Appendix
5th Grade, Common Core State Standards
In this unit, students write inventively by creating an imaginary audience, writing as a character from a fictional text, and invoking a family member’s voice. They create personal narratives too. In each case, students are exploring how the writing process works and, as the CCSS suggest, finding ways to make a universal process their own. The unit’s focus on identity supports analytical reading and writing standards that analyze challenge and change within text.
Narrative writing with real or imagined events: writing strand 3
Using the writing process: writing strand 5
Analyze how characters respond to challenge and change: reading strand 2 and 3, writing strand
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