Key Terms/Concepts

Key Terms/Concepts

English/Language Arts

5th Grade

CAUTION: The list is intended as a supplementary resource to be used with the Georgia Performance Standards; however, it is neither exclusive nor inclusive. It a suggested list of terms across strands of the Georgia Performance Standards for the fifth grade. Italic type signifies words for "teacher use." In other words, these are not terms for students to learn, but they are terms teachers need to consider as they read and implement the standards at this grade level.

Reading and Literature

1,000,000 words

analyzes

antonym

author's use of description

author's use of dialogue

characterization

common structure and stylistic elements

· hyperbole

· refrain

· simile

common prefixes

· dis

· re

· un

contemporary literature

context clues

cueing systems

dramatic literature

· acts

· cast of characters

· scenes

· stage directions

figurative language

· hyperbole

· metaphor

· personification

· simile

flow

genre

graphic features

· captions

· charts

· diagrams

· illustrations

· maps

graphics

· capital letters

· line length

homophone

identifies

idioms

imagery

informational texts

literary texts

main idea

· implied

· stated

meter

miscue

organizational structures and patterns

· cause and effect

· chronological order

· classification schemes

· logical order

playful uses of language

· jokes

· palindromes

· puns

plot

prefixes

prosody

rhythm

roots

self-correction strategies

self-monitoring strategies

setting

sound

· alliteration

· onomatopoeia

· rhyme scheme

suffixes

supporting details

supporting ideas

synonym

textual features

· concluding sentences

· glossary

· paragraphs

· topic sentences

theme

traditional literature

Writing

audience

audience (reader concerns)

basic keyboarding skills/computer terminology

· hard drive

· memory disk drive

· software

careful reading

character development

· conversation

· motivation

clear position in support of a proposal

coherence

coherent focus

context

closure

engages

extraneous details

features of text

· alphabetical/numerical order

· guide words

· index

· table of contents

format

format requirements

genre expectations

inappropriate information

informational writing strategies

· describing or analyzing the subject

· narrating a relevant anecdote

· providing facts and details

length

level of language

main idea

narrative

narrative strategies

· dialogue

· suspense

· tension

organizational features

· bibliographic references

· citations

· end notes

organizational features of electronic media

· entry and pull-down menus

· passwords

· spell check

· thesaurus

· word searches

organizational structure

organized and relevant evidence

persuasive essay

proposition

point of view

position

purpose

reference materials

· dictionary

· electronic information

· encyclopedia

· thesaurus

relevant evidence

research

response to literature

revision techniques

· adding

· clarifying

· consolidating

· deleting

· rearranging

Rules of Standard English

sense of closure

sensory details and concrete language

speaker's voice

supporting judgments

· references to personal knowledge

· references to the text, other works authors or non-print media

transition elements

types of judgments

· evaluative

· interpretive

· reflective

word choice

writing structures

· cause and effect

· chronological order

· posing and answering a question

· similarity and difference

Conventions

conventions

correct mechanics

· apostrophes

· comma use in compound sentences

· quotation marks

fragments

paragraph indentations

run-ons

parts of speech

· adjective

· adverb

· conjunction

· interjection

· noun

· preposition

· pronoun

· verb

sentence expansion/reduction

· adding or deleting modifiers

· combining or revising sentences

types of sentences

· compound-complex sentences

· compound sentences

· simple sentences

usage

verb phrases

verb tenses

word function

Listening, Speaking, and Viewing

hypothesizing

language cues

paraphrasing

purposes of listening/speaking/viewing

· to express ideas

· to inform

· to persuade

relevant questions

roles of media

· focusing attention

· forming an opinion

· source of entertainment

· source of information

verbal interactions

· student-to-student

· student-to-teacher