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Grade 05 ELA - EC: E05.D.1.1.5

Grade 05 ELA - EC: E05.D.1.1.5

Continuum of Activities

Continuum of Activities

The list below represents a continuum of activities: resources categorized by Standard/Eligible Content that teachers may use to move students toward proficiency. Using LEA curriculum and available materials and resources, teachers can customize the activity statements/questions for classroom use.

This continuum of activities offers:

  • Instructional activities designed to be integrated into planned lessons
  • Questions/activities that grow in complexity
  • Opportunities for differentiation for each student’s level of performance

Grade Levels

5th Grade

Course, Subject

English Language Arts

Activities

  1. Identify correlative conjunctions in writing.

  2. Match the correct pairs of correlative conjunction words.
  1. Determine sentences that could best use correlative conjunctions to contribute to meaning.

  2. Distinguish among correlative conjunctions to determine the most appropriate pair for use in writing.

  3. Apply the use of correlative conjunctions in the following exercises:

    1. Select a suitable pair of correlative conjunctions to complete various sentences.
    2. Select the correct pair of correlative conjunctions to combine various sentences. 
  1. Evaluate the use of a chosen pair of correlative conjunctions to determine if the intended relationship between words is shown.

  2. Explain the relationship between words and phrases in sentences that use correlative conjunctions.

  3. Construct sentences the employ correlative conjunctions to show relationships between words or groups of words.

Answer Key/Rubric

  1. Student knows the definition of a correlative conjunction.  Correlative conjunctions connect individual words or groups of words.  Correlative conjunctions are used in pairs. Correlative conjunctions can connect words that are equal and of the same type, or they can show that words are not equally important. 

  2. Student can identify and match correct pairs of correlative conjunctions.  Either/or, neither/nor, not only/but also, both/and, whether/or, just/as, just/so, as/so. 
  1. Student identifies sentences that could be strengthened or sentences that could be combined with correlative conjunctions to show relationships among words and phrases within them.  He/she might find a sentence that could use correlative conjunctions to show a relationship between parts of the sentence. Or, two or more sentences might be combined with correlative conjunctions to show relationships.

  2. Student studies correlative conjunction pairs and determines the best pair for use in showing the best relationship between words or phrases. Students need to know that selecting “just the right” pair of correlative conjunctions is important. Similarly, using a correlative conjunction when none is needed should not be done.

  3. Student completes example sentences with answers such as:

    1. Select a suitable pair of correlative conjunctions to complete the following sentences:
      1. Sue excels neither at basketball nor at volleyball.
      2. Not only my car, but also my truck needs to be repaired.
      3. Either I will come there, or you will come here.
    2. Select the correct pair of correlative conjunctions to combine the following sentences:
      1. Not only is Ben an excellent author, but also is a talented illustrator. 
      2. Both my brother and my sister live in India.
      3. Not only did Marie forget her mother’s birthday, but also forgot to call on Mother’s Day.
  1. Student analyzes and considers sentences that use correlative conjunctions and how the author’s intent or meaning is conveyed through the use of these words. He/she considers if the best words were chosen and how the meaning of the sentence is conveyed through the use of the correlative conjunction.

  2. Using sentences such as the ones above, the student explains why he/she chose the correlative conjunctions to use in the sentence. Consideration is given to the words/phrases that are related, the correlative conjunction chosen, and the syntax of the sentence. 

  3. Student uses correlative conjunctions in his/her writing to show relationships between words or phrases. Words/phrases can be of equal or the same type, or they can be not equally important.
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