7.10.A
The Standard
plan a first draft by selecting a genre appropriate for a particular topic, purpose, and audience using a range of strategies such as discussion, background reading, and personal interests
Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills for English Language Arts and Reading · Composition: listening, speaking, reading, writing, and thinking using multiple texts
Teacher's field guide
What This Standard Means
What Students Need to Do
- Students choose a genre that fits their topic, reason for writing, and intended readers. They gather and organize ideas through discussion, brief reading, and personal experience before drafting.
What Mastery Looks Like
- Students can explain why a chosen genre fits the topic, audience, and intended result. Their plan includes focused ideas, useful information, and a clear order for drafting.
Common Misconceptions
- Students may choose a favorite genre without considering who will read it or what response they want. They may confuse the topic with the audience or begin drafting before gathering facts and ideas.
How to Assess It
- Exit ticket: Your topic is cafeteria food, your purpose is to request one change, and your audience is the principal. Name a fitting genre, explain your choice, and list three details to gather or include.
Lesson moves
Ways to Teach It
Give pairs genre cards and audience and purpose scenarios; students match each scenario to a genre, then jot three planned details.
Ask students to write: Which genre best fits a message about later school start times to families, and why?
Play Genre Match: teams draw topic, purpose, and audience cards, choose a genre, and defend the match in 30 seconds.
Students choose a real school issue and plan an email, announcement, or article for a specific campus audience.
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