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5th Grade Writing SOLs

5.8 The student will write for a variety of purposes: to describe, to inform, to entertain, and to explain.

a)  Choose planning strategies for various writing purposes.
b)  Organize information.
c)  Demonstrate awareness of intended audience.
d)  Use precise and descriptive vocabulary to create tone and voice.
e)  Vary sentence structure.
f)  Revise writing for clarity.
g)  Use available technology to access information.

 
5.9 The student will edit writing for correct grammar, capitalization, spelling, punctuation, and sentence structure.

a)  Use plural possessives.
b)  Use adjective and adverb comparisons.
c)  Identify and use interjections.
d)  Use apostrophes in contractions and possessives.
e)  Use quotation marks with dialogue.
f)  Use commas to indicate interrupters and in the salutation and closing of a letter.
g)  Use a hyphen to divide words at the end of a line.
h)  Edit for clausal fragments, run-on sentences, and excessive coordination.
Last Modified on September 22, 2010