NY Next Generation ELA 1W4
The Standard
Create a response to a text, author, theme or personal experience (e.g., poem, dramatization, art work, or other).
New York State Next Generation English Language Arts Learning Standards
Teacher's field guide
What This Standard Means
What Students Need to Do
- Students create a poem, dramatization, artwork, or other response to a text, author, theme, or experience. The response shows a specific connection.
What Mastery Looks Like
- The student chooses a fitting form and includes recognizable source or experience details. The student explains the connection.
Common Misconceptions
- Students may create something merely on the same topic. They may copy the source without responding to it.
How to Assess It
- After a read-aloud, ask students to create a poem, scene, or artwork and explain two connections to the text.
Lesson moves
Ways to Teach It
Choose response-format cards and plan source details.
Ask students why the selected form fits.
Play Source Detail Match.
Create art responding to a class experience.
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Related Standards
- 2W4
Create a response to a text, author, theme or personal experience (e.g., poem, play, story, art work, or other).
- KW4
Create a response to a text, author, or personal experience (e.g., dramatization, art work, or poem).
- 6W4
Create a poem, story, play, art work, or other response to a text, author, theme, or personal experience.
- 3W4
Create a response to a text, author, theme or personal experience (e.g., poem, play, story, art work, or other).
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