Georgia 3.P.EICC.1.c
The Standard
Select, read, and write texts of personal interest and academic relevance to grade-level texts and topics. (I/C)
Georgia's K-12 English Language Arts Standards · Practices (P) · Engagement & Intention for Comprehension & Composition
Teacher's field guide
What This Standard Means
What Students Need to Do
- Students make purposeful choices about what to read and write. They connect their interests to class topics, grade-level books, and questions they are studying.
What Mastery Looks Like
- Students choose texts for clear reasons, such as curiosity, prior knowledge, or a class question. Their writing connects their own ideas to information from the text.
Common Misconceptions
- Students may choose only by cover art, length, or familiarity. They may think academic texts cannot connect to their interests, or write something unrelated to the class topic.
How to Assess It
- Offer three short texts connected to your current unit. Students choose one, read it, then write four sentences explaining what they learned and why it fit them.
Lesson moves
Ways to Teach It
Set out themed book baskets, then have students select one text and complete a card naming their interest and purpose.
Ask students to write: Which class topic would you like to know more about, and what kind of text would help?
Play a relevance sort where pairs match book summaries and writing prompts to current science, social studies, or ELA topics.
Have students browse a library catalog, choose a book tied to a personal hobby and class topic, then write a request slip.
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