Writing+Level+4+Essential+Learnings

= Essential Learnings and Indicators of Success =

== **EL 1** Students will develop well organized details in an expository paragraph == == **EL 2** Students will create multi-paragraph narratives with a beginning, middle, and end ==
 * 1) Logical arrangement of ideas
 * 2) Specific details related to the topic
 * 3) Explain ideas using descriptive language and a variety of sentence structures
 * 1) Uses prompt for planning
 * 2) recognizable beginning, middle, and end
 * 3) provides connections between ideas
 * 4) develops multiple paragraphs
 * 5) uses descriptive language and a variety of sentence structures

== **EL 3** Students will apply and recognize conventions in writing == == **EL 4** Students will produce multiple forms of poetry ==
 * 1) Indent paragraphs
 * 2) Use compound and complex sentences
 * 3) Accurate capitalization with proper nouns, abbreviations, and beginning of sentences
 * 4) Correct punctuation
 * 5) Application of modifiers
 * 6) Correct subject/verb agreement
 * 7) Spell frequently used words correctly
 * 1) Demonstrate figurative language
 * 2) Create rhyming and free verse
 * 3) Invent poetry with a theme