Georgia standard · English Language Arts

`3.T.SS.2`Craft and Language Use

Use language to interpret meaning and craft engaging texts.

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Expectations

3.T.SS.2.a
Identify and describe the use of figurative language, such as similes, metaphors, and idioms in a wide variety of texts. (I)
3.T.SS.2.b
Use figurative language, such as similes, metaphors, and idioms, to show relationships between ideas and information. (C)
3.T.SS.2.c
This progression begins in 6th grade.

English Language Arts Grade 3 (EOG) · Texts — Constructing Texts
Structure & Style Students build and apply knowledge about language and organizational structures and elements used to convey and arrange ideas and information in texts.
about 10% of the test · 6 points These points are shared with other standards, so count them once and never add them up per standard.
English Language Arts Grade 3 (EOG) · Texts — Interpreting Texts
Structure & Style Students build and apply knowledge about language and organizational structures and elements used to convey and arrange ideas and information in texts.
about 10% of the test · 6 points These points are shared with other standards, so count them once and never add them up per standard.

Georgia's Achievement Level Descriptors. The levels are cumulative: each includes the ones before it. Proficient is on grade level.

Beginning: Identify figurative language, in a text.
Developing: Describe how figurative language creates meaning in a text. Use figurative language within a sentence to show a relationship between ideas and information.
Proficient: Identify and describe one use of figurative language, such as similes, metaphors, and idioms in a text. Use figurative language in a section of text, such as similes, metaphors, and idioms, to show relationships between ideas and information.
Distinguished: Identify and describe the use of more than one use of figurative language in a text. Use figurative language throughout a text to show relationships between ideas and information.

Kindergarten · K.T.SS.2
Craft Identify and use descriptive and engaging language.
Grade 1 · 1.T.SS.2
Craft Identify and use descriptive and engaging language.
Grade 2 · 2.T.SS.2
Craft Identify and use descriptive and engaging language.
Grade 3 · 3.T.SS.2 (this standard)
Craft Use language to interpret meaning and craft engaging texts.
Grade 4 · 4.T.SS.2
Craft Use language to interpret meaning and craft engaging texts.
Grade 5 · 5.T.SS.2
Craft Use language to interpret meaning and craft engaging texts.
Grade 6 · 6.T.SS.2
Craft Interpret and use language to craft engaging texts.
Grade 7 · 7.T.SS.2
Craft Interpret and use language to craft engaging texts.
Grade 8 · 8.T.SS.2
Craft Interpret and use language to craft engaging texts.
Grade 9 · 9.T.SS.2
Craft Analyze, evaluate, and craft language to produce intended effects in a wide variety of texts.
Grade 10 · 10.T.SS.2
Craft Analyze, evaluate, and craft language to produce intended effects in a wide variety of texts.
Grade 11 · 11.T.SS.2
Craft Analyze, evaluate, and craft language to produce intended effects in a wide variety of texts.
Grade 12 · 12.T.SS.2
Craft Analyze, evaluate, and craft language to produce intended effects in a wide variety of texts.