1.9.D.iii
The Standard
organizational patterns such as chronological order and description with adult assistance
Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills for English Language Arts and Reading · The student recognizes and analyzes genre-specific characteristics, structures, and purposes within and across increasingly complex traditional, contemporary, classical, and diverse texts.
Teacher's field guide
What This Standard Means
What Students Need to Do
- Students identify how an informational passage is organized with teacher support. They decide whether it tells events or steps in sequence or gives details about a person, place, animal, or thing.
What Mastery Looks Like
- Students can tell whether a short passage presents events in sequence or gives details about a topic. They point to time words, ordered steps, or descriptive details as evidence.
Common Misconceptions
- Students may think any list is in time order, even when the details can be moved around. They may also confuse describing an animal's features with telling what the animal does first, next, and last.
How to Assess It
- Give students one short paragraph about making toast and one about a turtle's features. Ask them to label each paragraph and underline the words or details that helped them decide.
Lesson moves
Ways to Teach It
Give pairs four picture cards showing a plant growing, then have them order the cards and explain which clues show the sequence.
Read two short passages and ask, "Does each author tell what happened in order or give details about one topic?"
Play a sorting game with passage cards labeled sequence or description, requiring students to name one clue before placing each card.
Compare a simple recipe with an animal fact card, then discuss why each text organizes information differently.
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Related Standards
- 5.9.D.iii
organizational patterns such as logical order and order of importance;
- K.8.D.iii
the steps in a sequence with adult assistance;
- 1.13.D
demonstrate understanding of information gathered with adult assistance; and
- 2.9.D.iii
organizational patterns such as chronological order and cause and effect stated explicitly;
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