5th grade · English Language Arts · Unit 7 of 11

Create With Words, Pictures and Sound

Choose fonts, images and modes for your audience

What your child practices

Planning and polishing texts that combine words, images, sound and video, and choosing fonts, layout and tools to suit an audience and purpose.

Washington State Learning Standards learning standard: ELA.5.W.1; ELA.5.RML.4 · choosing words, images, sound and design for an audience

A taste of this unit. In the app, questions change every time and get easier or harder to match your child.

Question 1
A thinking map, such as a web or flow chart, helps you…
- organize ideas before drafting
- spell
- print
Question 2
What is a caption?
- a page number
- words that explain a picture
- a kind of font
Question 3
Why choose a large, clear font for a poster?
- to hide mistakes
- so it can be read from far away
- to use more ink
Question 4
A poster should have…
- a clear title and pictures that fit the message
- no title
- tiny words only
Question 5
Which text mixes several modes?
- a ruler
- a digital story with narration and pictures
- a list of words
Question 6
Which is the best reason to use a heading in a report?
- to use more colors
- it tells readers what each section is about
- to make the page longer