Georgia 3.P.AC.3.c

ELA3rd GradeText Design

The Standard

Apply knowledge of how mode and genre impact how ideas and information are structured and arranged in texts. (I/C)

Georgia's K-12 English Language Arts Standards · Practices (P) · Author’s Craft

Teacher's field guide

What Students Need to Do: Students examine how stories, reports, posters, audio, and video arrange ideas differently. They choose an order, layout, and text features that suit what they are making and who will use it.
What Mastery Looks Like: Given a story, poster, article, or video, students can explain why the creator arranged ideas in a certain order. They can plan their own text with features and organization that fit the chosen format and type.
Common Misconceptions: Students may think every text should begin with a title and follow the same order. They may confuse mode, such as print or video, with genre, such as a story or report. They may add pictures or sound without changing how information is arranged.
How to Assess It: Exit ticket: Ask students to organize three facts about frogs for a poster and then for an audio announcement. Have them explain one difference in the order or placement of information.

Lesson moves

Give groups a story page, poster, and video storyboard to cut apart, reorder, and explain why each arrangement fits its format.
Ask students: How would you arrange facts about bees differently in a report, a poster, and a short video?
Play Genre Switch: students draw a topic and genre card, then sketch where the title, details, images, and ending belong.
Have students redesign a school lunch announcement as a flyer and an audio script, then compare the order of information.

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