Georgia 1.T.T.2

1.T.T.2 is a Georgia English Language Arts standard. These are the expectations under it.

• 1.T.T.2.a

  Identify techniques used to craft expository texts, including main topic and supporting details. (I)

• 1.T.T.2.b

  Describe the connection between two individuals, events, ideas, or pieces of information in a text. (I)

• 1.T.T.2.d

  Use knowledge of expository techniques to introduce a topic, supply facts about the topic, and provide a sense of closure. (C)

01

What Students Need to Do

Students notice how nonfiction texts use facts, headings, labels, pictures, and ordered steps to teach a topic. They use these features when speaking, drawing, or writing to explain information.

02

What Mastery Looks Like

Given a short nonfiction page, a student can point to a feature and explain how it helps the reader learn. The student can create an informational page with accurate facts, a clear heading, and a labeled picture.

03

Common Misconceptions

Students may treat every picture as decoration instead of using it to learn information. They may confuse an opinion with a fact or add headings and labels that do not match the topic.

04

How to Assess It

Give students a page about frogs with a heading, two facts, and a labeled diagram. Ask them to circle one helpful feature, explain what it teaches, then create a labeled frog fact box.

1. 01

   Give pairs a nonfiction page, sticky notes, and crayons, then have them mark the heading, facts, labels, and picture evidence.

2. 02

   Ask, “Which feature helped you learn most, and why?” then have students write one sentence using evidence from the page.

3. 03

   Play Feature Match by pairing cards showing headings, labels, diagrams, and facts with cards explaining each feature’s job.

4. 04

   Examine a cereal box or class menu, then identify how labels and organized information help people use it.

• 2.T.T.2

  The 2nd Grade version of this standard.

• 3.T.T.2

  Expository Techniques Explain, analyze, and use expository techniques to shape understandings.

• 4.T.T.2

  Expository Techniques Explain, analyze, and use expository techniques to shape understandings.

• K.T.T.2

  The Kindergarten version of this standard.