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title: "K.T.T.1: Narrative Techniques Overview (Georgia English Language Arts standard)"
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# K.T.T.1: Narrative Techniques Overview

Identify and use narrative techniques to shape understanding.

- Subject: English Language Arts
- Appears in: Kindergarten, https://georgiahomeroom.org/standards/ela/kindergarten.md

## Expectations

- **K.T.T.1.a**: Identify techniques used to craft stories, including characters, setting, and major events. (I)
- **K.T.T.1.b**: This progression begins in 1st grade.
- **K.T.T.1.c**: With adult support, demonstrate an understanding of the central message, lesson, or moral of the story based on the words and actions of the main characters. (I)
- **K.T.T.1.d**: With adult support, compare and contrast characters and their experiences in stories across diverse cultures. (I)
- **K.T.T.1.e**: Use a combination of drawing, labeling, writing, and dictating* to create a text with narrative techniques (e.g., characters, setting, events) told in the order in which they occurred. (C)

## Georgia Milestones coverage

No Georgia Milestones blueprint cites this standard.

## The same standard across grades

- **Kindergarten, K.T.T.1 (this standard)**: **Narrative Techniques** Identify and use narrative techniques to shape understanding.
- Grade 1, 1.T.T.1: **Narrative Techniques** Identify and use narrative techniques to shape understanding. https://georgiahomeroom.org/standards/code/1.T.T.1.md
- Grade 2, 2.T.T.1: **Narrative Techniques** Identify and use narrative techniques to shape understanding. https://georgiahomeroom.org/standards/code/2.T.T.1.md
- Grade 3, 3.T.T.1: **Narrative Techniques** Explain, analyze, and use narrative techniques to shape understandings. https://georgiahomeroom.org/standards/code/3.T.T.1.md
- Grade 4, 4.T.T.1: **Narrative Techniques** Explain, analyze, and use narrative techniques to shape understandings. https://georgiahomeroom.org/standards/code/4.T.T.1.md
- Grade 5, 5.T.T.1: **Narrative Techniques** Explain, analyze, and use narrative techniques to shape understandings. https://georgiahomeroom.org/standards/code/5.T.T.1.md
- Grade 6, 6.T.T.1: **Narrative Techniques** Analyze and apply narrative techniques. https://georgiahomeroom.org/standards/code/6.T.T.1.md
- Grade 7, 7.T.T.1: **Narrative Techniques** Analyze and apply narrative techniques. https://georgiahomeroom.org/standards/code/7.T.T.1.md
- Grade 8, 8.T.T.1: **Narrative Techniques** Analyze and apply narrative techniques. https://georgiahomeroom.org/standards/code/8.T.T.1.md
- Grade 9, 9.T.T.1: **Narrative Techniques** Evaluate and apply narrative techniques to enhance text’s appeal to audiences or achieve specific purposes. https://georgiahomeroom.org/standards/code/9.T.T.1.md
- Grade 10, 10.T.T.1: **Narrative Techniques** Evaluate and apply narrative techniques to enhance text’s appeal to audiences or achieve specific purposes. https://georgiahomeroom.org/standards/code/10.T.T.1.md
- Grade 11, 11.T.T.1: **Narrative Techniques** Evaluate and apply narrative techniques to enhance text’s appeal to audiences or achieve specific purposes. https://georgiahomeroom.org/standards/code/11.T.T.1.md
- Grade 12, 12.T.T.1: **Narrative Techniques** Evaluate and apply narrative techniques to enhance text’s appeal to audiences or achieve specific purposes. https://georgiahomeroom.org/standards/code/12.T.T.1.md

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