Georgia 4.T.T.2

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

• 4.T.T.2.a

  Discuss and evaluate techniques used to present and design expository texts, including facts and key details used to support the main idea. (I)

• 4.T.T.2.b

  Explain events, procedures, ideas, or concepts in a historical, scientific, or technical text, including what happened and why, based on specific information in...

• 4.T.T.2.c

  Integrate and classify information from multiple texts on the same topic in relationship to important points and key details. (I)

• 4.T.T.2.d

  Apply expository techniques that clearly introduce a topic, group paragraphs or sections to develop the topic with facts and other information (e.g., definition...

01

What Students Need to Do

Students examine how nonfiction writers help readers understand a topic. They use facts, definitions, examples, comparisons, sequence, and cause and effect in their own explanations.

02

What Mastery Looks Like

Students identify how an author uses definitions, examples, facts, comparisons, and cause-and-effect details. They choose and organize these techniques to make their own explanations clear.

03

Common Misconceptions

Students may list facts without organizing them around a clear main idea. They may confuse explanations with opinions or copy source sentences instead of using their own words.

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How to Assess It

Give students three facts about animal camouflage. Ask them to write one clear paragraph using a definition, an example, and a linking phrase.

1. 01

   Give groups fact cards about erosion, then have them sort the cards into definitions, examples, causes, effects, and comparisons.

2. 02

   Ask students which technique best explains why seasons change, then require one detail from a source to support their choice.

3. 03

   Play Technique Match by pairing short nonfiction passages with cards labeled definition, example, comparison, cause and effect, or sequence.

4. 04

   Students create a one-page guide explaining how to care for a class plant, using steps, facts, examples, and labeled diagrams.

• 1.T.T.2

  Expository Techniques Identify and use expository techniques to shape understanding.

• 3.T.T.2

  The 3rd Grade version of this standard.

• 5.T.T.2

  The 5th Grade version of this standard.

• K.T.T.2

  Expository Techniques Identify and use expository techniques to shape understanding.