--- title: "3.T.T.2: Expository Techniques Overview (Georgia English Language Arts standard)" code: 3.T.T.2 cite_as: Georgia Standards of Excellence, English Language Arts, 3.T.T.2 subject: ela grades: - grade-3 language: en canonical_url: https://georgiahomeroom.org/standards/code/3.T.T.2 md_url: https://georgiahomeroom.org/standards/code/3.T.T.2.md alternate_language_url: https://georgiahomeroom.org/es/standards/code/3.T.T.2.md source_url: https://case.georgiastandards.org/ims/case/v1p0/CFDocuments/391c3abe-c1ec-4a4a-a942-c9e152b35102 source_last_changed: 2025-11-14 data_built: 2026-09-18 publisher: Georgia Homeroom, a free public-interest project of Georgia Civic Data. Not affiliated with or endorsed by the Georgia Department of Education or any school district. up: https://georgiahomeroom.org/standards/ela/grade-3.md index: https://georgiahomeroom.org/standards/index.md --- # 3.T.T.2: Expository Techniques Overview Explain, analyze, and use expository techniques to shape understandings. - Subject: English Language Arts - Appears in: Grade 3, https://georgiahomeroom.org/standards/ela/grade-3.md ## Expectations - **3.T.T.2.a**: Describe the techniques used to present and design expository texts, including facts and key details used to support the main idea. (I) - **3.T.T.2.b**: Describe the relationship between a series of historical events, scientific ideas or concepts, or steps in technical procedures in a text. (I) - **3.T.T.2.c**: Integrate and explain information from two texts on the same topic in relationship to important points and key details. (I) - **3.T.T.2.d**: Apply expository techniques to introduce a topic, develop the topic with facts and other information (e.g., definitions, details, illustrations), and provide a concluding statement or section. (C) ## Georgia Milestones coverage - English Language Arts Grade 3 (EOG). Texts — Constructing Texts. Techniques Students explain, analyze, and use various techniques to comprehend and shape meaning. (about 13% of the test; 8 points; shared with other standards, so count these points once and never add them up per standard) - English Language Arts Grade 3 (EOG). Texts — Interpreting Texts. Techniques Students explain, analyze, and use various techniques to comprehend and shape meaning. (about 27% of the test; 16 points; shared with other standards, so count these points once and never add them up per standard) ## What mastery looks like Georgia's Achievement Level Descriptors. The levels are cumulative: each includes the ones before it. Proficient is on grade level. - **Beginning**: Identify the main idea in an expository text. Identify step(s) in a technical procedure in a text. Apply an expository technique to introduce a topic. Apply an expository technique to conclude the text. - **Developing**: Determine a main idea or key detail(s) in an expository text that is presented using a specific technique. Determine specific fact(s) or key detail(s) within an expository text that support the main idea. Describe the relationship between a historical event, scientific idea, or concept and another event, idea or concept in the text. Demonstrate the relationship between a series of historical events, scientific ideas, or steps in a technical procedure. Determine an important point shared by two texts. When an important point is provided, support that important point with details/information from two texts on the same topic. Apply an expository technique to develop a provided topic with facts or other information. - **Proficient**: Describe the technique(s) used to present and design expository text(s). Determine the main idea of an expository text and support it with fact(s) and/or key detail(s). Describe the relationship between a series of historical events, scientific ideas or concepts, or steps in technical procedures in a text. Integrate and/or explain information from two texts on the same topic in relationship to important points and key details. Apply expository techniques to introduce a provided topic, develop the topic with fact(s) or other information, and/or provide a concluding statement or section. - **Distinguished**: Identify and describe the techniques used to present and design expository texts and support the description with textual information. Describe the relationship between a series of historical events, scientific ideas or concepts, or steps in technical procedures in a text, and support that description with information. Integrate and/or explain information from three texts on the same topic in relationship to important points and key details. ## The same standard across grades - Kindergarten, K.T.T.2: **Expository Techniques** Identify and use expository techniques to shape understanding. https://georgiahomeroom.org/standards/code/K.T.T.2.md - Grade 1, 1.T.T.2: **Expository Techniques** Identify and use expository techniques to shape understanding. https://georgiahomeroom.org/standards/code/1.T.T.2.md - Grade 2, 2.T.T.2: **Expository Techniques** Identify and use expository techniques to shape understanding. https://georgiahomeroom.org/standards/code/2.T.T.2.md - **Grade 3, 3.T.T.2 (this standard)**: **Expository Techniques** Explain, analyze, and use expository techniques to shape understandings. - Grade 4, 4.T.T.2: **Expository Techniques** Explain, analyze, and use expository techniques to shape understandings. https://georgiahomeroom.org/standards/code/4.T.T.2.md - Grade 5, 5.T.T.2: **Expository Techniques** Explain, analyze, and use expository techniques to shape understandings. https://georgiahomeroom.org/standards/code/5.T.T.2.md - Grade 6, 6.T.T.2: **Expository Techniques** Analyze and apply expository techniques. https://georgiahomeroom.org/standards/code/6.T.T.2.md - Grade 7, 7.T.T.2: **Expository Techniques** Analyze and apply expository techniques. https://georgiahomeroom.org/standards/code/7.T.T.2.md - Grade 8, 8.T.T.2: **Expository Techniques** Analyze and apply expository techniques. https://georgiahomeroom.org/standards/code/8.T.T.2.md - Grade 9, 9.T.T.2: **Expository Techniques** Evaluate and apply expository techniques to enhance text’s appeal to audiences or achieve specific purposes. https://georgiahomeroom.org/standards/code/9.T.T.2.md - Grade 10, 10.T.T.2: **Expository Techniques** Evaluate and apply expository techniques to enhance text’s appeal to audiences or achieve specific purposes. https://georgiahomeroom.org/standards/code/10.T.T.2.md - Grade 11, 11.T.T.2: **Expository Techniques** Evaluate and apply expository techniques to enhance text’s appeal to audiences or achieve specific purposes. https://georgiahomeroom.org/standards/code/11.T.T.2.md - Grade 12, 12.T.T.2: **Expository Techniques** Evaluate and apply expository techniques to enhance text’s appeal to audiences or achieve specific purposes. https://georgiahomeroom.org/standards/code/12.T.T.2.md Source: Georgia Standards of Excellence, published by the Georgia Department of Education at case.georgiastandards.org.