5th Grade - Language Arts Homework Help

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Oral Presentations

Deliver oral presentations

Selecting a focus and structure in oral repor...

Deliver informative presentations

Analyzing persuasive techniques in oral prese...

Speaking and Listening

Interpreting messages and perspectives

Using verbal cues, facial expressions and ges...

Analysis of media

Asking follow-up questions

Deliver oral responses to literature

Reading and Comprehension

Identifying main ideas and evidence

Facts, inferences and opinions

Organization and text analysis

5th grade reading aloud

Understanding graphics, diagrams, illustratio...

Writing

Using electronic media and technology

Writing multiple-paragraph compositions, part...

Writing research reports - parts 1, 2 and 3

Writing multiple-paragraph compositions, part...

Writing persuasive letters and compositions

Grammar

Using verbs, modifiers and pronouns

Spelling roots, suffixes and contractions

Using colons and quotation marks

Using prepositional phrases, clauses, transit...

Capitalization

Stories and Literature

Actions, motives and appearances of character...

Characteristics of poetry, drama, fiction and...

Understanding themes

Identifying the main problem of a plot

Imagery, metaphors and symbolism

Vocabulary

Using a thesaurus

Using word origins to find meaning

Using roots, Greek and Latin to find meaning

Figurative and metaphorical words

Synonyms, antonyms and homographs

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