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Georgia standard · English Language Arts

4.T.T.4Poetic Techniques Overview

Explain, analyze, and use poetic techniques to shape understandings.

Appears in: English Language Arts, Grade 4

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Expectations

  • 4.T.T.4.a

    Discuss and explain techniques used to present and design different types of poetry, including free verse, rhymed verse, haiku, and limerick. (I)

  • 4.T.T.4.b

    Apply poetic techniques to produce poetry and engage audiences that use a predetermined rhyme scheme to achieve an intended effect. (C)

Georgia Milestones coverage

  • English Language Arts Grade 4 (EOG) · Texts — Constructing Texts

    Techniques Students explain, analyze, and use various techniques to comprehend and shape meaning.

    about 13% of the test · 8 points These points are shared with other standards, so count them once and never add them up per standard.

  • English Language Arts Grade 4 (EOG) · Texts — Interpreting Texts

    Techniques Students explain, analyze, and use various techniques to comprehend and shape meaning.

    about 27% of the test · 16 points These points are shared with other standards, so count them 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 rhyme scheme or type(s) of poem(s).
Developing
Identify a technique used to present and design a type of poetry, including free verse, rhymed verse, haiku, or limerick. Apply a poetic technique to produce poetry that uses a predetermined rhyme scheme.
Proficient
Explain how a technique(s) is used to present and/or design a type of poetry, which can include free verse, rhymed verse, haiku, and/or limerick. Apply poetic technique(s) to produce poetry and engage audiences that use a predetermined rhyme scheme to achieve an intended effect.
Distinguished
Explain how a technique(s) is used to present and/or design a type of poetry, which can include free verse, rhymed verse, haiku, and/or limerick and support that explanation with textual evidence.

The same standard across grades

  1. Kindergarten · K.T.T.4

    Poetic Techniques Identify and use poetic techniques to shape understanding.

  2. Grade 1 · 1.T.T.4

    Poetic Techniques Identify and use poetic techniques to shape understanding.

  3. Grade 2 · 2.T.T.4

    Poetic Techniques Identify and use poetic techniques to shape understanding.

  4. Grade 3 · 3.T.T.4

    Poetic Techniques Explain, analyze, and use poetic techniques to shape understandings.

  5. Grade 4 · 4.T.T.4 (this standard)

    Poetic Techniques Explain, analyze, and use poetic techniques to shape understandings.

  6. Grade 5 · 5.T.T.4

    Poetic Techniques Explain, analyze, and use poetic techniques to shape understandings.

  7. Grade 6 · 6.T.T.4

    Poetic Techniques Analyze and apply poetic techniques.

  8. Grade 7 · 7.T.T.4

    Poetic Techniques Analyze and apply poetic techniques.

  9. Grade 8 · 8.T.T.4

    Poetic Techniques Analyze and apply poetic techniques.

  10. Grade 9 · 9.T.T.4

    Poetic Techniques Evaluate and apply poetic techniques to enhance text’s appeal to audiences or achieve specific purposes.

  11. Grade 10 · 10.T.T.4

    Poetic Techniques Evaluate and apply poetic techniques to enhance text’s appeal to audiences or achieve specific purposes.

  12. Grade 11 · 11.T.T.4

    Poetic Techniques Evaluate and apply poetic techniques to enhance text’s appeal to audiences or achieve specific purposes.

  13. Grade 12 · 12.T.T.4

    Poetic Techniques Evaluate and apply poetic techniques to enhance text’s appeal to audiences or achieve specific purposes.

Source: Georgia Standards of Excellence, published by the Georgia Department of Education at case.georgiastandards.org.