Anchor Descriptor - E05.E.1.1 Draw evidence from literary or informational texts to support analysis, reflection, and/or research.
                • Eligible Content - E05.E.1.1.1 Introduce text(s) for the intended audience, state an opinion and/or topic, establish a situation, and create an organizational structure in which ideas are logically grouped to support the writer’s purpose.
                  Continuum of Activities
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                • Eligible Content - E05.E.1.1.2 Develop the analysis using a variety of evidence from text(s) to support claims, opinions, ideas, and inferences.
                  Continuum of Activities
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                • Eligible Content - E05.E.1.1.3 Link ideas within and across categories of information using words, phrases, and clauses (e.g., in contrast, especially).
                  Continuum of Activities
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                • Eligible Content - E05.E.1.1.4 Use precise language and domain-specific vocabulary to inform about or explain the topic and/or convey the experience and events.
                  Continuum of Activities
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                • Eligible Content - E05.E.1.1.5 Establish and maintain a formal style.
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                • Eligible Content - E05.E.1.1.6 Provide a concluding section related to the analysis presented.
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              Standard - CC.1.4.5.D

              Group related information logically linking ideas within and across categories of information using words, phrases, and clauses; provide a concluding statement or section; include formatting when useful to aiding comprehension.

              Eligible Content:
              12 Total
              Assessments
              Materials & Resources
              • Anchor Descriptor - E05.C.1.1 Write opinion pieces on topics or texts, supporting a point of view with reasons and information.
                • Eligible Content - E05.C.1.1.1 Introduce a topic or text for the intended audience, state an opinion, and create an organizational structure in which ideas are logically grouped to support the writer’s purpose.
                  • Alternate Eligible Content - E05.C.1.1.1a Provide an opinion on a topic.
                    Alternate Eligible Content is designed for students assessed using the PA Alternate System of Assessment (PASA). Essentialized Example resources assist teachers in designing instruction that reduces content complexity while maintaining alignment to academic standards.
                • Eligible Content - E05.C.1.1.2 Provide logically ordered reasons that are supported by facts and details.
                  • Alternate Eligible Content - E05.C.1.1.2a Provide two or more details that support the reason for opinion.
                    Alternate Eligible Content is designed for students assessed using the PA Alternate System of Assessment (PASA). Essentialized Example resources assist teachers in designing instruction that reduces content complexity while maintaining alignment to academic standards.
                • Eligible Content - E05.C.1.1.3 Link opinion and reasons using words, phrases, and clauses (e.g., consequently, specifically).
                  • Alternate Eligible Content - E05.C.1.1.3a Identify two words to link the opinion and reasons.
                    Alternate Eligible Content is designed for students assessed using the PA Alternate System of Assessment (PASA). Essentialized Example resources assist teachers in designing instruction that reduces content complexity while maintaining alignment to academic standards.
                • Eligible Content - E05.C.1.1.4 Establish and maintain a formal style.
                • Eligible Content - E05.C.1.1.5 Provide a concluding section related to the opinion presented.
              • Anchor Descriptor - E05.C.1.2 Write informative/explanatory texts to examine a topic and convey ideas and information clearly.
                • Eligible Content - E05.C.1.2.1 Introduce a topic for the intended audience, provide a general observation and focus, and group related information logically to support the writer’s purpose.
                  • Alternate Eligible Content - E05.C.1.2.1a Introduce a topic.
                    Alternate Eligible Content is designed for students assessed using the PA Alternate System of Assessment (PASA). Essentialized Example resources assist teachers in designing instruction that reduces content complexity while maintaining alignment to academic standards.
                • Eligible Content - E05.C.1.2.2 Develop the topic with facts, definitions, concrete details, quotations, or other information and examples related to the topic.
                  • Alternate Eligible Content - E05.C.1.2.2a Provide two or more facts or details about the topic.
                    Alternate Eligible Content is designed for students assessed using the PA Alternate System of Assessment (PASA). Essentialized Example resources assist teachers in designing instruction that reduces content complexity while maintaining alignment to academic standards.
                • Eligible Content - E05.C.1.2.3 Link ideas within and across categories of information using words, phrases, and clauses (e.g., in contrast, especially).
                  Continuum of Activities
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                  • Alternate Eligible Content - E05.C.1.2.3a Indentify two words to link the topic and details.
                    Alternate Eligible Content is designed for students assessed using the PA Alternate System of Assessment (PASA). Essentialized Example resources assist teachers in designing instruction that reduces content complexity while maintaining alignment to academic standards.
                • Eligible Content - E05.C.1.2.4 Use precise language and domain-specific vocabulary to inform about or explain the topic.
                • Eligible Content - E05.C.1.2.5 Establish and maintain a formal style.
                • Eligible Content - E05.C.1.2.6 Provide a concluding section related to the information or explanation presented.
              • Anchor Descriptor - E05.C.1.3 Write narratives to develop real or imagined experiences or events using effective technique, descriptive details, and clear event sequences.
                • Eligible Content - E05.C.1.3.1 Orient the reader by establishing a situation and introducing a narrator and/or characters; organize an event sequence that unfolds naturally to support the writer’s purpose.
                  • Alternate Eligible Content - E05.C.1.3.1a Introduce a topic for a narrative.
                    Alternate Eligible Content is designed for students assessed using the PA Alternate System of Assessment (PASA). Essentialized Example resources assist teachers in designing instruction that reduces content complexity while maintaining alignment to academic standards.
                • Eligible Content - E05.C.1.3.2 Use narrative techniques, such as dialogue, description, and pacing, to develop experiences and events or to show the responses of characters to situations.
                  Continuum of Activities
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                  • Alternate Eligible Content - E05.C.1.3.2a Convey two events in sequence.
                    Alternate Eligible Content is designed for students assessed using the PA Alternate System of Assessment (PASA). Essentialized Example resources assist teachers in designing instruction that reduces content complexity while maintaining alignment to academic standards.
                • Eligible Content - E05.C.1.3.3 Use a variety of transitional words, phrases, and clauses to manage the sequence of events.
                  • Alternate Eligible Content - E05.C.1.3.3a Indentify transition words that convey sequence.
                    Alternate Eligible Content is designed for students assessed using the PA Alternate System of Assessment (PASA). Essentialized Example resources assist teachers in designing instruction that reduces content complexity while maintaining alignment to academic standards.
                • Eligible Content - E05.C.1.3.4 Use concrete words and phrases and sensory details to convey experiences and events precisely.
                • Eligible Content - E05.C.1.3.5 Provide a conclusion that follows from the narrated experiences or events.
                  • Alternate Eligible Content - E05.C.1.3.5a Provide a concluding statement.
                    Alternate Eligible Content is designed for students assessed using the PA Alternate System of Assessment (PASA). Essentialized Example resources assist teachers in designing instruction that reduces content complexity while maintaining alignment to academic standards.
                    • Anchor Descriptor - E05.E.1.1 Draw evidence from literary or informational texts to support analysis, reflection, and/or research.
                      • Eligible Content - E05.E.1.1.1 Introduce text(s) for the intended audience, state an opinion and/or topic, establish a situation, and create an organizational structure in which ideas are logically grouped to support the writer’s purpose.
                        Continuum of Activities
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                      • Eligible Content - E05.E.1.1.2 Develop the analysis using a variety of evidence from text(s) to support claims, opinions, ideas, and inferences.
                        Continuum of Activities
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                      • Eligible Content - E05.E.1.1.3 Link ideas within and across categories of information using words, phrases, and clauses (e.g., in contrast, especially).
                        Continuum of Activities
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                      • Eligible Content - E05.E.1.1.4 Use precise language and domain-specific vocabulary to inform about or explain the topic and/or convey the experience and events.
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                      • Eligible Content - E05.E.1.1.5 Establish and maintain a formal style.
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                      • Eligible Content - E05.E.1.1.6 Provide a concluding section related to the analysis presented.
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                    Standard - CC.1.4.5.E

                    Write with an awareness of style. • Use precise language and domain-specific vocabulary to inform about or explain the topic. • Use sentences of varying length.

                    Eligible Content:
                    16 Total
                    Assessments
                    Materials & Resources
                    • Anchor Descriptor - E05.C.1.1 Write opinion pieces on topics or texts, supporting a point of view with reasons and information.
                      • Eligible Content - E05.C.1.1.1 Introduce a topic or text for the intended audience, state an opinion, and create an organizational structure in which ideas are logically grouped to support the writer’s purpose.
                        • Alternate Eligible Content - E05.C.1.1.1a Provide an opinion on a topic.
                          Alternate Eligible Content is designed for students assessed using the PA Alternate System of Assessment (PASA). Essentialized Example resources assist teachers in designing instruction that reduces content complexity while maintaining alignment to academic standards.
                      • Eligible Content - E05.C.1.1.2 Provide logically ordered reasons that are supported by facts and details.
                        • Alternate Eligible Content - E05.C.1.1.2a Provide two or more details that support the reason for opinion.
                          Alternate Eligible Content is designed for students assessed using the PA Alternate System of Assessment (PASA). Essentialized Example resources assist teachers in designing instruction that reduces content complexity while maintaining alignment to academic standards.
                      • Eligible Content - E05.C.1.1.3 Link opinion and reasons using words, phrases, and clauses (e.g., consequently, specifically).
                        • Alternate Eligible Content - E05.C.1.1.3a Identify two words to link the opinion and reasons.
                          Alternate Eligible Content is designed for students assessed using the PA Alternate System of Assessment (PASA). Essentialized Example resources assist teachers in designing instruction that reduces content complexity while maintaining alignment to academic standards.
                      • Eligible Content - E05.C.1.1.4 Establish and maintain a formal style.
                      • Eligible Content - E05.C.1.1.5 Provide a concluding section related to the opinion presented.
                    • Anchor Descriptor - E05.C.1.2 Write informative/explanatory texts to examine a topic and convey ideas and information clearly.
                      • Eligible Content - E05.C.1.2.1 Introduce a topic for the intended audience, provide a general observation and focus, and group related information logically to support the writer’s purpose.
                        • Alternate Eligible Content - E05.C.1.2.1a Introduce a topic.
                          Alternate Eligible Content is designed for students assessed using the PA Alternate System of Assessment (PASA). Essentialized Example resources assist teachers in designing instruction that reduces content complexity while maintaining alignment to academic standards.
                      • Eligible Content - E05.C.1.2.2 Develop the topic with facts, definitions, concrete details, quotations, or other information and examples related to the topic.
                        • Alternate Eligible Content - E05.C.1.2.2a Provide two or more facts or details about the topic.
                          Alternate Eligible Content is designed for students assessed using the PA Alternate System of Assessment (PASA). Essentialized Example resources assist teachers in designing instruction that reduces content complexity while maintaining alignment to academic standards.
                      • Eligible Content - E05.C.1.2.3 Link ideas within and across categories of information using words, phrases, and clauses (e.g., in contrast, especially).
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                        • Alternate Eligible Content - E05.C.1.2.3a Indentify two words to link the topic and details.
                          Alternate Eligible Content is designed for students assessed using the PA Alternate System of Assessment (PASA). Essentialized Example resources assist teachers in designing instruction that reduces content complexity while maintaining alignment to academic standards.
                      • Eligible Content - E05.C.1.2.4 Use precise language and domain-specific vocabulary to inform about or explain the topic.
                      • Eligible Content - E05.C.1.2.5 Establish and maintain a formal style.
                      • Eligible Content - E05.C.1.2.6 Provide a concluding section related to the information or explanation presented.
                    • Anchor Descriptor - E05.C.1.3 Write narratives to develop real or imagined experiences or events using effective technique, descriptive details, and clear event sequences.
                      • Eligible Content - E05.C.1.3.1 Orient the reader by establishing a situation and introducing a narrator and/or characters; organize an event sequence that unfolds naturally to support the writer’s purpose.
                        • Alternate Eligible Content - E05.C.1.3.1a Introduce a topic for a narrative.
                          Alternate Eligible Content is designed for students assessed using the PA Alternate System of Assessment (PASA). Essentialized Example resources assist teachers in designing instruction that reduces content complexity while maintaining alignment to academic standards.
                      • Eligible Content - E05.C.1.3.2 Use narrative techniques, such as dialogue, description, and pacing, to develop experiences and events or to show the responses of characters to situations.
                        Continuum of Activities
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                        • Alternate Eligible Content - E05.C.1.3.2a Convey two events in sequence.
                          Alternate Eligible Content is designed for students assessed using the PA Alternate System of Assessment (PASA). Essentialized Example resources assist teachers in designing instruction that reduces content complexity while maintaining alignment to academic standards.
                      • Eligible Content - E05.C.1.3.3 Use a variety of transitional words, phrases, and clauses to manage the sequence of events.
                        • Alternate Eligible Content - E05.C.1.3.3a Indentify transition words that convey sequence.
                          Alternate Eligible Content is designed for students assessed using the PA Alternate System of Assessment (PASA). Essentialized Example resources assist teachers in designing instruction that reduces content complexity while maintaining alignment to academic standards.
                      • Eligible Content - E05.C.1.3.4 Use concrete words and phrases and sensory details to convey experiences and events precisely.
                      • Eligible Content - E05.C.1.3.5 Provide a conclusion that follows from the narrated experiences or events.
                        • Alternate Eligible Content - E05.C.1.3.5a Provide a concluding statement.
                          Alternate Eligible Content is designed for students assessed using the PA Alternate System of Assessment (PASA). Essentialized Example resources assist teachers in designing instruction that reduces content complexity while maintaining alignment to academic standards.
                          • Anchor Descriptor - E05.D.2.1 Use knowledge of language and its conventions.
                            • Eligible Content - E05.D.2.1.1 Expand, combine, and reduce sentences for meaning, reader/listener interest, and style.
                            • Eligible Content - E05.D.2.1.2 Choose words and phrases to convey ideas precisely.
                            • Eligible Content - E05.D.2.1.3 Choose punctuation for effect.
                            • Eligible Content - E05.D.2.1.4 Choose words and phrases for effect.
                              • Anchor Descriptor - E05.E.1.1 Draw evidence from literary or informational texts to support analysis, reflection, and/or research.
                                • Eligible Content - E05.E.1.1.1 Introduce text(s) for the intended audience, state an opinion and/or topic, establish a situation, and create an organizational structure in which ideas are logically grouped to support the writer’s purpose.
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                                • Eligible Content - E05.E.1.1.2 Develop the analysis using a variety of evidence from text(s) to support claims, opinions, ideas, and inferences.
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                                • Eligible Content - E05.E.1.1.3 Link ideas within and across categories of information using words, phrases, and clauses (e.g., in contrast, especially).
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                                • Eligible Content - E05.E.1.1.4 Use precise language and domain-specific vocabulary to inform about or explain the topic and/or convey the experience and events.
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                                • Eligible Content - E05.E.1.1.5 Establish and maintain a formal style.
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                                • Eligible Content - E05.E.1.1.6 Provide a concluding section related to the analysis presented.
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                              Standard - CC.1.4.5.F

                              Demonstrate a grade-appropriate command of the conventions of standard English grammar, usage, capitalization, punctuation, and spelling.

                              Eligible Content:
                              13 Total
                              PASA DLM
                              Essential Elements (EE)
                              Assessments
                              Materials & Resources
                              • Anchor Descriptor - E05.D.1.1 Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English grammar and usage.
                                • Eligible Content - E05.D.1.1.1 Explain the function of conjunctions, prepositions, and interjections in general and their function in particular sentences.
                                • Eligible Content - E05.D.1.1.2 Form and use the perfect verb tenses (e.g., I had walked; I have walked; I will have walked).
                                • Eligible Content - E05.D.1.1.3 Use verb tense to convey various times, sequences, states, and conditions.
                                • Eligible Content - E05.D.1.1.4 Recognize and correct inappropriate shifts in verb tense.
                                • Eligible Content - E05.D.1.1.5 Use correlative conjunctions (e.g., either/or, neither/nor).
                                • Eligible Content - E05.D.1.1.6 Produce complete sentences, recognizing and correcting inappropriate fragments and run-on sentences.
                                  • Alternate Eligible Content - E05.D.1.1.6a Use simple sentences.
                                    Alternate Eligible Content is designed for students assessed using the PA Alternate System of Assessment (PASA). Essentialized Example resources assist teachers in designing instruction that reduces content complexity while maintaining alignment to academic standards.
                                • Eligible Content - E05.D.1.1.7 Correctly use frequently confused words (e.g., to, too, two; there, their, they’re).
                                • Eligible Content - E05.D.1.1.8 Ensure subject-verb and pronoun-antecedent agreement.
                              • Anchor Descriptor - E05.D.1.2 Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English capitalization, punctuation, and spelling.
                                • Eligible Content - E05.D.1.2.1 Use punctuation to separate items in a series.
                                • Eligible Content - E05.D.1.2.2 Use a comma to separate an introductory element from the rest of the sentence.
                                • Eligible Content - E05.D.1.2.3 Use a comma to set off the words yes and no (e.g., Yes, thank you), to set off a tag question from the rest of the sentence (e.g., It’s true, isn’t it?), and to indicate direct address (e.g., Is that you, Steve?).
                                • Eligible Content - E05.D.1.2.4 Use underlining, quotation marks, or italics to indicate titles of works.
                                • Eligible Content - E05.D.1.2.5 Spell grade-appropriate words correctly.
                              Standard - CC.1.4.5.G

                              Write opinion pieces on topics or texts.

                              PASA DLM
                              Essential Elements (EE)
                              Standard - CC.1.4.5.H

                              Introduce the topic and state an opinion on the topic.

                              Eligible Content:
                              11 Total
                              Assessments
                              Materials & Resources
                              • Anchor Descriptor - E05.C.1.1 Write opinion pieces on topics or texts, supporting a point of view with reasons and information.
                                • Eligible Content - E05.C.1.1.1 Introduce a topic or text for the intended audience, state an opinion, and create an organizational structure in which ideas are logically grouped to support the writer’s purpose.
                                  • Alternate Eligible Content - E05.C.1.1.1a Provide an opinion on a topic.
                                    Alternate Eligible Content is designed for students assessed using the PA Alternate System of Assessment (PASA). Essentialized Example resources assist teachers in designing instruction that reduces content complexity while maintaining alignment to academic standards.
                                • Eligible Content - E05.C.1.1.2 Provide logically ordered reasons that are supported by facts and details.
                                  • Alternate Eligible Content - E05.C.1.1.2a Provide two or more details that support the reason for opinion.
                                    Alternate Eligible Content is designed for students assessed using the PA Alternate System of Assessment (PASA). Essentialized Example resources assist teachers in designing instruction that reduces content complexity while maintaining alignment to academic standards.
                                • Eligible Content - E05.C.1.1.3 Link opinion and reasons using words, phrases, and clauses (e.g., consequently, specifically).
                                  • Alternate Eligible Content - E05.C.1.1.3a Identify two words to link the opinion and reasons.
                                    Alternate Eligible Content is designed for students assessed using the PA Alternate System of Assessment (PASA). Essentialized Example resources assist teachers in designing instruction that reduces content complexity while maintaining alignment to academic standards.
                                • Eligible Content - E05.C.1.1.4 Establish and maintain a formal style.
                                • Eligible Content - E05.C.1.1.5 Provide a concluding section related to the opinion presented.
                              • Anchor Descriptor - E05.C.1.2 Write informative/explanatory texts to examine a topic and convey ideas and information clearly.
                                • Eligible Content - E05.C.1.2.1 Introduce a topic for the intended audience, provide a general observation and focus, and group related information logically to support the writer’s purpose.
                                  • Alternate Eligible Content - E05.C.1.2.1a Introduce a topic.
                                    Alternate Eligible Content is designed for students assessed using the PA Alternate System of Assessment (PASA). Essentialized Example resources assist teachers in designing instruction that reduces content complexity while maintaining alignment to academic standards.
                                • Eligible Content - E05.C.1.2.2 Develop the topic with facts, definitions, concrete details, quotations, or other information and examples related to the topic.
                                  • Alternate Eligible Content - E05.C.1.2.2a Provide two or more facts or details about the topic.
                                    Alternate Eligible Content is designed for students assessed using the PA Alternate System of Assessment (PASA). Essentialized Example resources assist teachers in designing instruction that reduces content complexity while maintaining alignment to academic standards.
                                • Eligible Content - E05.C.1.2.3 Link ideas within and across categories of information using words, phrases, and clauses (e.g., in contrast, especially).
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                                  • Alternate Eligible Content - E05.C.1.2.3a Indentify two words to link the topic and details.
                                    Alternate Eligible Content is designed for students assessed using the PA Alternate System of Assessment (PASA). Essentialized Example resources assist teachers in designing instruction that reduces content complexity while maintaining alignment to academic standards.
                                • Eligible Content - E05.C.1.2.4 Use precise language and domain-specific vocabulary to inform about or explain the topic.
                                • Eligible Content - E05.C.1.2.5 Establish and maintain a formal style.
                                • Eligible Content - E05.C.1.2.6 Provide a concluding section related to the information or explanation presented.
                              • Anchor Descriptor - E05.C.1.3 Write narratives to develop real or imagined experiences or events using effective technique, descriptive details, and clear event sequences.
                                • Eligible Content - E05.C.1.3.1 Orient the reader by establishing a situation and introducing a narrator and/or characters; organize an event sequence that unfolds naturally to support the writer’s purpose.
                                  • Alternate Eligible Content - E05.C.1.3.1a Introduce a topic for a narrative.
                                    Alternate Eligible Content is designed for students assessed using the PA Alternate System of Assessment (PASA). Essentialized Example resources assist teachers in designing instruction that reduces content complexity while maintaining alignment to academic standards.
                                • Eligible Content - E05.C.1.3.2 Use narrative techniques, such as dialogue, description, and pacing, to develop experiences and events or to show the responses of characters to situations.
                                  Continuum of Activities
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                                  • Alternate Eligible Content - E05.C.1.3.2a Convey two events in sequence.
                                    Alternate Eligible Content is designed for students assessed using the PA Alternate System of Assessment (PASA). Essentialized Example resources assist teachers in designing instruction that reduces content complexity while maintaining alignment to academic standards.
                                • Eligible Content - E05.C.1.3.3 Use a variety of transitional words, phrases, and clauses to manage the sequence of events.
                                  • Alternate Eligible Content - E05.C.1.3.3a Indentify transition words that convey sequence.
                                    Alternate Eligible Content is designed for students assessed using the PA Alternate System of Assessment (PASA). Essentialized Example resources assist teachers in designing instruction that reduces content complexity while maintaining alignment to academic standards.
                                • Eligible Content - E05.C.1.3.4 Use concrete words and phrases and sensory details to convey experiences and events precisely.
                                • Eligible Content - E05.C.1.3.5 Provide a conclusion that follows from the narrated experiences or events.
                                  • Alternate Eligible Content - E05.C.1.3.5a Provide a concluding statement.
                                    Alternate Eligible Content is designed for students assessed using the PA Alternate System of Assessment (PASA). Essentialized Example resources assist teachers in designing instruction that reduces content complexity while maintaining alignment to academic standards.
                                    • Anchor Descriptor - E05.E.1.1 Draw evidence from literary or informational texts to support analysis, reflection, and/or research.
                                      • Eligible Content - E05.E.1.1.1 Introduce text(s) for the intended audience, state an opinion and/or topic, establish a situation, and create an organizational structure in which ideas are logically grouped to support the writer’s purpose.
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                                      • Eligible Content - E05.E.1.1.2 Develop the analysis using a variety of evidence from text(s) to support claims, opinions, ideas, and inferences.
                                        Continuum of Activities
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                                      • Eligible Content - E05.E.1.1.3 Link ideas within and across categories of information using words, phrases, and clauses (e.g., in contrast, especially).
                                        Continuum of Activities
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                                      • Eligible Content - E05.E.1.1.4 Use precise language and domain-specific vocabulary to inform about or explain the topic and/or convey the experience and events.
                                        Continuum of Activities
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                                      • Eligible Content - E05.E.1.1.5 Establish and maintain a formal style.
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                                      • Eligible Content - E05.E.1.1.6 Provide a concluding section related to the analysis presented.
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                                    Standard - CC.1.4.5.I

                                    Provide reasons that are supported by facts and details; draw from credible sources.

                                    Eligible Content:
                                    11 Total
                                    PASA DLM
                                    Essential Elements (EE)
                                    Assessments
                                    Materials & Resources
                                    • Anchor Descriptor - E05.C.1.1 Write opinion pieces on topics or texts, supporting a point of view with reasons and information.
                                      • Eligible Content - E05.C.1.1.1 Introduce a topic or text for the intended audience, state an opinion, and create an organizational structure in which ideas are logically grouped to support the writer’s purpose.
                                        • Alternate Eligible Content - E05.C.1.1.1a Provide an opinion on a topic.
                                          Alternate Eligible Content is designed for students assessed using the PA Alternate System of Assessment (PASA). Essentialized Example resources assist teachers in designing instruction that reduces content complexity while maintaining alignment to academic standards.
                                      • Eligible Content - E05.C.1.1.2 Provide logically ordered reasons that are supported by facts and details.
                                        • Alternate Eligible Content - E05.C.1.1.2a Provide two or more details that support the reason for opinion.
                                          Alternate Eligible Content is designed for students assessed using the PA Alternate System of Assessment (PASA). Essentialized Example resources assist teachers in designing instruction that reduces content complexity while maintaining alignment to academic standards.
                                      • Eligible Content - E05.C.1.1.3 Link opinion and reasons using words, phrases, and clauses (e.g., consequently, specifically).
                                        • Alternate Eligible Content - E05.C.1.1.3a Identify two words to link the opinion and reasons.
                                          Alternate Eligible Content is designed for students assessed using the PA Alternate System of Assessment (PASA). Essentialized Example resources assist teachers in designing instruction that reduces content complexity while maintaining alignment to academic standards.
                                      • Eligible Content - E05.C.1.1.4 Establish and maintain a formal style.
                                      • Eligible Content - E05.C.1.1.5 Provide a concluding section related to the opinion presented.
                                    • Anchor Descriptor - E05.C.1.2 Write informative/explanatory texts to examine a topic and convey ideas and information clearly.
                                      • Eligible Content - E05.C.1.2.1 Introduce a topic for the intended audience, provide a general observation and focus, and group related information logically to support the writer’s purpose.
                                        • Alternate Eligible Content - E05.C.1.2.1a Introduce a topic.
                                          Alternate Eligible Content is designed for students assessed using the PA Alternate System of Assessment (PASA). Essentialized Example resources assist teachers in designing instruction that reduces content complexity while maintaining alignment to academic standards.
                                      • Eligible Content - E05.C.1.2.2 Develop the topic with facts, definitions, concrete details, quotations, or other information and examples related to the topic.
                                        • Alternate Eligible Content - E05.C.1.2.2a Provide two or more facts or details about the topic.
                                          Alternate Eligible Content is designed for students assessed using the PA Alternate System of Assessment (PASA). Essentialized Example resources assist teachers in designing instruction that reduces content complexity while maintaining alignment to academic standards.
                                      • Eligible Content - E05.C.1.2.3 Link ideas within and across categories of information using words, phrases, and clauses (e.g., in contrast, especially).
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                                        • Alternate Eligible Content - E05.C.1.2.3a Indentify two words to link the topic and details.
                                          Alternate Eligible Content is designed for students assessed using the PA Alternate System of Assessment (PASA). Essentialized Example resources assist teachers in designing instruction that reduces content complexity while maintaining alignment to academic standards.
                                      • Eligible Content - E05.C.1.2.4 Use precise language and domain-specific vocabulary to inform about or explain the topic.
                                      • Eligible Content - E05.C.1.2.5 Establish and maintain a formal style.
                                      • Eligible Content - E05.C.1.2.6 Provide a concluding section related to the information or explanation presented.
                                    • Anchor Descriptor - E05.C.1.3 Write narratives to develop real or imagined experiences or events using effective technique, descriptive details, and clear event sequences.
                                      • Eligible Content - E05.C.1.3.1 Orient the reader by establishing a situation and introducing a narrator and/or characters; organize an event sequence that unfolds naturally to support the writer’s purpose.
                                        • Alternate Eligible Content - E05.C.1.3.1a Introduce a topic for a narrative.
                                          Alternate Eligible Content is designed for students assessed using the PA Alternate System of Assessment (PASA). Essentialized Example resources assist teachers in designing instruction that reduces content complexity while maintaining alignment to academic standards.
                                      • Eligible Content - E05.C.1.3.2 Use narrative techniques, such as dialogue, description, and pacing, to develop experiences and events or to show the responses of characters to situations.
                                        Continuum of Activities
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                                        • Alternate Eligible Content - E05.C.1.3.2a Convey two events in sequence.
                                          Alternate Eligible Content is designed for students assessed using the PA Alternate System of Assessment (PASA). Essentialized Example resources assist teachers in designing instruction that reduces content complexity while maintaining alignment to academic standards.
                                      • Eligible Content - E05.C.1.3.3 Use a variety of transitional words, phrases, and clauses to manage the sequence of events.
                                        • Alternate Eligible Content - E05.C.1.3.3a Indentify transition words that convey sequence.
                                          Alternate Eligible Content is designed for students assessed using the PA Alternate System of Assessment (PASA). Essentialized Example resources assist teachers in designing instruction that reduces content complexity while maintaining alignment to academic standards.
                                      • Eligible Content - E05.C.1.3.4 Use concrete words and phrases and sensory details to convey experiences and events precisely.
                                      • Eligible Content - E05.C.1.3.5 Provide a conclusion that follows from the narrated experiences or events.
                                        • Alternate Eligible Content - E05.C.1.3.5a Provide a concluding statement.
                                          Alternate Eligible Content is designed for students assessed using the PA Alternate System of Assessment (PASA). Essentialized Example resources assist teachers in designing instruction that reduces content complexity while maintaining alignment to academic standards.
                                          • Anchor Descriptor - E05.E.1.1 Draw evidence from literary or informational texts to support analysis, reflection, and/or research.
                                            • Eligible Content - E05.E.1.1.1 Introduce text(s) for the intended audience, state an opinion and/or topic, establish a situation, and create an organizational structure in which ideas are logically grouped to support the writer’s purpose.
                                              Continuum of Activities
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                                            • Eligible Content - E05.E.1.1.2 Develop the analysis using a variety of evidence from text(s) to support claims, opinions, ideas, and inferences.
                                              Continuum of Activities
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                                            • Eligible Content - E05.E.1.1.3 Link ideas within and across categories of information using words, phrases, and clauses (e.g., in contrast, especially).
                                              Continuum of Activities
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                                            • Eligible Content - E05.E.1.1.4 Use precise language and domain-specific vocabulary to inform about or explain the topic and/or convey the experience and events.
                                              Continuum of Activities
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                                            • Eligible Content - E05.E.1.1.5 Establish and maintain a formal style.
                                              Continuum of Activities
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                                            • Eligible Content - E05.E.1.1.6 Provide a concluding section related to the analysis presented.
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                                          Standard - CC.1.4.5.J

                                          Create an organizational structure that includes related ideas grouped to support the writer’s purpose; link opinion and reasons using words, phrases, and clauses; provide a concluding statement or section related to the opinion.

                                          Eligible Content:
                                          11 Total
                                          Assessments
                                          Materials & Resources
                                          • Anchor Descriptor - E05.C.1.1 Write opinion pieces on topics or texts, supporting a point of view with reasons and information.
                                            • Eligible Content - E05.C.1.1.1 Introduce a topic or text for the intended audience, state an opinion, and create an organizational structure in which ideas are logically grouped to support the writer’s purpose.
                                              • Alternate Eligible Content - E05.C.1.1.1a Provide an opinion on a topic.
                                                Alternate Eligible Content is designed for students assessed using the PA Alternate System of Assessment (PASA). Essentialized Example resources assist teachers in designing instruction that reduces content complexity while maintaining alignment to academic standards.
                                            • Eligible Content - E05.C.1.1.2 Provide logically ordered reasons that are supported by facts and details.
                                              • Alternate Eligible Content - E05.C.1.1.2a Provide two or more details that support the reason for opinion.
                                                Alternate Eligible Content is designed for students assessed using the PA Alternate System of Assessment (PASA). Essentialized Example resources assist teachers in designing instruction that reduces content complexity while maintaining alignment to academic standards.
                                            • Eligible Content - E05.C.1.1.3 Link opinion and reasons using words, phrases, and clauses (e.g., consequently, specifically).
                                              • Alternate Eligible Content - E05.C.1.1.3a Identify two words to link the opinion and reasons.
                                                Alternate Eligible Content is designed for students assessed using the PA Alternate System of Assessment (PASA). Essentialized Example resources assist teachers in designing instruction that reduces content complexity while maintaining alignment to academic standards.
                                            • Eligible Content - E05.C.1.1.4 Establish and maintain a formal style.
                                            • Eligible Content - E05.C.1.1.5 Provide a concluding section related to the opinion presented.
                                          • Anchor Descriptor - E05.C.1.2 Write informative/explanatory texts to examine a topic and convey ideas and information clearly.
                                            • Eligible Content - E05.C.1.2.1 Introduce a topic for the intended audience, provide a general observation and focus, and group related information logically to support the writer’s purpose.
                                              • Alternate Eligible Content - E05.C.1.2.1a Introduce a topic.
                                                Alternate Eligible Content is designed for students assessed using the PA Alternate System of Assessment (PASA). Essentialized Example resources assist teachers in designing instruction that reduces content complexity while maintaining alignment to academic standards.
                                            • Eligible Content - E05.C.1.2.2 Develop the topic with facts, definitions, concrete details, quotations, or other information and examples related to the topic.
                                              • Alternate Eligible Content - E05.C.1.2.2a Provide two or more facts or details about the topic.
                                                Alternate Eligible Content is designed for students assessed using the PA Alternate System of Assessment (PASA). Essentialized Example resources assist teachers in designing instruction that reduces content complexity while maintaining alignment to academic standards.
                                            • Eligible Content - E05.C.1.2.3 Link ideas within and across categories of information using words, phrases, and clauses (e.g., in contrast, especially).
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                                              • Alternate Eligible Content - E05.C.1.2.3a Indentify two words to link the topic and details.
                                                Alternate Eligible Content is designed for students assessed using the PA Alternate System of Assessment (PASA). Essentialized Example resources assist teachers in designing instruction that reduces content complexity while maintaining alignment to academic standards.
                                            • Eligible Content - E05.C.1.2.4 Use precise language and domain-specific vocabulary to inform about or explain the topic.
                                            • Eligible Content - E05.C.1.2.5 Establish and maintain a formal style.
                                            • Eligible Content - E05.C.1.2.6 Provide a concluding section related to the information or explanation presented.
                                          • Anchor Descriptor - E05.C.1.3 Write narratives to develop real or imagined experiences or events using effective technique, descriptive details, and clear event sequences.
                                            • Eligible Content - E05.C.1.3.1 Orient the reader by establishing a situation and introducing a narrator and/or characters; organize an event sequence that unfolds naturally to support the writer’s purpose.
                                              • Alternate Eligible Content - E05.C.1.3.1a Introduce a topic for a narrative.
                                                Alternate Eligible Content is designed for students assessed using the PA Alternate System of Assessment (PASA). Essentialized Example resources assist teachers in designing instruction that reduces content complexity while maintaining alignment to academic standards.
                                            • Eligible Content - E05.C.1.3.2 Use narrative techniques, such as dialogue, description, and pacing, to develop experiences and events or to show the responses of characters to situations.
                                              Continuum of Activities
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                                              • Alternate Eligible Content - E05.C.1.3.2a Convey two events in sequence.
                                                Alternate Eligible Content is designed for students assessed using the PA Alternate System of Assessment (PASA). Essentialized Example resources assist teachers in designing instruction that reduces content complexity while maintaining alignment to academic standards.
                                            • Eligible Content - E05.C.1.3.3 Use a variety of transitional words, phrases, and clauses to manage the sequence of events.
                                              • Alternate Eligible Content - E05.C.1.3.3a Indentify transition words that convey sequence.
                                                Alternate Eligible Content is designed for students assessed using the PA Alternate System of Assessment (PASA). Essentialized Example resources assist teachers in designing instruction that reduces content complexity while maintaining alignment to academic standards.
                                            • Eligible Content - E05.C.1.3.4 Use concrete words and phrases and sensory details to convey experiences and events precisely.
                                            • Eligible Content - E05.C.1.3.5 Provide a conclusion that follows from the narrated experiences or events.
                                              • Alternate Eligible Content - E05.C.1.3.5a Provide a concluding statement.
                                                Alternate Eligible Content is designed for students assessed using the PA Alternate System of Assessment (PASA). Essentialized Example resources assist teachers in designing instruction that reduces content complexity while maintaining alignment to academic standards.
                                                • Anchor Descriptor - E05.E.1.1 Draw evidence from literary or informational texts to support analysis, reflection, and/or research.
                                                  • Eligible Content - E05.E.1.1.1 Introduce text(s) for the intended audience, state an opinion and/or topic, establish a situation, and create an organizational structure in which ideas are logically grouped to support the writer’s purpose.
                                                    Continuum of Activities
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                                                  • Eligible Content - E05.E.1.1.2 Develop the analysis using a variety of evidence from text(s) to support claims, opinions, ideas, and inferences.
                                                    Continuum of Activities
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                                                  • Eligible Content - E05.E.1.1.3 Link ideas within and across categories of information using words, phrases, and clauses (e.g., in contrast, especially).
                                                    Continuum of Activities
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                                                  • Eligible Content - E05.E.1.1.4 Use precise language and domain-specific vocabulary to inform about or explain the topic and/or convey the experience and events.
                                                    Continuum of Activities
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                                                  • Eligible Content - E05.E.1.1.5 Establish and maintain a formal style.
                                                    Continuum of Activities
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                                                  • Eligible Content - E05.E.1.1.6 Provide a concluding section related to the analysis presented.
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                                                Standard - CC.1.4.5.K

                                                Write with an awareness of style. • Use sentences of varying length. • Expand, combine, and reduce sentences for meaning, reader/listener interest, and style.

                                                Eligible Content:
                                                15 Total
                                                PASA DLM
                                                Essential Elements (EE)
                                                Assessments
                                                Materials & Resources
                                                • Anchor Descriptor - E05.C.1.1 Write opinion pieces on topics or texts, supporting a point of view with reasons and information.
                                                  • Eligible Content - E05.C.1.1.1 Introduce a topic or text for the intended audience, state an opinion, and create an organizational structure in which ideas are logically grouped to support the writer’s purpose.
                                                    • Alternate Eligible Content - E05.C.1.1.1a Provide an opinion on a topic.
                                                      Alternate Eligible Content is designed for students assessed using the PA Alternate System of Assessment (PASA). Essentialized Example resources assist teachers in designing instruction that reduces content complexity while maintaining alignment to academic standards.
                                                  • Eligible Content - E05.C.1.1.2 Provide logically ordered reasons that are supported by facts and details.
                                                    • Alternate Eligible Content - E05.C.1.1.2a Provide two or more details that support the reason for opinion.
                                                      Alternate Eligible Content is designed for students assessed using the PA Alternate System of Assessment (PASA). Essentialized Example resources assist teachers in designing instruction that reduces content complexity while maintaining alignment to academic standards.
                                                  • Eligible Content - E05.C.1.1.3 Link opinion and reasons using words, phrases, and clauses (e.g., consequently, specifically).
                                                    • Alternate Eligible Content - E05.C.1.1.3a Identify two words to link the opinion and reasons.
                                                      Alternate Eligible Content is designed for students assessed using the PA Alternate System of Assessment (PASA). Essentialized Example resources assist teachers in designing instruction that reduces content complexity while maintaining alignment to academic standards.
                                                  • Eligible Content - E05.C.1.1.4 Establish and maintain a formal style.
                                                  • Eligible Content - E05.C.1.1.5 Provide a concluding section related to the opinion presented.
                                                • Anchor Descriptor - E05.C.1.2 Write informative/explanatory texts to examine a topic and convey ideas and information clearly.
                                                  • Eligible Content - E05.C.1.2.1 Introduce a topic for the intended audience, provide a general observation and focus, and group related information logically to support the writer’s purpose.
                                                    • Alternate Eligible Content - E05.C.1.2.1a Introduce a topic.
                                                      Alternate Eligible Content is designed for students assessed using the PA Alternate System of Assessment (PASA). Essentialized Example resources assist teachers in designing instruction that reduces content complexity while maintaining alignment to academic standards.
                                                  • Eligible Content - E05.C.1.2.2 Develop the topic with facts, definitions, concrete details, quotations, or other information and examples related to the topic.
                                                    • Alternate Eligible Content - E05.C.1.2.2a Provide two or more facts or details about the topic.
                                                      Alternate Eligible Content is designed for students assessed using the PA Alternate System of Assessment (PASA). Essentialized Example resources assist teachers in designing instruction that reduces content complexity while maintaining alignment to academic standards.
                                                  • Eligible Content - E05.C.1.2.3 Link ideas within and across categories of information using words, phrases, and clauses (e.g., in contrast, especially).
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                                                    • Alternate Eligible Content - E05.C.1.2.3a Indentify two words to link the topic and details.
                                                      Alternate Eligible Content is designed for students assessed using the PA Alternate System of Assessment (PASA). Essentialized Example resources assist teachers in designing instruction that reduces content complexity while maintaining alignment to academic standards.
                                                  • Eligible Content - E05.C.1.2.4 Use precise language and domain-specific vocabulary to inform about or explain the topic.
                                                  • Eligible Content - E05.C.1.2.5 Establish and maintain a formal style.
                                                  • Eligible Content - E05.C.1.2.6 Provide a concluding section related to the information or explanation presented.
                                                • Anchor Descriptor - E05.C.1.3 Write narratives to develop real or imagined experiences or events using effective technique, descriptive details, and clear event sequences.
                                                  • Eligible Content - E05.C.1.3.1 Orient the reader by establishing a situation and introducing a narrator and/or characters; organize an event sequence that unfolds naturally to support the writer’s purpose.
                                                    • Alternate Eligible Content - E05.C.1.3.1a Introduce a topic for a narrative.
                                                      Alternate Eligible Content is designed for students assessed using the PA Alternate System of Assessment (PASA). Essentialized Example resources assist teachers in designing instruction that reduces content complexity while maintaining alignment to academic standards.
                                                  • Eligible Content - E05.C.1.3.2 Use narrative techniques, such as dialogue, description, and pacing, to develop experiences and events or to show the responses of characters to situations.
                                                    Continuum of Activities
                                                    Materials & Resources
                                                    • Alternate Eligible Content - E05.C.1.3.2a Convey two events in sequence.
                                                      Alternate Eligible Content is designed for students assessed using the PA Alternate System of Assessment (PASA). Essentialized Example resources assist teachers in designing instruction that reduces content complexity while maintaining alignment to academic standards.
                                                  • Eligible Content - E05.C.1.3.3 Use a variety of transitional words, phrases, and clauses to manage the sequence of events.
                                                    • Alternate Eligible Content - E05.C.1.3.3a Indentify transition words that convey sequence.
                                                      Alternate Eligible Content is designed for students assessed using the PA Alternate System of Assessment (PASA). Essentialized Example resources assist teachers in designing instruction that reduces content complexity while maintaining alignment to academic standards.
                                                  • Eligible Content - E05.C.1.3.4 Use concrete words and phrases and sensory details to convey experiences and events precisely.
                                                  • Eligible Content - E05.C.1.3.5 Provide a conclusion that follows from the narrated experiences or events.
                                                    • Alternate Eligible Content - E05.C.1.3.5a Provide a concluding statement.
                                                      Alternate Eligible Content is designed for students assessed using the PA Alternate System of Assessment (PASA). Essentialized Example resources assist teachers in designing instruction that reduces content complexity while maintaining alignment to academic standards.
                                                      • Anchor Descriptor - E05.D.2.1 Use knowledge of language and its conventions.
                                                        • Eligible Content - E05.D.2.1.1 Expand, combine, and reduce sentences for meaning, reader/listener interest, and style.
                                                        • Eligible Content - E05.D.2.1.2 Choose words and phrases to convey ideas precisely.
                                                        • Eligible Content - E05.D.2.1.3 Choose punctuation for effect.
                                                        • Eligible Content - E05.D.2.1.4 Choose words and phrases for effect.
                                                          • Anchor Descriptor - E05.E.1.1 Draw evidence from literary or informational texts to support analysis, reflection, and/or research.
                                                            • Eligible Content - E05.E.1.1.1 Introduce text(s) for the intended audience, state an opinion and/or topic, establish a situation, and create an organizational structure in which ideas are logically grouped to support the writer’s purpose.
                                                              Continuum of Activities
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                                                            • Eligible Content - E05.E.1.1.2 Develop the analysis using a variety of evidence from text(s) to support claims, opinions, ideas, and inferences.
                                                              Continuum of Activities
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                                                            • Eligible Content - E05.E.1.1.3 Link ideas within and across categories of information using words, phrases, and clauses (e.g., in contrast, especially).
                                                              Continuum of Activities
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                                                            • Eligible Content - E05.E.1.1.4 Use precise language and domain-specific vocabulary to inform about or explain the topic and/or convey the experience and events.
                                                              Continuum of Activities
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                                                            • Eligible Content - E05.E.1.1.5 Establish and maintain a formal style.
                                                              Continuum of Activities
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                                                            • Eligible Content - E05.E.1.1.6 Provide a concluding section related to the analysis presented.
                                                              Continuum of Activities
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                                                          Standard - CC.1.4.5.L

                                                          Demonstrate a grade-appropriate command of the conventions of standard English grammar, usage, capitalization, punctuation, and spelling.

                                                          Eligible Content:
                                                          13 Total
                                                          PASA DLM
                                                          Essential Elements (EE)
                                                          Assessments
                                                          Materials & Resources
                                                          • Anchor Descriptor - E05.D.1.1 Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English grammar and usage.
                                                            • Eligible Content - E05.D.1.1.1 Explain the function of conjunctions, prepositions, and interjections in general and their function in particular sentences.
                                                            • Eligible Content - E05.D.1.1.2 Form and use the perfect verb tenses (e.g., I had walked; I have walked; I will have walked).
                                                            • Eligible Content - E05.D.1.1.3 Use verb tense to convey various times, sequences, states, and conditions.
                                                            • Eligible Content - E05.D.1.1.4 Recognize and correct inappropriate shifts in verb tense.
                                                            • Eligible Content - E05.D.1.1.5 Use correlative conjunctions (e.g., either/or, neither/nor).
                                                            • Eligible Content - E05.D.1.1.6 Produce complete sentences, recognizing and correcting inappropriate fragments and run-on sentences.
                                                              • Alternate Eligible Content - E05.D.1.1.6a Use simple sentences.
                                                                Alternate Eligible Content is designed for students assessed using the PA Alternate System of Assessment (PASA). Essentialized Example resources assist teachers in designing instruction that reduces content complexity while maintaining alignment to academic standards.
                                                            • Eligible Content - E05.D.1.1.7 Correctly use frequently confused words (e.g., to, too, two; there, their, they’re).
                                                            • Eligible Content - E05.D.1.1.8 Ensure subject-verb and pronoun-antecedent agreement.
                                                          • Anchor Descriptor - E05.D.1.2 Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English capitalization, punctuation, and spelling.
                                                            • Eligible Content - E05.D.1.2.1 Use punctuation to separate items in a series.
                                                            • Eligible Content - E05.D.1.2.2 Use a comma to separate an introductory element from the rest of the sentence.
                                                            • Eligible Content - E05.D.1.2.3 Use a comma to set off the words yes and no (e.g., Yes, thank you), to set off a tag question from the rest of the sentence (e.g., It’s true, isn’t it?), and to indicate direct address (e.g., Is that you, Steve?).
                                                            • Eligible Content - E05.D.1.2.4 Use underlining, quotation marks, or italics to indicate titles of works.
                                                            • Eligible Content - E05.D.1.2.5 Spell grade-appropriate words correctly.
                                                          Standard - CC.1.4.5.M

                                                          Write narratives to develop real or imagined experiences or events.

                                                          PASA DLM
                                                          Essential Elements (EE)
                                                          Standard - CC.1.4.5.N

                                                          Orient the reader by establishing a situation and introducing a narrator and/or characters.

                                                          Eligible Content:
                                                          5 Total
                                                          Assessments
                                                          Materials & Resources
                                                          • Anchor Descriptor - E05.C.1.1 Write opinion pieces on topics or texts, supporting a point of view with reasons and information.
                                                            • Eligible Content - E05.C.1.1.1 Introduce a topic or text for the intended audience, state an opinion, and create an organizational structure in which ideas are logically grouped to support the writer’s purpose.
                                                              • Alternate Eligible Content - E05.C.1.1.1a Provide an opinion on a topic.
                                                                Alternate Eligible Content is designed for students assessed using the PA Alternate System of Assessment (PASA). Essentialized Example resources assist teachers in designing instruction that reduces content complexity while maintaining alignment to academic standards.
                                                            • Eligible Content - E05.C.1.1.2 Provide logically ordered reasons that are supported by facts and details.
                                                              • Alternate Eligible Content - E05.C.1.1.2a Provide two or more details that support the reason for opinion.
                                                                Alternate Eligible Content is designed for students assessed using the PA Alternate System of Assessment (PASA). Essentialized Example resources assist teachers in designing instruction that reduces content complexity while maintaining alignment to academic standards.
                                                            • Eligible Content - E05.C.1.1.3 Link opinion and reasons using words, phrases, and clauses (e.g., consequently, specifically).
                                                              • Alternate Eligible Content - E05.C.1.1.3a Identify two words to link the opinion and reasons.
                                                                Alternate Eligible Content is designed for students assessed using the PA Alternate System of Assessment (PASA). Essentialized Example resources assist teachers in designing instruction that reduces content complexity while maintaining alignment to academic standards.
                                                            • Eligible Content - E05.C.1.1.4 Establish and maintain a formal style.
                                                            • Eligible Content - E05.C.1.1.5 Provide a concluding section related to the opinion presented.
                                                          • Anchor Descriptor - E05.C.1.2 Write informative/explanatory texts to examine a topic and convey ideas and information clearly.
                                                            • Eligible Content - E05.C.1.2.1 Introduce a topic for the intended audience, provide a general observation and focus, and group related information logically to support the writer’s purpose.
                                                              • Alternate Eligible Content - E05.C.1.2.1a Introduce a topic.
                                                                Alternate Eligible Content is designed for students assessed using the PA Alternate System of Assessment (PASA). Essentialized Example resources assist teachers in designing instruction that reduces content complexity while maintaining alignment to academic standards.
                                                            • Eligible Content - E05.C.1.2.2 Develop the topic with facts, definitions, concrete details, quotations, or other information and examples related to the topic.
                                                              • Alternate Eligible Content - E05.C.1.2.2a Provide two or more facts or details about the topic.
                                                                Alternate Eligible Content is designed for students assessed using the PA Alternate System of Assessment (PASA). Essentialized Example resources assist teachers in designing instruction that reduces content complexity while maintaining alignment to academic standards.
                                                            • Eligible Content - E05.C.1.2.3 Link ideas within and across categories of information using words, phrases, and clauses (e.g., in contrast, especially).
                                                              Continuum of Activities
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                                                              • Alternate Eligible Content - E05.C.1.2.3a Indentify two words to link the topic and details.
                                                                Alternate Eligible Content is designed for students assessed using the PA Alternate System of Assessment (PASA). Essentialized Example resources assist teachers in designing instruction that reduces content complexity while maintaining alignment to academic standards.
                                                            • Eligible Content - E05.C.1.2.4 Use precise language and domain-specific vocabulary to inform about or explain the topic.
                                                            • Eligible Content - E05.C.1.2.5 Establish and maintain a formal style.
                                                            • Eligible Content - E05.C.1.2.6 Provide a concluding section related to the information or explanation presented.
                                                          • Anchor Descriptor - E05.C.1.3 Write narratives to develop real or imagined experiences or events using effective technique, descriptive details, and clear event sequences.
                                                            • Eligible Content - E05.C.1.3.1 Orient the reader by establishing a situation and introducing a narrator and/or characters; organize an event sequence that unfolds naturally to support the writer’s purpose.
                                                              • Alternate Eligible Content - E05.C.1.3.1a Introduce a topic for a narrative.
                                                                Alternate Eligible Content is designed for students assessed using the PA Alternate System of Assessment (PASA). Essentialized Example resources assist teachers in designing instruction that reduces content complexity while maintaining alignment to academic standards.
                                                            • Eligible Content - E05.C.1.3.2 Use narrative techniques, such as dialogue, description, and pacing, to develop experiences and events or to show the responses of characters to situations.
                                                              Continuum of Activities
                                                              Materials & Resources
                                                              • Alternate Eligible Content - E05.C.1.3.2a Convey two events in sequence.
                                                                Alternate Eligible Content is designed for students assessed using the PA Alternate System of Assessment (PASA). Essentialized Example resources assist teachers in designing instruction that reduces content complexity while maintaining alignment to academic standards.
                                                            • Eligible Content - E05.C.1.3.3 Use a variety of transitional words, phrases, and clauses to manage the sequence of events.
                                                              • Alternate Eligible Content - E05.C.1.3.3a Indentify transition words that convey sequence.
                                                                Alternate Eligible Content is designed for students assessed using the PA Alternate System of Assessment (PASA). Essentialized Example resources assist teachers in designing instruction that reduces content complexity while maintaining alignment to academic standards.
                                                            • Eligible Content - E05.C.1.3.4 Use concrete words and phrases and sensory details to convey experiences and events precisely.
                                                            • Eligible Content - E05.C.1.3.5 Provide a conclusion that follows from the narrated experiences or events.
                                                              • Alternate Eligible Content - E05.C.1.3.5a Provide a concluding statement.
                                                                Alternate Eligible Content is designed for students assessed using the PA Alternate System of Assessment (PASA). Essentialized Example resources assist teachers in designing instruction that reduces content complexity while maintaining alignment to academic standards.
                                                          Standard - CC.1.4.5.O

                                                          Use narrative techniques such as dialogue, description, and pacing, to develop experiences and events or show the responses of characters to situations; use concrete words and phrases and sensory details to convey experiences and events precisely.

                                                          Eligible Content:
                                                          5 Total
                                                          Assessments
                                                          Materials & Resources
                                                          • Anchor Descriptor - E05.C.1.1 Write opinion pieces on topics or texts, supporting a point of view with reasons and information.
                                                            • Eligible Content - E05.C.1.1.1 Introduce a topic or text for the intended audience, state an opinion, and create an organizational structure in which ideas are logically grouped to support the writer’s purpose.
                                                              • Alternate Eligible Content - E05.C.1.1.1a Provide an opinion on a topic.
                                                                Alternate Eligible Content is designed for students assessed using the PA Alternate System of Assessment (PASA). Essentialized Example resources assist teachers in designing instruction that reduces content complexity while maintaining alignment to academic standards.
                                                            • Eligible Content - E05.C.1.1.2 Provide logically ordered reasons that are supported by facts and details.
                                                              • Alternate Eligible Content - E05.C.1.1.2a Provide two or more details that support the reason for opinion.
                                                                Alternate Eligible Content is designed for students assessed using the PA Alternate System of Assessment (PASA). Essentialized Example resources assist teachers in designing instruction that reduces content complexity while maintaining alignment to academic standards.
                                                            • Eligible Content - E05.C.1.1.3 Link opinion and reasons using words, phrases, and clauses (e.g., consequently, specifically).
                                                              • Alternate Eligible Content - E05.C.1.1.3a Identify two words to link the opinion and reasons.
                                                                Alternate Eligible Content is designed for students assessed using the PA Alternate System of Assessment (PASA). Essentialized Example resources assist teachers in designing instruction that reduces content complexity while maintaining alignment to academic standards.
                                                            • Eligible Content - E05.C.1.1.4 Establish and maintain a formal style.
                                                            • Eligible Content - E05.C.1.1.5 Provide a concluding section related to the opinion presented.
                                                          • Anchor Descriptor - E05.C.1.2 Write informative/explanatory texts to examine a topic and convey ideas and information clearly.
                                                            • Eligible Content - E05.C.1.2.1 Introduce a topic for the intended audience, provide a general observation and focus, and group related information logically to support the writer’s purpose.
                                                              • Alternate Eligible Content - E05.C.1.2.1a Introduce a topic.
                                                                Alternate Eligible Content is designed for students assessed using the PA Alternate System of Assessment (PASA). Essentialized Example resources assist teachers in designing instruction that reduces content complexity while maintaining alignment to academic standards.
                                                            • Eligible Content - E05.C.1.2.2 Develop the topic with facts, definitions, concrete details, quotations, or other information and examples related to the topic.
                                                              • Alternate Eligible Content - E05.C.1.2.2a Provide two or more facts or details about the topic.
                                                                Alternate Eligible Content is designed for students assessed using the PA Alternate System of Assessment (PASA). Essentialized Example resources assist teachers in designing instruction that reduces content complexity while maintaining alignment to academic standards.
                                                            • Eligible Content - E05.C.1.2.3 Link ideas within and across categories of information using words, phrases, and clauses (e.g., in contrast, especially).
                                                              Continuum of Activities
                                                              Materials & Resources
                                                              • Alternate Eligible Content - E05.C.1.2.3a Indentify two words to link the topic and details.
                                                                Alternate Eligible Content is designed for students assessed using the PA Alternate System of Assessment (PASA). Essentialized Example resources assist teachers in designing instruction that reduces content complexity while maintaining alignment to academic standards.
                                                            • Eligible Content - E05.C.1.2.4 Use precise language and domain-specific vocabulary to inform about or explain the topic.
                                                            • Eligible Content - E05.C.1.2.5 Establish and maintain a formal style.
                                                            • Eligible Content - E05.C.1.2.6 Provide a concluding section related to the information or explanation presented.
                                                          • Anchor Descriptor - E05.C.1.3 Write narratives to develop real or imagined experiences or events using effective technique, descriptive details, and clear event sequences.
                                                            • Eligible Content - E05.C.1.3.1 Orient the reader by establishing a situation and introducing a narrator and/or characters; organize an event sequence that unfolds naturally to support the writer’s purpose.
                                                              • Alternate Eligible Content - E05.C.1.3.1a Introduce a topic for a narrative.
                                                                Alternate Eligible Content is designed for students assessed using the PA Alternate System of Assessment (PASA). Essentialized Example resources assist teachers in designing instruction that reduces content complexity while maintaining alignment to academic standards.
                                                            • Eligible Content - E05.C.1.3.2 Use narrative techniques, such as dialogue, description, and pacing, to develop experiences and events or to show the responses of characters to situations.
                                                              Continuum of Activities
                                                              Materials & Resources
                                                              • Alternate Eligible Content - E05.C.1.3.2a Convey two events in sequence.
                                                                Alternate Eligible Content is designed for students assessed using the PA Alternate System of Assessment (PASA). Essentialized Example resources assist teachers in designing instruction that reduces content complexity while maintaining alignment to academic standards.
                                                            • Eligible Content - E05.C.1.3.3 Use a variety of transitional words, phrases, and clauses to manage the sequence of events.
                                                              • Alternate Eligible Content - E05.C.1.3.3a Indentify transition words that convey sequence.
                                                                Alternate Eligible Content is designed for students assessed using the PA Alternate System of Assessment (PASA). Essentialized Example resources assist teachers in designing instruction that reduces content complexity while maintaining alignment to academic standards.
                                                            • Eligible Content - E05.C.1.3.4 Use concrete words and phrases and sensory details to convey experiences and events precisely.
                                                            • Eligible Content - E05.C.1.3.5 Provide a conclusion that follows from the narrated experiences or events.
                                                              • Alternate Eligible Content - E05.C.1.3.5a Provide a concluding statement.
                                                                Alternate Eligible Content is designed for students assessed using the PA Alternate System of Assessment (PASA). Essentialized Example resources assist teachers in designing instruction that reduces content complexity while maintaining alignment to academic standards.
                                                          Standard - CC.1.4.5.P

                                                          Organize an event sequence that unfolds naturally, using a variety of transitional words and phrases to manage the sequence of events; provide a conclusion that follows from the narrated experiences and events.

                                                          Eligible Content:
                                                          5 Total
                                                          Assessments
                                                          Materials & Resources
                                                          • Anchor Descriptor - E05.C.1.1 Write opinion pieces on topics or texts, supporting a point of view with reasons and information.
                                                            • Eligible Content - E05.C.1.1.1 Introduce a topic or text for the intended audience, state an opinion, and create an organizational structure in which ideas are logically grouped to support the writer’s purpose.
                                                              • Alternate Eligible Content - E05.C.1.1.1a Provide an opinion on a topic.
                                                                Alternate Eligible Content is designed for students assessed using the PA Alternate System of Assessment (PASA). Essentialized Example resources assist teachers in designing instruction that reduces content complexity while maintaining alignment to academic standards.
                                                            • Eligible Content - E05.C.1.1.2 Provide logically ordered reasons that are supported by facts and details.
                                                              • Alternate Eligible Content - E05.C.1.1.2a Provide two or more details that support the reason for opinion.
                                                                Alternate Eligible Content is designed for students assessed using the PA Alternate System of Assessment (PASA). Essentialized Example resources assist teachers in designing instruction that reduces content complexity while maintaining alignment to academic standards.
                                                            • Eligible Content - E05.C.1.1.3 Link opinion and reasons using words, phrases, and clauses (e.g., consequently, specifically).
                                                              • Alternate Eligible Content - E05.C.1.1.3a Identify two words to link the opinion and reasons.
                                                                Alternate Eligible Content is designed for students assessed using the PA Alternate System of Assessment (PASA). Essentialized Example resources assist teachers in designing instruction that reduces content complexity while maintaining alignment to academic standards.
                                                            • Eligible Content - E05.C.1.1.4 Establish and maintain a formal style.
                                                            • Eligible Content - E05.C.1.1.5 Provide a concluding section related to the opinion presented.
                                                          • Anchor Descriptor - E05.C.1.2 Write informative/explanatory texts to examine a topic and convey ideas and information clearly.
                                                            • Eligible Content - E05.C.1.2.1 Introduce a topic for the intended audience, provide a general observation and focus, and group related information logically to support the writer’s purpose.
                                                              • Alternate Eligible Content - E05.C.1.2.1a Introduce a topic.
                                                                Alternate Eligible Content is designed for students assessed using the PA Alternate System of Assessment (PASA). Essentialized Example resources assist teachers in designing instruction that reduces content complexity while maintaining alignment to academic standards.
                                                            • Eligible Content - E05.C.1.2.2 Develop the topic with facts, definitions, concrete details, quotations, or other information and examples related to the topic.
                                                              • Alternate Eligible Content - E05.C.1.2.2a Provide two or more facts or details about the topic.
                                                                Alternate Eligible Content is designed for students assessed using the PA Alternate System of Assessment (PASA). Essentialized Example resources assist teachers in designing instruction that reduces content complexity while maintaining alignment to academic standards.
                                                            • Eligible Content - E05.C.1.2.3 Link ideas within and across categories of information using words, phrases, and clauses (e.g., in contrast, especially).
                                                              Continuum of Activities
                                                              Materials & Resources
                                                              • Alternate Eligible Content - E05.C.1.2.3a Indentify two words to link the topic and details.
                                                                Alternate Eligible Content is designed for students assessed using the PA Alternate System of Assessment (PASA). Essentialized Example resources assist teachers in designing instruction that reduces content complexity while maintaining alignment to academic standards.
                                                            • Eligible Content - E05.C.1.2.4 Use precise language and domain-specific vocabulary to inform about or explain the topic.
                                                            • Eligible Content - E05.C.1.2.5 Establish and maintain a formal style.
                                                            • Eligible Content - E05.C.1.2.6 Provide a concluding section related to the information or explanation presented.
                                                          • Anchor Descriptor - E05.C.1.3 Write narratives to develop real or imagined experiences or events using effective technique, descriptive details, and clear event sequences.
                                                            • Eligible Content - E05.C.1.3.1 Orient the reader by establishing a situation and introducing a narrator and/or characters; organize an event sequence that unfolds naturally to support the writer’s purpose.
                                                              • Alternate Eligible Content - E05.C.1.3.1a Introduce a topic for a narrative.
                                                                Alternate Eligible Content is designed for students assessed using the PA Alternate System of Assessment (PASA). Essentialized Example resources assist teachers in designing instruction that reduces content complexity while maintaining alignment to academic standards.
                                                            • Eligible Content - E05.C.1.3.2 Use narrative techniques, such as dialogue, description, and pacing, to develop experiences and events or to show the responses of characters to situations.
                                                              Continuum of Activities
                                                              Materials & Resources
                                                              • Alternate Eligible Content - E05.C.1.3.2a Convey two events in sequence.
                                                                Alternate Eligible Content is designed for students assessed using the PA Alternate System of Assessment (PASA). Essentialized Example resources assist teachers in designing instruction that reduces content complexity while maintaining alignment to academic standards.
                                                            • Eligible Content - E05.C.1.3.3 Use a variety of transitional words, phrases, and clauses to manage the sequence of events.
                                                              • Alternate Eligible Content - E05.C.1.3.3a Indentify transition words that convey sequence.
                                                                Alternate Eligible Content is designed for students assessed using the PA Alternate System of Assessment (PASA). Essentialized Example resources assist teachers in designing instruction that reduces content complexity while maintaining alignment to academic standards.
                                                            • Eligible Content - E05.C.1.3.4 Use concrete words and phrases and sensory details to convey experiences and events precisely.
                                                            • Eligible Content - E05.C.1.3.5 Provide a conclusion that follows from the narrated experiences or events.
                                                              • Alternate Eligible Content - E05.C.1.3.5a Provide a concluding statement.
                                                                Alternate Eligible Content is designed for students assessed using the PA Alternate System of Assessment (PASA). Essentialized Example resources assist teachers in designing instruction that reduces content complexity while maintaining alignment to academic standards.
                                                          Standard - CC.1.4.5.Q

                                                          Write with an awareness of styles. • Use sentences of varying length. • Expand, combine, and reduce sentences for meaning, reader/listener interest, and style.

                                                          Eligible Content:
                                                          9 Total
                                                          PASA DLM
                                                          Essential Elements (EE)
                                                          Assessments
                                                          Materials & Resources
                                                          • Anchor Descriptor - E05.C.1.1 Write opinion pieces on topics or texts, supporting a point of view with reasons and information.
                                                            • Eligible Content - E05.C.1.1.1 Introduce a topic or text for the intended audience, state an opinion, and create an organizational structure in which ideas are logically grouped to support the writer’s purpose.
                                                              • Alternate Eligible Content - E05.C.1.1.1a Provide an opinion on a topic.
                                                                Alternate Eligible Content is designed for students assessed using the PA Alternate System of Assessment (PASA). Essentialized Example resources assist teachers in designing instruction that reduces content complexity while maintaining alignment to academic standards.
                                                            • Eligible Content - E05.C.1.1.2 Provide logically ordered reasons that are supported by facts and details.
                                                              • Alternate Eligible Content - E05.C.1.1.2a Provide two or more details that support the reason for opinion.
                                                                Alternate Eligible Content is designed for students assessed using the PA Alternate System of Assessment (PASA). Essentialized Example resources assist teachers in designing instruction that reduces content complexity while maintaining alignment to academic standards.
                                                            • Eligible Content - E05.C.1.1.3 Link opinion and reasons using words, phrases, and clauses (e.g., consequently, specifically).
                                                              • Alternate Eligible Content - E05.C.1.1.3a Identify two words to link the opinion and reasons.
                                                                Alternate Eligible Content is designed for students assessed using the PA Alternate System of Assessment (PASA). Essentialized Example resources assist teachers in designing instruction that reduces content complexity while maintaining alignment to academic standards.
                                                            • Eligible Content - E05.C.1.1.4 Establish and maintain a formal style.
                                                            • Eligible Content - E05.C.1.1.5 Provide a concluding section related to the opinion presented.
                                                          • Anchor Descriptor - E05.C.1.2 Write informative/explanatory texts to examine a topic and convey ideas and information clearly.
                                                            • Eligible Content - E05.C.1.2.1 Introduce a topic for the intended audience, provide a general observation and focus, and group related information logically to support the writer’s purpose.
                                                              • Alternate Eligible Content - E05.C.1.2.1a Introduce a topic.
                                                                Alternate Eligible Content is designed for students assessed using the PA Alternate System of Assessment (PASA). Essentialized Example resources assist teachers in designing instruction that reduces content complexity while maintaining alignment to academic standards.
                                                            • Eligible Content - E05.C.1.2.2 Develop the topic with facts, definitions, concrete details, quotations, or other information and examples related to the topic.
                                                              • Alternate Eligible Content - E05.C.1.2.2a Provide two or more facts or details about the topic.
                                                                Alternate Eligible Content is designed for students assessed using the PA Alternate System of Assessment (PASA). Essentialized Example resources assist teachers in designing instruction that reduces content complexity while maintaining alignment to academic standards.
                                                            • Eligible Content - E05.C.1.2.3 Link ideas within and across categories of information using words, phrases, and clauses (e.g., in contrast, especially).
                                                              Continuum of Activities
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                                                              • Alternate Eligible Content - E05.C.1.2.3a Indentify two words to link the topic and details.
                                                                Alternate Eligible Content is designed for students assessed using the PA Alternate System of Assessment (PASA). Essentialized Example resources assist teachers in designing instruction that reduces content complexity while maintaining alignment to academic standards.
                                                            • Eligible Content - E05.C.1.2.4 Use precise language and domain-specific vocabulary to inform about or explain the topic.
                                                            • Eligible Content - E05.C.1.2.5 Establish and maintain a formal style.
                                                            • Eligible Content - E05.C.1.2.6 Provide a concluding section related to the information or explanation presented.
                                                          • Anchor Descriptor - E05.C.1.3 Write narratives to develop real or imagined experiences or events using effective technique, descriptive details, and clear event sequences.
                                                            • Eligible Content - E05.C.1.3.1 Orient the reader by establishing a situation and introducing a narrator and/or characters; organize an event sequence that unfolds naturally to support the writer’s purpose.
                                                              • Alternate Eligible Content - E05.C.1.3.1a Introduce a topic for a narrative.
                                                                Alternate Eligible Content is designed for students assessed using the PA Alternate System of Assessment (PASA). Essentialized Example resources assist teachers in designing instruction that reduces content complexity while maintaining alignment to academic standards.
                                                            • Eligible Content - E05.C.1.3.2 Use narrative techniques, such as dialogue, description, and pacing, to develop experiences and events or to show the responses of characters to situations.
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                                                              • Alternate Eligible Content - E05.C.1.3.2a Convey two events in sequence.
                                                                Alternate Eligible Content is designed for students assessed using the PA Alternate System of Assessment (PASA). Essentialized Example resources assist teachers in designing instruction that reduces content complexity while maintaining alignment to academic standards.
                                                            • Eligible Content - E05.C.1.3.3 Use a variety of transitional words, phrases, and clauses to manage the sequence of events.
                                                              • Alternate Eligible Content - E05.C.1.3.3a Indentify transition words that convey sequence.
                                                                Alternate Eligible Content is designed for students assessed using the PA Alternate System of Assessment (PASA). Essentialized Example resources assist teachers in designing instruction that reduces content complexity while maintaining alignment to academic standards.
                                                            • Eligible Content - E05.C.1.3.4 Use concrete words and phrases and sensory details to convey experiences and events precisely.
                                                            • Eligible Content - E05.C.1.3.5 Provide a conclusion that follows from the narrated experiences or events.
                                                              • Alternate Eligible Content - E05.C.1.3.5a Provide a concluding statement.
                                                                Alternate Eligible Content is designed for students assessed using the PA Alternate System of Assessment (PASA). Essentialized Example resources assist teachers in designing instruction that reduces content complexity while maintaining alignment to academic standards.
                                                                • Anchor Descriptor - E05.D.2.1 Use knowledge of language and its conventions.
                                                                  • Eligible Content - E05.D.2.1.1 Expand, combine, and reduce sentences for meaning, reader/listener interest, and style.
                                                                  • Eligible Content - E05.D.2.1.2 Choose words and phrases to convey ideas precisely.
                                                                  • Eligible Content - E05.D.2.1.3 Choose punctuation for effect.
                                                                  • Eligible Content - E05.D.2.1.4 Choose words and phrases for effect.
                                                                Standard - CC.1.4.5.R

                                                                Demonstrate a grade-appropriate command of the conventions of standard English grammar, usage, capitalization, punctuation, and spelling.

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                                                                • Anchor Descriptor - E05.D.1.1 Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English grammar and usage.
                                                                  • Eligible Content - E05.D.1.1.1 Explain the function of conjunctions, prepositions, and interjections in general and their function in particular sentences.
                                                                  • Eligible Content - E05.D.1.1.2 Form and use the perfect verb tenses (e.g., I had walked; I have walked; I will have walked).
                                                                  • Eligible Content - E05.D.1.1.3 Use verb tense to convey various times, sequences, states, and conditions.
                                                                  • Eligible Content - E05.D.1.1.4 Recognize and correct inappropriate shifts in verb tense.
                                                                  • Eligible Content - E05.D.1.1.5 Use correlative conjunctions (e.g., either/or, neither/nor).
                                                                  • Eligible Content - E05.D.1.1.6 Produce complete sentences, recognizing and correcting inappropriate fragments and run-on sentences.
                                                                    • Alternate Eligible Content - E05.D.1.1.6a Use simple sentences.
                                                                      Alternate Eligible Content is designed for students assessed using the PA Alternate System of Assessment (PASA). Essentialized Example resources assist teachers in designing instruction that reduces content complexity while maintaining alignment to academic standards.
                                                                  • Eligible Content - E05.D.1.1.7 Correctly use frequently confused words (e.g., to, too, two; there, their, they’re).
                                                                  • Eligible Content - E05.D.1.1.8 Ensure subject-verb and pronoun-antecedent agreement.
                                                                • Anchor Descriptor - E05.D.1.2 Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English capitalization, punctuation, and spelling.
                                                                  • Eligible Content - E05.D.1.2.1 Use punctuation to separate items in a series.
                                                                  • Eligible Content - E05.D.1.2.2 Use a comma to separate an introductory element from the rest of the sentence.
                                                                  • Eligible Content - E05.D.1.2.3 Use a comma to set off the words yes and no (e.g., Yes, thank you), to set off a tag question from the rest of the sentence (e.g., It’s true, isn’t it?), and to indicate direct address (e.g., Is that you, Steve?).
                                                                  • Eligible Content - E05.D.1.2.4 Use underlining, quotation marks, or italics to indicate titles of works.
                                                                  • Eligible Content - E05.D.1.2.5 Spell grade-appropriate words correctly.
                                                                Standard - CC.1.4.5.S

                                                                Draw evidence from literary or informational texts to support analysis, reflection, and research, applying grade-level reading standards for literature and informational texts.

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                                                                • Anchor Descriptor - E05.E.1.1 Draw evidence from literary or informational texts to support analysis, reflection, and/or research.
                                                                  • Eligible Content - E05.E.1.1.1 Introduce text(s) for the intended audience, state an opinion and/or topic, establish a situation, and create an organizational structure in which ideas are logically grouped to support the writer’s purpose.
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                                                                  • Eligible Content - E05.E.1.1.2 Develop the analysis using a variety of evidence from text(s) to support claims, opinions, ideas, and inferences.
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                                                                  • Eligible Content - E05.E.1.1.3 Link ideas within and across categories of information using words, phrases, and clauses (e.g., in contrast, especially).
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                                                                  • Eligible Content - E05.E.1.1.4 Use precise language and domain-specific vocabulary to inform about or explain the topic and/or convey the experience and events.
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                                                                  • Eligible Content - E05.E.1.1.5 Establish and maintain a formal style.
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                                                                  • Eligible Content - E05.E.1.1.6 Provide a concluding section related to the analysis presented.
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                                                                Standard - CC.1.4.5.T

                                                                With guidance and support from peers and adults, develop and strengthen writing as needed by planning, revising, editing, rewriting, or trying a new approach.

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                                                                Standard - CC.1.4.5.U

                                                                With some guidance and support, use technology, including the Internet, to produce and publish writing as well as to interact and collaborate with others; demonstrate sufficient command of keyboarding skills to type a minimum of two pages in a single sitting.

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                                                                Standard - CC.1.4.5.V

                                                                Conduct short research projects that use several sources to build knowledge through investigation of different aspects of a topic.

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                                                                Standard - CC.1.4.5.W

                                                                Recall relevant information from experiences or gather relevant information from print and digital sources; summarize or paraphrase information in notes and finished work, and provide a list of sources.

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                                                                Standard - CC.1.4.5.X

                                                                Write routinely over extended time frames (time for research, reflection, and revision) and shorter time frames (a single sitting or a day or two) for a range of discipline-specific tasks, purposes and audiences.

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