Fifth Grade Writing Curriculum Pacing Guide
st
1
Sept/Oct
Trimester
Nov/Dec
2nd Trimester
Jan/Feb
Mar/April
3rd Trimester
May
June
Units 1-2
Unit 3-4
Unit 5-6
Unit 7-8
Unit 9
Unit 10
In order to follow the pacing calendar writing instruction needs to be at least 30 minutes a day
Unit One:
Unit Three:
Unit Five:
Unit Seven:
Unit Nine:
Unit Ten:
Overview pgs 1-49
Descriptive Writing
Expository Writing
Responding to
Report Writing
Speaking and Learning
Literature
6–lessons, 10 hours
pgs 62-81
Pgs 139-190
Pgs 321-362
Pgs 369-404
4-lessons, 7 hours
5-lessons, 8 hours
Pgs 253-296
4-lessons, 8 hours
6-lessons, 5 hours
Throughout the year in
Unit Two:
3-lessons, 5 hours
other content areas
Paragraph Writing
Unit Four:
Unit Six:
Unit Eight:
Narrative Writing
Persuasive Writing
Creative Writing
pgs 51-60
6–lessons, 4 hours
Pgs 83-134
Pgs 195-248
Pgs 299-318
5-lessons, 8 hours
5-lessons, 8 hours
2-lessons, 6 hours
EALR’s/GLE’s
EALR’s/GLE’s
EALR’s/GLE’s
EALR’s/GLE’s
EALR’s/GLE’s
EALR’s/GLE’s
 1.1-1.6
 1.1-1.6
 1.1-1.6
 2.1, 2.2, 2.3
 1.1-1.6
 1.5
 2.1 2.2, 2.3
 2.1, 2.3
 2.1, 2.2, 2.3
 3.1, 3.2, 3.3
 2.1, 2.2, 2.3
 4.2
 3.1.1,
 3.1.1, 3.1.2, 3.2.1,
 3.1.1, 3.1.2
 4.1
 3.1, 3.2, 3.3
 3.2.,
3.2.2, 3.2.3
 3.2.
 4.1
 3.3
 3.3.1
 3.3
 4.1
 4.1, 4.2
 4.1
REPORTED ASSESSMENT PLANS
DISTRICT REQUIRED
(Required Assessments)
ASSESSMENT
-Dec: Expository
-Feb: Persuasive
Summative Assessment
Writing
Writing assess p. 250
Persuasive
(Social Studies
(Social Studies
integration see online
integration with CBA
docs)
see online docs)
OPTIONAL ASSESSMENT PLANS
-Oct: Paragraph
-Nov: Descriptive
-Jan: Narrative
-March: Responding
-Progress Test Two: -Post Assessment:
Writing
Writing
Writing
to Literature
assessment book p. 21 assessment book p. 27
assessment p. 59
assess p. 80
assessment p. 296
-April: Creative
-Pre Assessment p.9 -Progress Test One:
Writing assess page
assessment book p. 15
319
1
BESD Revised 11/09
Fifth Grade Writing Curriculum Pacing Guide
Reported Assessment Prompts 5th Grade
September/October
Paragraph Writing (optional):
Plan and write a paragraph
that explains something about
a remarkable person or family.
November/December
Formative Assessment
January/February
Formative Assessment
March/April
Formative Assessment
May
Summative Assessment
Descriptive (optional):
Think of a fun place.
Write an essay describing
that place.
Expository (optional):
Your class has been asked
to choose a classroom pet.
What pet would you
recommend? Explain why
your choice would be a
good one.
Responding to Literature
(optional):
Read the 2nd paragraph in
the anecdote on page 445
of your Harcourt book. In
an essay, identify
something about Louis’s
character that is
illustrated in the anecdote.
Use information in the
anecdote to explain your
ideas.
Expository (required):
This prompt is integrated
with Social Studies.
Use the CBA assessment
“You Decide” and score it
using the writing rubric.
Expository (required):
This prompt is integrated
with Social Studies
(two choices)
-Write a compare/contrast
essay about the regions you
have studied.
-Write an explanation that
shares the three theories
of how indigenous people
arrived in the Americas
and describe the culture of
at least one group.
Persuasive (required):
In a letter, convince your
teacher to schedule a field
trip to a place that truly
interests you.
Creative Writing
(optional):
Write a poem about a
favorite time or place. Use
one figure of speech and
at least one sound
technique.
2
BESD Revised 11/09
Fifth Grade Writing Curriculum Pacing Guide
st
1
Sept/Oct
Trimester
Nov/Dec
Units 1-2
Unit 3-4
Skills
Skills
Unit One:
Unit Three:
Connect the writing
process to the six traits of
effective writing.
Understand the five steps
in the writing process and
apply to writing. Examine
goals for Expository
Writing. Understand the
rating scale of a rubric and
use rubric to access
writing. Understand role
of authors and responder in
peer responding. Learn how
to format and design for
publication
Unit Two:
Understand the parts of a
paragraph learn different
strategies for writing
strong topic sentences,
examine common
organization patterns
Descriptive Writing:
Understand the content
and structure of a
descriptive paragraph;
understand the purpose,
content and form of a
descriptive essay; practice
writing for assessment,
describe a person from
history, describe a
chemical change
Unit Four:
Narrative Writing:
Understand the content
and structure of a
narrative paragraph;
Understand the purpose,
content and form of a
narrative essay; Evaluate
a narrative, share a
moment in history, share a
personal experience, create
an E-Mail message, write
for assessment
2nd Trimester
Jan/Feb
Mar/April
Unit 5-6
Skills
Unit Five:
Expository Writing:
Understand the content
and structure of an
expository paragraph;
Understand the purpose,
content and form of an
expository essay; Evaluate
an expository essay, Write
a comparison-contrast
essay, Create a circle
graph, Taking two-column
notes, Writing for
assessment
Unit Six:
Persuasive Writing:
Understand the content
and structure of a
persuasive paragraph;
Understand the purpose,
content and form of a
persuasive essay; Evaluate
a persuasive essay, write an
editorial, create a
brochure, draft a
persuasive letter, write for
assessment
Unit 7-8
Skills
Unit Seven:
Response to Literature:
Demonstrate an
understanding of the
content and structure of a
response paragraph;
Demonstrate an
understanding of the
purpose, content, and form
of a book review; practice
writing for assessment,
apply what has been
learned about responding
to books to responding to
other forms of literature
Unit Eight:
Creative Writing:
Demonstrate an
understanding of the
elements and structure of
a short story; Demonstrate
an understanding of the
content, and form of a
free-verse poem. Write
various forms of poems,
use special poetry
techniques
3rd Trimester
May
June
Unit 9
Unit 10
Skills
Unit Nine:
Learn about various sources
for information and
understand how to do
research on the Internet;
Demonstrate an
understanding of how to
access and use library
reference materials;
Demonstrate an
understanding of the
purpose, content, and
structure of a summary
paragraph, Demonstrate an
understanding of the
purpose, content, and form
or a research report;
select a piece of writing
for a multimedia
presentation. Create a
story board
Skills
Unit Ten:
Learn how to become a good
listener, develop skills for
participating in a group, and
improve skills for speaking in
class. Select an essay to
present to as an informative
speech, prepare and organize
an informative speech,
practice and present an
informative speech using note
cards and visual aids.
Understand the purpose and
learn strategies for writing in
a variety of journals and
learning logs. Learn guidelines
and tips for taking classroom
notes, use graphic organizers
for taking notes. Learn how
to be aware when watching
the news, television specials,
commercials, and evaluate
Web sites for reliability.
Understand how to prepare
for tests
Handwriting and Spelling
Handwriting: continued use of Introduction to Slingerland (legible handwriting) and see notes from OSPI on page 5
Word Processing: continued use of Type to Learn (3rd year of use)
Spelling: use Harcourt resources
3
BESD Revised 11/09
Fifth Grade Writing Curriculum Pacing Guide
1st Trimester
Sept/Oct
Nov/Dec
Units 1-2
Unit 3-4
2nd Trimester
Jan/Feb
Mar/April
Unit 5-6
Unit 7-8
3rd Trimester
May
Unit 9
June
Unit 10
Vocabulary
Vocabulary
Vocabulary
Vocabulary
Vocabulary
Vocabulary
Unit One:
Overview –
writing process, prewrite,
write, first draft, revise,
edit, publish, focus
statement, author,
responder, details, final
copy, six traits, ideas,
organization, voice, word
choice, sentence fluency,
conventions, capitalization,
punctuation, adjectives,
adverbs, portfolio
Unit Three:
Descriptive Writing –topic
chart, descriptive essay,
descriptive prompt
Unit Five:
Expository Writing Expository, Expository
Paragraph, topic sentence,
body, closing sentence,
KWL Chart, focus
statement, audience,
fragments, pronouns,
antecedents, anecdote,
essay, compare/contrast
Unit Seven:
Responding to Literature –
Response Paragraph,
summarize, theme, novel,
plot, characters, setting,
theme, response journal,
quotation, non-fiction
article, anecdote
Unit Nine
Report Writing –
gathering grid, note cards,
thesis statement, outline,
plagiarism, citing sources,
parentheses, works-cited,
paraphrase, quotation
Parts of a book- title page,
copyright page,
acknowledgement, preface,
table of contents, body,
cross-reference, appendix,
glossary, bibliography,
index,
card catalog – title card,
author card, subject card,
call number, Dewey Decimal
System, biographies,
Computer - computer
catalog,- search engine,
keywords, Internet, World
Wide Web,
Dictionary - guide words
entry words, stress marks,
word history, synonyms,
Parts of Speech, Syllable
Division
Thesaurus – word, synonym,
antonym
Encyclopedia – index
Unit Ten:
Speaking and Learning
Speeches, cooperating,
informative speech, visual
aids, journal,
Learning Logs, free
writing, clustering, listing,
nutshelling, predicting,
dialoguing, Venn diagram,
commercials, fact, opinion,
exaggerated, stereotype,
infomercial, reliable,
True/False test, matching
test, multiple choice test,
Fill-in-the-blank test,
compare, contrast, define,
describe, explain, list,
persuade,
Unit Two:
Paragraph Writing –
topic sentences, body,
closing sentences, logical
order, time order, order of
location, order of
importance, transitions,
general subject, specific
topic, summarize
Unit Four:
Narrative Writing –
Narrative, Narrative
Paragraph, gathering grid,
personal narrative, 5w’s
chart, transition, time line,
dialogue, statement, fact,
nouns, verbs, adjectives,
Declarative, Interrogative,
Imperative, and
Exclamatory Sentences, EMail
Unit Six:
Persuasive Writing –
Persuasive, Persuasive
Paragraph, order of
importance, transitions,
opinion, connotation, run-on
sentences, commas, commas
in a series, phrases,
clauses, editorial, brochure,
argument, business letter:
heading, inside address,
salutation, body, closing,
signature
Unit Eight:
Creative Writing –
Historical Fictional Story,
short story, fact, fiction,
plot chart, tall tale, play,
dialogue, action,
antagonist, character,
conflict, mood, moral,
narrator, plot, point of
view, protagonist, tone
theme, setting, free-verse
poem, simile, onomatopoeia,
diamante, tercet,
metaphor, personification,
hyperbole, alliteration,
assonance, consonance, line
breaks, repetition, rhyme,
rhythm
Additional Vocabulary: singular and plural nouns, common and proper nouns, possessive nouns, pronouns, personal pronouns, subject and object pronouns, indefinite pronoun,
possessive pronoun, action verbs, linking verbs, helping verbs, verb tense, perfect tense, subject-verb agreement, proper adjective, common adjective, positive adjective,
comparative adjective, superlative adjective, adverbs, prepositions, conjunctions, compound sentence, complete subject and predicate, simple subject and predicate, compound
subject and predicate, capitalization, punctuation, statement, question, fragment, run-on sentence, rambling sentence, double negatives, declarative sentence, Interrogative sentence,
Imperative sentence, Exclamatory sentence, suffixes, prefixes, root words, period, question mark, exclamation point, comma, commas in a series, apostrophes, contractions,
quotation marks, italics, underlining, colons, semicolons, ellipses, hyphens, dashes, parentheses, capitalization, plurals, numbers, abbreviation
4
BESD Revised 11/09
Fifth Grade Writing Curriculum Pacing Guide
Supplemental Resources
From Write Source:
1. Daily Oral Language
2. Daily Language Workout book resources:
-Mug Shot Sentences and Paragraphs
(like DOL that focused on a sequence of convention skill
development)
-Additional writing prompt pages for daily writing
-Writing topics ideas
-Show-Me Sentences (exercises to help students improve
writing details and elaboration)
3. Editing and Proofreading book
4. Assessment Book
5. Interactive Writing Skills CD-Rom
6. Overhead Transparencies
BE District Web Page- Writing
-Assessment documents, instructions and schedule
-Revision Scoring Guides
-Introducing the six traits
-Glossary of Writing terms
-Student checklist
-Student checklist for assignments using technology
-Writing Framework
OSPI Web Page- Writing
-Writing Instructional Support Modules
-On line Grade level resources
-WASL Writing Checklists
-Anchor Set Annotations
EALR3: Component 3.3 Knows and applies appropriate grade level writing conventions
3.3.1 Fifth Grade:
Uses legible handwriting.
 Maintains consistency in printing or cursive handwriting (e.g. size, spacing, formation, uppercase and
lowercase).
5
BESD Revised 11/09
Fifth Grade Writing Curriculum Pacing Guide
Suggested Text Forms* to be Worked
Literature or Literary Forms
narrative: experiential stories
narrative: fictional stories (e.g., picture books, fantasy)
personal letters, cards, and notes
diaries/journals
recounts
rhymes
retellings
poems (patterned poetry, couplet, free verse, quatrain, haiku)
plays
biographies and autobiographies
tall tales
comics
personal essays
narrative essays
Toward by the End of Fifth Grade
Informational, task-oriented, and/or Technical Writing
labels
captions
recounts
answers to questions
questions and answers
instructions (explain how to)
learning logs
reports
book reviews and reports
posters and brochures
directions/procedures (to a location, to a game, to make
something)
paraphrase
expository essays (explain about, explain why,
compare/contrast)
expository speeches (explain about, explain why,
compare/contrast)
field notes
newspaper and magazine articles
summaries
business letters (to thank, request, complain, explain)
letters to the editor
memos
literary analyses (explain about character, plot, setting)
editorials
interviews
minutes
persuasive essays / speeches
6
BESD Revised 11/09
Fifth Grade Writing Curriculum Pacing Guide
OSPI Conventions Requirements for 5th Grade
Spelling
Correct
spelling of
grade-level
words
Resources
used to find
correct
spelling for
words
identified as
misspelled
Capitalization
Brand names
(e.g., Nike)
Punctuation
Grammar & usage
Correct use of quotation marks in
Correct use of subject vs.
dialogue, internal and external (e.g., object pronouns (e.g., "I"
"How’s it going?" the boy asked.)
vs. "me")
Sentences/Paragraphs
New paragraphs to
change speakers in
dialogue
Correct
capitalization of
Commas to set off interjections (e.g., Resources to check usage
geographic regions Okay, if you say so.) or explanatory
(e.g., the West)
phrases (e.g., They stood together,
away from the pile of stones in the
corner, and their jokes were quiet.)
Comma after date or address within
text (e.g., Her birthday was June 1,
1993, when she was 23.)
Hyphen in numbers (e.g., twentythree)
Hyphen to join numbers (e.g., The
Mariners won, 17-6.)
Periods in abbreviations (e.g., pg.,
ft.)
Correct uses of ellipsis ( . . . ):
~ to show omitted words
~ to show a pause
Correct use of semicolon between
two independent clauses
Resources to check punctuation
7
BESD Revised 11/09