English Language Arts and Literacy | Grade : 4
Strand - Writing
Cluster - Production and Distribution of Writing
[W.4.5] - Develop and strengthen writing as needed by planning, revising, and editing.
- Academic language/vocabulary
Language of school and study, required for success in academic work; words and phrases used across subject areas (e.g., judge, evaluate, refer, composition, decision) as opposed to domain-specific (discipline-specific) language/vocabulary (e.g., drama in literature, integer in mathematics, photosynthesis in biology, millennium in history). - Domain-specific (discipline specific) language/vocabulary
Words and phrases specific to a particular field of study: for example, drama in literature, integer in mathematics, photosynthesis in biology, millennium in history. See Academic language/vocabulary. - Editing
Component of writing and preparing presentations concerned chiefly with improving clarity, organization, conciseness, and appropriateness of expression relative to task, purpose, and audience; often involves replacing or deleting words, phrases, and sentences that are awkward or confusing and correcting errors in spelling, usage, mechanics, and grammar. See Revising, Rewriting - Grade 4 Annotated Informational Essay
- Grade 4 Unmarked Informational Essay
- Revising
Component of writing and preparing presentations concerned chiefly with reworking a text in light of task, purpose, and audience considerations. Compared to editing, revising is a larger-scale activity often associated with the overall substance and structure of a text. See Rewriting. - Standard English Conventions
The widely accepted practices of English punctuation, grammar, usage, and spelling that are taught in schools; in this document, refers to standard United States English conventions.
[L.4.1] -
Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English grammar and usage when writing or speaking; retain and further develop language skills learned in previous grades. (See grade 4 Writing Standard 5 and Speaking and Listening Standard 6 on strengthening writing and presentations by applying knowledge of conventions.)
[L.4.6] -
Acquire and use accurately grade-appropriate general academic and domain-specific words and phrases, including those that signal precise actions, emotions, or states of being (e.g., quizzed, whined, stammered) and that are basic to a particular to a particular topic (e.g., wildlife, conservation, and endangered when discussing animal preservation). grade 4 Reading literature Standard 4 and Reading Informational Text Standard 4 on applying knowledge of vocabulary to reading; see grade 4Writing Standard 5 and Speaking and Listening Standard 4 on strengthening writing and presentations by applying knowledge of vocabulary.)