Opinion and Persuasive Essays
The child writes a multi-paragraph opinion or persuasive piece with an introduction, reasons supported by facts and details, linking phrases and a conclusion, and a balanced discussion of two sides.
Grade 5 Language Arts
Grade 5 English Language Arts comprises comparing genres, argumentative writing, integrating information sources, speaking presentations, and literary analysis.
Grade 5 Language Arts topics
Reading Comprehension Strategies
The child asks and answers questions about a text, finds the answer in the text, makes simple inferences, explains words in context and summarises what they read.
Theme and Point of View
The child works out a story's theme from details, describes and compares characters in depth and explains how first- and third-person narration shape a story.
Context Clues, Prefixes and Suffixes
The child works out unknown words from context, prefixes, suffixes and root words, uses dictionaries and thesauruses, and tells literal from nonliteral meanings.
How to Write an Informative Essay
The learner writes a multi-paragraph informative essay with a clear focus, grouped information, facts, definitions, quotations, precise words and a conclusion.
Narrative Writing
The child plans, drafts, revises and edits stories and true accounts with events in order, details, description and dialogue.
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