English Language Arts and Literacy | Grade : 5
Strand - Writing
Cluster - Text Types and Purposes
[W.5.3.f] - For prose narratives, draw on characteristics of traditional or modern genres (e.g., tall tales, myths, mysteries, fantasies, historical fiction) from diverse cultures as models for writing. (See grade 5 Reading Literature Standard 9.)
- Diverse
(1) Differing from one another, unlike (as in texts presenting diverse perspectives); (2) composed of distinct or unlike elements or qualities (as in a diverse population). - Genre
Category of text defined by criteria related to structure and style. Examples of literary genres are the essay, novel, and drama. Visual art, film, music, and other disciplines also define various genres. - Narrative
Is designed to relate events or experiences; may be primarily imaginative, as in a short story or novel, or primarily factual, as in a newspaper account or a work of history. - Prose
Writing or speaking in the usual or ordinary form, in contrast with poetry or spoken word.
[RL.5.9] -
Compare and contrast stories in the same genre (e.g., mysteries or adventure stories) on their approaches to similar themes and topics.