NY Next Generation ELA 3R5
The Standard
In literary texts, identify parts of stories, dramas, and poems using terms such as chapter, scene, and stanza. In informational texts, identify and use text features to build comprehension.
New York State Next Generation English Language Arts Learning Standards
Teacher's field guide
What This Standard Means
What Students Need to Do
- In literature, students identify chapters, scenes, and stanzas and explain where they appear. In informational text, they use features such as headings, captions, diagrams, and indexes to build understanding.
What Mastery Looks Like
- The student names a literary part correctly and describes its role in organizing the text. The student selects and uses an informational feature to answer a question.
Common Misconceptions
- Students may call every division a chapter or paragraph. They may identify a feature by name without using its information.
How to Assess It
- Show a literary excerpt and an informational page. Ask students to label one structural part and use one text feature to answer a content question.
Lesson moves
Ways to Teach It
Label chapter, scene, stanza, heading, caption, and diagram examples with movable cards.
Ask students how a scene differs from a chapter or stanza.
Play Structure and Feature Hunt in paired literary and informational texts.
Use a contents page, heading, or diagram to locate information needed for a class project.
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