Georgia 4.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 examine how a text's form shapes the details an author includes. They choose information, images, or language that fit a story, article, poster, speech, or video.
What Mastery Looks Like
- Students can explain why a story, article, poster, or video includes certain details and leaves out others. They can select ideas, facts, images, or dialogue that fit a chosen form and purpose.
Common Misconceptions
- Students may think every text should include the same details, regardless of its form or purpose. They may confuse genre with topic or treat pictures, audio, and layout as decoration rather than information.
How to Assess It
- Give students one topic, such as saving water, and ask what details they would include in a news article versus a poster. Require one reason for each choice.
Lesson moves
Ways to Teach It
Give groups detail cards about a school garden, then have them sort the cards for a story, report, poster, or video.
Ask students to explain which details about a storm belong in a news report and which belong in a personal narrative.
Play Genre Match by having teams pair topic cards with fitting facts, images, dialogue, or directions and defend each match.
Compare a restaurant menu, online review, and advertisement, then list what each includes to meet its purpose.
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