K.9.B

ELAKindergarten

The Standard

discuss with adult assistance how the use of text structure contributes to the author's purpose

Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills for English Language Arts and Reading

Teacher's field guide

What Students Need to Do: Students notice how a text is organized, such as in order, as a list, or with repeated parts. With adult prompts, they explain how that organization helps the author teach, describe, persuade, or entertain.
What Mastery Looks Like: With a prompt, students identify an ordered sequence, list, description, or repeated pattern. They explain that the organization helps the author teach, describe, persuade, or entertain.
Common Misconceptions: Students may name the topic instead of explaining how the text is organized. They may also assume every author writes only to tell a story or that page order does not matter.
How to Assess It: Show three picture steps from a simple how-to text. Ask, "Why did the author put these pictures in order, and how does that help the reader?"

Lesson moves

Give pairs picture cards from a simple how-to text; students put them in order and explain why the author used that order.
Read a patterned story, then ask, "How does the repeated line help the author make the story fun or easy to follow?"
Play Structure Match: students match order, list, and repeated-pattern cards to short texts, then tell what each helps the author do.
Examine a classroom recipe and a toy advertisement; discuss why one uses ordered steps and the other highlights appealing details.

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