Georgia 1.P.EICC.2
Georgia Standard (Expectation Cluster)
Engagement & Intention Engage in written or spoken dialogue as author and audience for a variety of tasks and purposes, making intentional connections within, between, and beyond texts.
Georgia's K-12 English Language Arts Standards · Practices (P)
Cluster contents
Expectations in This Standard
1.P.EICC.2 is a Georgia English Language Arts standard. These are the expectations under it.
- 1.P.EICC.2.a
Share real or imagined experiences by interpreting and constructing texts that tell or include stories. (I/C)
- 1.P.EICC.2.b
Make use of texts to build knowledge, develop skills, make informed decisions, and share information and ideas. (I/C)
- 1.P.EICC.2.c
Explain and learn concepts and processes by interpreting and constructing texts. (I/C)
- 1.P.EICC.2.d
Interpret and construct texts to aid the analysis and evaluation of texts and ideas. (I/C)
- 1.P.EICC.2.e
Consume and produce texts in order to solve problems or influence decisions. (I/C)
Teacher's field guide
What This Cluster Means
What Students Need to Do
- Students share ideas about texts through speaking, listening, drawing, and writing. They choose details that fit their purpose and connect ideas within one text, across texts, or to life.
What Mastery Looks Like
- Students take turns speaking and listening, ask relevant questions, and respond to another person’s idea. They connect details across pages, to another text, or to an experience or event.
Common Misconceptions
- Students may retell the story instead of making a connection. They may give an unrelated personal story, interrupt a speaker, or respond without using text details.
How to Assess It
- After a read-aloud, ask, “What does this story remind you of, and which story detail made you think of it?” Listen for a clear connection and relevant detail.
Lesson moves
Ways to Teach It
Give pairs picture cards from a familiar book to sort into connections within the story, to another book, or to their lives.
Ask, “How are these two characters alike or different?” Students discuss with a partner, then write or draw one connection.
Play Connection Toss with a soft ball, where each catcher names a text detail and makes a related connection before tossing.
Read a school lunch menu and a food story, then have students explain how the texts connect to choices they make at lunch.
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