Multiple Organizing Ideas
WRITING 4: Students construct and organize text to share perspectives and develop creative expression.
CONVENTIONS 4: Students examine and apply conventions to develop effective written communication.
GR. 4 - ORGANIZING IDEA: WRITING
Ideas and information can be articulated accurately and imaginatively through the use of writing processes and an understanding of the author’s craft.
Guiding Question: How can development of writing processes and expression support effective communication?
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Learning Outcome: Students construct and organize text to share perspectives and develop creative expression. |
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Writing processes used to organize and enhance messages include
Methods and tools that support planning include
Interest can be created by varying sentence beginnings and length. Paragraphs include a topic sentence, supporting details, and a concluding sentence. A topic sentence describes what the paragraph is going to be about. A concluding sentence brings closure to a paragraph by identifying main ideas without adding new information. Fluent writing is smooth, natural, and easy to read aloud with inflection, which helps bring out meaning. Revising includes adding or removing words or sentences to enhance writing clarity or fluency. Publishing can involve consideration and selection of a variety of text features to enhance and finalize written work. |
Writing is a vehicle for communication, creativity, and connection. |
Create written texts for a variety of audiences and purposes.
Create written texts using a variety of text forms and structures.
Develop creative expression through the use of organizational processes, methods, and tools.
Share perspectives on a topic in a clear and focused manner.
Develop creative expression through a range of sentence beginnings, lengths, and types.
Develop a logical order by grouping ideas into paragraphs.
Write paragraphs with topic and concluding sentences.
Reread written texts to identify what could be added or deleted to enhance creative expression.
Revise texts to enhance clarity or fluency.
Edit writing for spelling, punctuation, and grammar.
Incorporate images, charts, graphs, or other text features when publishing selected pieces to support a purpose or connect with an audience. |
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Creative thinking processes involve
Writing is a craft that involves creative expression of ideas through
Word choice can reflect the author’s voice or style through careful selection and presentation of details.
Words selected to enhance written texts include figurative language.
Dialogue can be used to add variety to written texts, advance the plot, or reveal a character’s thoughts or feelings. |
Creative thinking involves intentional application of skills and processes to enhance the expression of ideas and emotions. |
Apply creative thinking processes to enhance the expression of ideas or emotions.
Relate how connections between audience, purpose, and text form can influence creative expression.
Examine how effective writing provides insight into the creative expression of ideas and emotions.
Experiment with ideas and word choice to create beginnings that catch the audience’s attention.
Experiment with sensory detail or figurative language to add interest and keep audiences engaged.
Communicate personal voice or the voice of characters in narratives through dialogue.
Generate effects in creative expression through punctuation.
Create thoughtful conclusions that tie up events or leave readers wondering.
Select a variety of presentation forms or text features to critically share perspectives. |
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Questioning can help focus research topics and processes.
Methods and tools can be used to organize information, including
Research findings can be shared in a variety of digital or non-digital forms, including
Ethical use of information includes
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Research processes involve investigating materials or information to uncover facts and support problem solving. |
Access information from a variety of sources to critically answer questions or expand knowledge.
Demonstrate how information can be ethically shared using a variety of methods or tools.
Use information ethically to create text for an intended audience.
Choose and cite appropriate sources of information to inform research. |
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Written messages can be created or enhanced using a variety of digital or non-digital methods or tools, such as
Messages communicated through cursive handwriting can reflect artistry through consideration of
Keyboarding skills can be improved through practice that involves
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Digital or non-digital methods or tools can enhance written works and the artistry of a message. |
Enhance the artistry of personally written works using selected methods or tools.
Use cursive handwriting to write texts with appropriate letter formation, size, proportion, and slant.
Apply keyboarding skills to enhance written works. |
GR. 4 - ORGANIZING IDEA: CONVENTIONS
Understanding grammar, spelling, and punctuation makes it easier to communicate clearly, to organize thinking, and to use language for desired effects.
Guiding Question: How does the knowledge and application of conventions enhance written communication?
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Learning Outcome: Students examine and apply conventions to develop effective written communication. |
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Capitalization is used for abbreviations.
An abbreviation is the shortened form of a word or words (e.g., Rd., St., AB).
Punctuation can be used to add clarity, precision, or creativity to messages.
A comma can have a variety of uses, including
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Capitalization and punctuation can be used to support writing fluency. |
Capitalize words appropriately in different contexts.
Include a variety of punctuation at the end of sentences.
Insert commas to indicate a pause between parts of a sentence, to separate items in a list, or to follow a transition word.
Insert quotation marks to identify the words of a speaker or to bring attention to a word that is used in a special way.
Insert apostrophes in place of letters in contractions and to show possession. |
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Sentences can describe facts or actions happening in the present (present tense).
Sentences can describe what happened in the past (past tense).
Sentences can describe what may happen in the future (future tense).
The subject of a verb is the person or thing that performs the action.
The object of a verb is the person or thing that receives the action.
Both subjects and objects can be nouns or pronouns.
Pronouns can replace a noun as the subject in a sentence (subjective) (e.g., I, you, he, she, it, we, they).
Possessive adjectives come before a noun to show who or what owns it (e.g., my, your, his, her ,its, our, their).
Adjectives can compare two things (comparative–<er> or “more”).
Adjectives can compare three or more things (superlative–<est> or “most”). |
Grammatical structures can support consistency in communication. |
Distinguish between a variety of sentence types.
Determine if text is in the present, past, or future tense.
Identify nouns or pronouns that are the subject of a variety of sentences.
Identify nouns or pronouns that are the object of a variety of sentences.
Examine possessive adjectives in a variety of sentences.
Use adjectives to indicate comparison of two or more things (<er> or <est>).
Use conjunctions to connect phrases in sentences.
Apply consistent subject-verb agreement in a variety of sentences. |
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Spelling patterns include
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Spelling accuracy can be supported by transferring understandings of word patterns and structures. |
Identify spelling patterns within and across words.
Apply knowledge of known words, word parts, and word patterns to spell unfamiliar words.
Spell a variety of prefixes and suffixes accurately in words.
Identify words that are not spelled in predictable ways. |
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Homophones are words that have the same pronunciation but different spellings and meanings (e.g., hear-here).
Digital or non-digital reference tools can be used to confirm the spelling of words. |
Automatic transference of spelling knowledge can increase writing fluency. |
Differentiate between the spelling and associated meaning of a variety of homophones.
Apply a variety of spelling strategies to increase writing fluency.
Use a variety of tools to spell or confirm the spelling of words. |
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Suffixes include <er>, <es>, <r>, <ly>, <ing>, <ily>, <able>, <ible>, <ar>, <less>. |
Guidelines for spelling transferred to writing new text can increase written clarity. |
Spell a range of compound words, contractions, possessives, and complex plurals.
Recognize and spell common suffixes. |
