ENG51: English Writing Workshop Grade 5

In this course, students will learn how to make their writing more effective. Students will learn how to analyze their writing to make sure key components are present and clear. These components will be made clear to them through numerous exercises they will complete throughout the course. By the end of the course, students will understand audiences, active voices, time orders, point of views, staying on topic, and more.

Introduction
 The Writing Process 
 Purposes for Writing  
 Audience  
 Find Main Ideas and Details in Pictures 
 Find Main Ideas and Details in Text  
 Staying on Topic  
 Write a Paragraph 
 Active Voice  

-  Writing a Story
 Sensory Details 
 Pure Description 
 The Writing Process: Descriptive Writing 
  Personal Narrative  
 Time Order  
 The Writing Process: Personal Narrative 
  Parts of a Story 
  Setting 
  Characters 
 Dialogue  
 Point of View 
 Stories Are Everywhere 
 The Writing Process: Story 

 - Writing to Inform

 Explanatory Writing 
 Directions 
 The Writing Process: How-to Instructions 
 Visual Aids  
 Spatial Organization 
 Cause-and-Effect Organization 
 News Report  
 Comparisons 
 Compare Two Objects  
 Writing About Literature  
 
 Informational Writing 
 Reliable Sources 
 Quotes, Summaries, and Paraphrases 
 Taking Notes  
 Works Cited 
 The Writing Process: Informational Writing 

- Writing an Opinion

 Persuasive Writing  
 Facts and Opinions 
 Emotional Appeals 
 Advertising  
 Order of Importance 
 Business Letter  
 Facts, Opinions, and Bias  
 The Writing Process: Persuasive Article