Writing

Standard 1

Grade 5

5.1 a,b,c,d

Name:

Danie Hesson

Emerging
Benchmark 1

a) Introduce a
topic or text
clearly, state an
opinion, and
create an
organizational
structure in which
ideas are logical
grouped to support
the writers
purpose from both
perspectives
(Western Culture
and students own
Culture)

Fill in graphic
organizers, charts,
and tables that
support ones own
culture.

Anchorage

School

District

Developing

Proficient

Advanced

String related
sentences
together to
support
ones own

Take notes using

graphic
organizers that
link two cultures
together, ones
own and
western.

culture

Produce
extended
responses of
original text
approaching next
academic level

and western

that support

culture.

ones
own culture and
western culture.

Benchmark 2

b) Provide logically
ordered reasons
that are supported
by facts and
details from ones
own culture and

Make comparisons
using real-life or
visually supported
materials

Make comparisons
using real-life or
visually supported
materials with
some details from
ones own culture

Describe events,
people,
processes,
procedures with

Connect or
integrate personal
experiences with
literature/content
with facts and

Write arguments to
support claims in an
analysis of substantive
topics or texts, using
valid reasoning and
relevant and sufficient
evidence.

Stage

Writing

Standard 1

Grade 5

5.1 a,b,c,d

Name:

Danie Hesson

Anchorage

western culture.

and western
culture.

School

details from
ones
own culture and

District

Write arguments to
support claims in an
analysis of substantive
topics or texts, using
valid reasoning and
relevant and sufficient
evidence.

details from ones

own culture and
western culture.

western culture.
Benchmark 3

c) Link opinion and

reasons using
words, phrases,
and clauses (e.g.,
consequently,
specifically)
relating to ones
own culture and
western culture.

Copy words,
phrases, and
short sentences,
from a primary
source linked to
ones own culture
and western
culture.

Produce simple

Summarize

expository or

content-based

narrative text

information using

linked to ones

ones own

own culture and

the western
culture.

culture
and the western
culture.

Produce
extended
responses of
original text
approaching
grade level to
ones own
culture and
western culture.

Apply contentbased information

to new contexts
relating to ones
own culture and
western culture.

Writing

Standard 1

Grade 5

5.1 a,b,c,d

Name:

Danie Hesson

Benchmark 4

Anchorage

d) Provide a
concluding
statement or
section related to
the opinion
presented within
ones own culture
and western
culture.

Complete/produce

Complete/produce

sentences from
sentences from
word/phrase banks word/phrase banks
or walls
or walls with some
opinions presented
from ones own
culture and
western culture.

School

Compare/contra
st
content based
information from
ones own
culture
and western
culture.

District

Explain strategies
or use of
information in
solving problems
from ones own
culture and
western culture.

Write arguments to
support claims in an
analysis of substantive
topics or texts, using
valid reasoning and
relevant and sufficient
evidence.

Create gradelevel
stories

or

reports
to incorporate
ones own
culture
and western
culture.