Georgia K.T.SS.2.a

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The Standard

Identify interesting and/or descriptive words that express feelings or appeal to the senses in texts. (I)

Georgia's K-12 English Language Arts Standards · Texts (T) · Structure & Style

Teacher's field guide

What Students Need to Do: Students notice words in a text that help them picture, hear, smell, taste, or feel something. They also identify words that show a character’s feelings.
What Mastery Looks Like: Given a short passage, a student can point to a feeling word and a word linked to a sense. The student can name the sense or feeling and explain what the word helps the reader imagine.
Common Misconceptions: Students may choose any unfamiliar word, even when it does not add feeling or sensory detail. They may name the object instead of the word that describes it, such as puppy instead of fuzzy. They may confuse their own reaction with the feeling stated or shown in the text.
How to Assess It: Read, “Mia hugged the warm, fuzzy puppy and felt joyful.” Ask, “Which words describe the puppy? Which word names Mia’s feeling?”

Lesson moves

Place a cotton ball, lemon peel, and bell in a mystery bag; students touch, smell, or hear each item and choose describing words.
After reading one page of The Snowy Day, ask, “Which word helps you imagine the snow, and what sense does it use?”
Play a card sort with cheerful, scratchy, booming, sweet, and bright, placing each word under a feeling or sense label.
Take a playground walk; students name one word for how something looks, sounds, or feels, then share a feeling word.

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