Georgia 10.P.AC.3.b
The Standard
Apply knowledge of how mode and genre impact what kinds of ideas and information are included in texts. (I/C)
Georgia's K-12 English Language Arts Standards · Practices (P) · Author’s Craft
Teacher's field guide
What This Standard Means
What Students Need to Do
- Students explain how written, visual, audio, and mixed formats shape the information a text includes. They select and adapt ideas to fit a genre, purpose, and audience.
What Mastery Looks Like
- Students can plan different texts on the same topic and select information suited to each mode and genre. They can explain why a detail belongs, needs adapting, or should be omitted.
Common Misconceptions
- Students may confuse mode, such as audio or visual, with genre, such as documentary or editorial. They may use the same facts and level of detail in every format, ignoring audience and purpose.
How to Assess It
- Exit ticket: Plan a podcast and an infographic about school phone rules. List three details for each, then explain one reason the content differs.
Lesson moves
Ways to Teach It
Give groups fact cards and mats labeled news article, podcast, and infographic, then have them sort which facts fit each format.
Ask students to explain how covering a school protest would differ in a news report, personal essay, and photo essay.
Play Genre Switch: students draw a topic and genre card, then name three details their assigned text should include.
Compare a news website's article and video on the same event, then list information each version adds, shortens, or leaves out.
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