3.11.B.i
The Standard
organizing with purposeful structure, including an introduction and a conclusion
Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills for English Language Arts and Reading · The student uses the writing process recursively to compose multiple texts that are legible and uses appropriate conventions.
Teacher's field guide
What This Standard Means
What Students Need to Do
- Students organize a draft so readers can follow the ideas from beginning to end. They write an introduction that sets up the piece and a conclusion that brings it to a clear close.
What Mastery Looks Like
- The student opens with a sentence that introduces the main topic or situation. Ideas follow a clear order, and the final sentence closes the piece without adding an unrelated idea.
Common Misconceptions
- Students may treat the title as the introduction or copy the writing prompt as their first sentence. They may place details in random order. Conclusions often add a new idea, repeat the introduction word for word, or simply say “The End.”
How to Assess It
- Give students six mixed-up sentences about a class pet. Have them arrange the sentences, then label the introduction, supporting details, and conclusion.
Lesson moves
Ways to Teach It
Give pairs sentence strips from a short paragraph to arrange into an introduction, ordered details, and a conclusion.
Ask students to explain which opening best introduces a paragraph about a favorite place, then write their own opening.
Play Conclusion Match by having students pair short paragraphs with the closing sentence that best fits each one.
Study a school announcement, then identify how its opening sets the purpose and its closing tells readers what to remember.
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organizing with purposeful structure, including an introduction, transitions, and a conclusion; and
- 8.10.B.i
organizing with purposeful structure, including an introduction, transitions, coherence within and across paragraphs, and a conclusion; and
- 5.11.B.i
organizing with purposeful structure, including an introduction, transitions, and a conclusion; and
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