Florida B.E.S.T. ELA.2.C.1.4
The Standard
Write expository texts about a topic, using a source, providing an introduction, facts, transitions, and a conclusion.
Florida B.E.S.T. Standards for English Language Arts
Teacher's field guide
What This Standard Means
What Students Need to Do
- Students read or listen to a short source and select facts that explain one topic. They organize those facts into a clear paragraph with an opening, connecting words, and an ending.
What Mastery Looks Like
- A student writes a focused paragraph that introduces the topic and includes accurate facts from the source. Ideas connect with words such as also, because, or finally, and the paragraph ends clearly.
Common Misconceptions
- Students may copy whole sentences from the source instead of putting facts in their own words. They may list facts without an opening, linking words, or a clear ending. Some add opinions or details not supported by the source.
How to Assess It
- Give students this source: “Bees visit flowers. They carry pollen between flowers. This helps plants make seeds.” Ask them to write a short paragraph with an opening, two facts, a linking word, and an ending.
Lesson moves
Ways to Teach It
Give pairs an animal fact card, then have them sort sentence strips into opening, fact, linking sentence, and ending.
Read a short passage about rain, then ask, “Which two facts belong in a report, and what ending would fit?”
Play Report Relay: teams draw source facts, then add an opening, linking word, or ending to build a complete paragraph.
Use a classroom recycling guide as the source, then have students write a short explanation for families about sorting waste.
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Related Standards
- ELA.1.C.1.4
Write expository texts about a topic, using a source, providing facts and a sense of closure.
- ELA.5.C.1.4
Write expository texts about a topic using multiple sources and including an organizational structure, relevant elaboration, and varied transitions.
- ELA.4.C.1.4
Write expository texts about a topic, using multiple sources, elaboration, and an organizational structure with transitions.
- ELA.3.C.1.4
Write expository texts about a topic, using one or more sources, providing an introduction, facts and details, some elaboration, transitions, and a conclusion.
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