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Grade 5 English - Comprehension and Writing
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Students should spend time writing for pleasure as well as writing simple assignments. They should continue to do this in order to strengthen their writing skills. They should write for different reasons including researching, reflecting and revising. Students should write for different amounts of time as well as for different purposes and audiences.

Grade 5 English - Comprehension and Writing
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10 Questions

1. A teacher wants his students to write about why the American Revolutionary War was fought.
What should the students write?
2. A teacher wants her students to write to entertain the reader about cats.
What will the students most likely be writing?
3. After reading a selection, your teacher tells you to write a reflection about what you read.
What will you write about?
4. Why is it important to continue to practice revising as well as writing?
5. You are writing a silly rhyming poem about cartoons.
Who would be the audience for this poem?
6. In science, you must write a report about the science experiment you just conducted.
Who is the audience for that report?
7. A teacher wants her students to write in order to express their feelings about a topic that is important to them.
What should the students write?
8. Your teacher asks you to write freely.
How long will you most likely write for?
9. For what purpose would a teacher want his or her students to write for a few days?
10. The teacher requires her students to write to persuade the writer to buy a pair of tennis shoes.
What type of writing is she expecting her students to do?