Kentucky Reading and Writing C.7.2.b
The Standard
- C.7.2
- Compose informative and/or explanatory texts to examine a topic and convey ideas, concepts and information through the selection, organization and analysis of relevant content.
Introduce a topic clearly; organize ideas, concepts and information, using strategies such as definition, classification, comparison/contrast and cause/effect; include formatting, graphics and multimedia when useful to aiding comprehension.
Kentucky Academic Standards for Reading and Writing (2025) · Text Types and Purpose
Teacher's field guide
What This Standard Means
What Students Need to Do
- Students begin an explanatory piece by naming the topic and giving readers a clear focus. They group related facts using a plan, such as causes and effects or similarities and differences. They use headings, charts, or images when those help explain the information.
What Mastery Looks Like
- A student can write an opening that tells readers what the piece will explain. They can order facts in clear sections and add a labeled chart when it makes a comparison easier to understand.
Common Misconceptions
- Students may start with a broad hook but never name the topic. They may mix causes with effects or add a picture that looks nice but explains nothing.
How to Assess It
- Write these facts on the board: lunch lasts 20 minutes, students rush, unopened milk gets tossed, and the cafeteria loses money. Have students write a two-sentence introduction and arrange the facts under cause and effect headings.
Lesson moves
Ways to Teach It
Give pairs cards marked 'few trees,' 'hot pavement,' and 'warmer streets'; have them sort causes and effects, then write an opening.
Post Monday's and Tuesday's school lunch menus. Ask students to write an opening, then list similarities and differences under separate headings.
Teams race to sort six sentence strips about playground flooding into causes and effects, then draft an opening that fits their order.
Give students two school club flyers; have them write a guide for new students with an opening, headings, and a comparison chart.
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