Georgia 4.T.T.2.a
The Standard
Discuss and evaluate techniques used to present and design expository texts, including facts and key details used to support the main idea. (I)
Georgia's K-12 English Language Arts Standards · Texts (T) · Techniques
Teacher's field guide
What This Standard Means
What Students Need to Do
- Students examine how informational texts organize and display ideas through headings, captions, diagrams, bold words, facts, and details. They judge which choices make the main idea clearer and better supported.
What Mastery Looks Like
- Students can state the main idea and point to facts or details that clearly support it. They can explain how a heading, caption, diagram, or bold term improves the text.
Common Misconceptions
- Students may treat an interesting fact as the main idea or choose details that do not support it. They may name headings, captions, or diagrams without explaining how those features help readers understand the information.
How to Assess It
- Give students a short article with a heading, caption, and diagram. Ask: “State the main idea, list two supporting facts, and explain which text feature helps most.”
Lesson moves
Ways to Teach It
Give groups a cut-up article and have them arrange the title, paragraphs, diagram, caption, and facts into a clear page.
Ask students to write which feature in a science article helps readers most, then support their choice with one example.
Play Detail Sort by having teams place fact cards under “supports the main idea” or “does not support the main idea.”
Examine a school lunch nutrition flyer and discuss how facts, labels, and images help families make choices.
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