5.T.T.2Expository Techniques Overview

Expectations

• 5.T.T.2.a

  Discuss and evaluate techniques used to present and design expository texts, including multiple main ideas, facts, and key details used to support the main idea. (I)

• 5.T.T.2.b

  Explain the relationships or interactions between two or more individuals, events, ideas, or concepts in a historical, scientific, or technical text based on specific information in the text. (I)

• 5.T.T.2.c

  Compare and contrast first and secondhand accounts of the same event or topic using primary and/or secondary sources. (I)

• 5.T.T.2.d

  Apply expository techniques that clearly introduce a topic, group paragraphs or sections to develop the topic with facts and other information (e.g., definitions, concrete details, quotations), use precise language, and provide a concluding statement or section. (C)

Georgia Milestones coverage

• English Language Arts Grade 5 (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 5 (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 main ideas in an expository text. Identify an expository technique the author uses in a text. Explain an individual, event, idea, or concept in a historical, scientific, or technical text. Explain why a text is a first or secondhand account of an event or topic or explain why a source is a primary or secondary source. Apply expository techniques to introduce a topic. Apply expository techniques to provide a concluding statement or section.

Developing

Describe the techniques used to present and design expository texts, including multiple main ideas and facts and key details used to support the main idea. Determine a main idea(s) or key detail(s) in an expository text that is presented using a specific technique. Determine specific fact(s) and/or key detail(s) within an expository text that support the main idea(s). Determine a main idea of an expository text and support that main idea with a fact or key detail. Explain the relationships or interactions between two an individual(s), event(s), idea(s), and/or concept(s) in a historical, scientific, or technical text based on specific information in the text. Demonstrate relationship(s) between individuals, events, ideas, or concepts in a text. Compare a firsthand and secondhand account of the same event or topic using primary and/or secondary sources. Contrast a firsthand and secondhand account of the same event or topic. Explain how a text would be different if written as a firsthand or secondhand account. Integrate and/or explain information from first and secondhand accounts of the same event or topic using primary and/or secondary sources. Identify detail/evidence from one text that supports an idea from another text or identify details/evidence from texts that support an idea. Apply expository technique(s) to develop the topic in a section of text with fact(s) and other information. Apply expository techniques to group paragraphs or sections to develop a topic. Use precise language.

Proficient

Evaluate techniques used to present and design expository texts. Determine the main ideas of an expository text and support the main ideas with fact(s) and/or key detail(s). Explain the relationships or interactions between two or more individuals, events, ideas, or concepts in a historical, scientific, or technical text based on specific information in the text. Compare and contrast first and secondhand accounts of the same event or topic using primary and/or secondary sources. Apply expository techniques across multiple paragraphs that clearly introduce a topic, develop the topic with facts and/or other information, use precise language, and/or provide a concluding statement or section. Apply expository techniques by using precise language to develop the topic.

Distinguished

Identify and evaluate the techniques used to present and design expository texts and support the evaluation with textual evidence. Apply expository techniques throughout a text to enhance writing.

The same standard across grades

1. Kindergarten · K.T.T.2

   Expository Techniques Identify and use expository techniques to shape understanding.

2. Grade 1 · 1.T.T.2

   Expository Techniques Identify and use expository techniques to shape understanding.

3. Grade 2 · 2.T.T.2

   Expository Techniques Identify and use expository techniques to shape understanding.

4. Grade 3 · 3.T.T.2

   Expository Techniques Explain, analyze, and use expository techniques to shape understandings.

5. Grade 4 · 4.T.T.2

   Expository Techniques Explain, analyze, and use expository techniques to shape understandings.

6. Grade 5 · 5.T.T.2 (this standard)

   Expository Techniques Explain, analyze, and use expository techniques to shape understandings.

7. Grade 6 · 6.T.T.2

   Expository Techniques Analyze and apply expository techniques.

8. Grade 7 · 7.T.T.2

   Expository Techniques Analyze and apply expository techniques.

9. Grade 8 · 8.T.T.2

   Expository Techniques Analyze and apply expository techniques.

10. Grade 9 · 9.T.T.2

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

11. Grade 10 · 10.T.T.2

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

12. Grade 11 · 11.T.T.2

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

13. Grade 12 · 12.T.T.2

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