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Grade 5

• Composition

  • C.5.1
  • C.5.1.a
  • C.5.1.b
  • C.5.1.c
  • C.5.1.d
  • C.5.1.e
  • C.5.1.f
  • C.5.2
  • C.5.2.a
  • C.5.2.b
  • C.5.2.c
  • C.5.2.d
  • C.5.2.e
  • C.5.2.f
  • C.5.2.g
  • C.5.2.h
  • C.5.3
  • C.5.3.a
  • C.5.3.b
  • C.5.3.c
  • C.5.3.d
  • C.5.3.e
  • C.5.3.f
  • C.5.3.g
  • C.5.4
  • C.5.5
  • C.5.6
  • C.5.7

• Language

  • L.5.1
  • L.5.1.a
  • L.5.1.c
  • L.5.1.d
  • L.5.1.e
  • L.5.2
  • L.5.2.b
  • L.5.2.e
  • L.5.3
  • L.5.3.a
  • L.5.3.b
  • L.5.4
  • L.5.4.a
  • L.5.4.b
  • L.5.4.d
  • L.5.5
  • L.5.5.a
  • L.5.5.b
  • L.5.5.c

• Reading: Foundational Skills

  • RF.5.3
  • RF.5.3.a
  • RF.5.4.a
  • RF.5.4.c

• Reading: Informational

  • RI.5.1
  • RI.5.2
  • RI.5.3
  • RI.5.5
  • RI.5.6
  • RI.5.7
  • RI.5.8
  • RI.5.9
  • RI.5.10

• Reading: Literature

  • RL.5.1
  • RL.5.2
  • RL.5.3
  • RL.5.4
  • RL.5.5
  • RL.5.6
  • RL.5.7
  • RL.5.9
  • RL.5.10

KAS ELA Standard: C.5.3.e

Use concrete words and phrases and sensory details to convey experiences and events precisely.

Getting Specific With St. Patrick’s Day Writing

Let’s take a starting phrase about St. Patrick’s Day and get specific. No, even more specific!

Gr 1-8

Super Specific Similes – Strong Uncle

Let’s make this simile about a strong uncle even more specific.

Gr 2-8

Super Specific Similes – Slimy Broccoli

Start with a basic simile. Now make it more specific. Now even more. Watch how much better writing gets with each round.

Gr 1-8

Super Specific Similes: Quick Baby

Let’s make this simile about a quick baby even more specific.

Gr 1-8

Super Specific Similes: Loud Class

Let’s make this simile about a loud class super specific!

Gr 1-8

Super Specific Similes: Stinky Seaweed

Start with a basic simile. Now make it more specific. Now even more. Watch how much better writing gets with each round.

Gr 1-8

Writing About Art: Impression, Sunrise

Look closely at Impression, Sunrise. What do you notice? Now turn those details into a poem you didn’t know you could write.

Gr 1-8

Writing About Art: Chōshi in Shimosha

Get your students writing some pretty darn impressive poetry based on Japan’s most famous artist.

Gr 1-8

Fancier Figurative Language: Use the Opposite

Let’s start with “As cold as fire.”

Gr 1-8

Fancier Figurative Language: Move the Simile

What if we started a sentence with the simile?

Gr 3-8

Writing About Art: The Scream

Your students will turn the iconic painting The Scream into a vivid, sensory poem.

Gr 1-8

Fancier Figurative Language: Start with a Cliche

We’ll start with the cliché “as cold as ice” and go somewhere much more interesting.

Gr 1-8