Grade 05 ELA - EC: E05.C.1.3.5
Grade 05 ELA - EC: E05.C.1.3.5
Continuum of Activities
The list below represents a continuum of activities: resources categorized by Standard/Eligible Content that teachers may use to move students toward proficiency. Using LEA curriculum and available materials and resources, teachers can customize the activity statements/questions for classroom use.
This continuum of activities offers:
- Instructional activities designed to be integrated into planned lessons
- Questions/activities that grow in complexity
- Opportunities for differentiation for each student’s level of performance
Grade Levels
5th Grade
Course, Subject
English Language Arts
Related Academic Standards / Eligible Content
Activities
- Define the importance of a good concluding section in a narrative writing.
- Identify key information that wraps up the writing and should be included in a narrative conclusion.
- Determine the appropriateness of the information selected for inclusion in the narrative’s conclusion.
- Organize information to be included in the conclusion in a logical manner.
- Construct a concluding section that includes appropriate wrap-up of the narrative, organized in a logical manner.
- Critique conclusion to assure that relevant information was chosen.
- Analyze concluding section for effectiveness in following the narrated experiences or events.
- Revise concluding section as needed to provide additional information.
- Revise concluding section as needed to provide logical organization.
Answer Key/Rubric
- Student is able to share that a good concluding section for a narrative writing provides appropriate closure for the reader.
- Using his/her own narrative writing piece, the writer identifies the elements from the writing that should be included in the concluding section. The concluding section should wrap up what has already been introduced in the narrative. Generally new information is not presented in the conclusion.
- Writer considers the information included in the concluding section. Appropriate material for inclusion may be repeats of elements of the narrative that have already been stated or summarizing information from the narrative.
- The order of the information to be included in the concluding section is considered. Likely, the order of the information is the same as it is presented throughout the piece of writing, followed by a summarizing conclusion. If the order is different or if new information is given, the writer can state and defend a logical reason for the change.
- Writer constructs a concluding section that includes the elements from the narrative and concluding, wrap-up information.
- Writer critiques the information included in the concluding section. Relevance to narrative is considered. A direct connection should be evident. Information that doesn’t belong should be revised or eliminated.
- Writer analyzes the concluding section to assure that the information included appropriately follows the narrative. Logical reasoning should be employed. Information should be appropriate for the intended audience.
- Based on analyzing and critiquing the narrative writing, the writer revises the concluding section to include additional necessary information. Additional reasons may be added to the conclusion if stronger support of the narrative is needed. Reasons may be omitted if they are unneeded or repetitive reasons are included.
- Based on analyzing and critiquing the narrative writing, the writer revises the concluding section to be more logically organized. Most likely, the order of information follows the same order it was presented in the writing piece.
