1.11.B.i
The Standard
organizing with structure
Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills for English Language Arts and Reading · develop drafts in oral, pictorial, or written form by:
Teacher's field guide
What This Standard Means
What Students Need to Do
- Students plan ideas in a clear order before or while drafting. They can organize a story, explanation, or set of directions through speaking, drawing, or writing.
What Mastery Looks Like
- Students arrange drawings, spoken ideas, or sentences in an order a reader can follow. They use a clear beginning, middle, and end, or a topic followed by related details.
Common Misconceptions
- Students may list ideas without putting them in a clear order. They may leave out a beginning or ending, or place an important event after the conclusion.
How to Assess It
- Ask students to show how to wash their hands in three boxes. They draw and label what happens first, next, and last.
Lesson moves
Ways to Teach It
Give pairs mixed-up picture cards from a familiar story, then have them sequence and label the beginning, middle, and end.
Ask, "What happened before school today?" Students tell a partner three events, then draw or write them in order.
Play a sequencing relay where teams arrange sentence strips into a logical story and explain why each sentence belongs there.
Create a three-step classroom guide for sharpening a pencil, including a picture and sentence for each step.
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Related Standards
- 3.11.B.i
organizing with purposeful structure, including an introduction and a conclusion; and
- 4.11.B.i
organizing with purposeful structure, including an introduction, transitions, and a conclusion; and
- 2.11.B.i
The 2nd Grade version of this standard.
- 5.11.B.i
organizing with purposeful structure, including an introduction, transitions, and a conclusion; and
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