TEKS ELAR 4.9

4.9 is a knowledge and skills statement. These are the student expectations under it.

• 4.9.A

  demonstrate knowledge of distinguishing characteristics of well-known children's literature such as folktales, fables, legends, myths, and tall tales

• 4.9.B

  explain figurative language such as simile, metaphor, and personification that the poet uses to create images

• 4.9.C

  explain structure in drama such as character tags, acts, scenes, and stage directions

• 4.9.D.i

  the central idea with supporting evidence

• 4.9.D.ii

  features such as pronunciation guides and diagrams to support understanding

• 4.9.D.iii

  organizational patterns such as compare and contrast

• 4.9.E.i

  identifying the claim

• 4.9.E.ii

  explaining how the author has used facts for an argument

• 4.9.E.iii

  identifying the intended audience or reader

• 4.9.F

  recognize characteristics of multimodal and digital texts.

• 4.9.Drecognize characteristics and structures of informational text, including:
• 4.9.Erecognize characteristics and structures of argumentative text by:

01

What Students Need to Do

Students identify different kinds of literary, informational, argumentative, dramatic, poetic, and digital texts by examining their features. They explain how structure, language, evidence, visuals, and organization help a text achieve its purpose. They also compare features across texts.

02

What Mastery Looks Like

Students correctly classify texts and point to features that support each choice. They explain how figurative language, drama parts, text features, evidence, and organization shape meaning. They can identify a claim, its factual support, and its intended audience.

03

Common Misconceptions

Students may confuse myths, legends, folktales, fables, and tall tales because all can include unusual events. They may label any comparison a simile or mistake a topic for a central idea. They may also treat opinions as facts and overlook stage directions, diagrams, or digital features.

04

How to Assess It

Give students four short excerpts: a fable, a poem, an informational paragraph with a diagram, and an argument. Ask them to name each genre and cite one feature that supports each answer.

1. 01

   Give groups excerpt cards and feature cards, then have them match each excerpt to its genre and defend each match with evidence.

2. 02

   Ask students to compare a fable and a tall tale, then write how each genre teaches or entertains the reader.

3. 03

   Play Genre Detective by revealing one clue at a time, such as stage directions, talking animals, diagrams, claims, or exaggerated feats.

4. 04

   Compare a product advertisement and its website, then identify the claim, facts, intended audience, images, links, and other digital features.

• 2.9

  The 2nd Grade version of this standard.

• 8.8

  The student recognizes and analyzes genre-specific characteristics, structures, and purposes within and across increasingly complex traditional, contemporary, c...

• 5.9

  The 5th Grade version of this standard.

• 6.8

  The student recognizes and analyzes genre-specific characteristics, structures, and purposes within and across increasingly complex traditional, contemporary, c...