Georgia 6.P.AC.3.c

ELA6th 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 identify how written, visual, audio, and digital texts arrange ideas differently. They use genre and purpose to decide what comes first, what gets grouped, and what details receive emphasis.
What Mastery Looks Like: Students can compare how the same information is arranged in a story, article, poster, or video script. They can choose and explain an effective order, such as chronological, cause and effect, or most important first.
Common Misconceptions: Students may confuse genre with topic, such as calling any text about sports a news article. They may assume every text follows beginning, middle, and end. They may also focus on visual style without explaining how the arrangement supports the purpose.
How to Assess It: Exit ticket: Arrange four facts about a school event as a news brief, then sketch how you would rearrange them for a poster. Explain one choice for each format.

Lesson moves

Give groups fact cards about an event, then have them physically arrange the cards for a news article and a public announcement.
Ask students to explain how they would present cafeteria changes differently in an email, poster, podcast, and personal narrative.
Play a matching game where students pair sample text layouts with genres and defend each match using arrangement clues.
Compare a weather alert, forecast video, and news report to see which information appears first and why.

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