Title
Course Resource - Text Structures and Features 1-5
Content
Structure and Features for Grade 1 (demonstrated in discussing texts) | |
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| score/date | Description |
| concepts about print and concepts about books | |
| elements of stories (e.g., beginning, middle, end; character, setting, events) | |
| the vocabulary needed to talk about texts (e.g., book, author, title, illustrator, pictures) | |
Structure and Features for Grade 2 (demonstrated in discussing texts) | |
|---|---|
| score/date | Description |
| concepts about print and concepts about books | |
| elements of stories (e.g., character, setting, problem, solution) | |
| the vocabulary associated with texts (e.g., pictures, headings, table of contents, key facts) | |
Structure and Features for Grade 3 (demonstrated in discussing texts) | |
|---|---|
| score/date | Description |
| form, function, and genre of text (e.g., brochure about smoking to inform students; genre is persuasive) | |
| literary elements (e.g., plot, conflict, theme, character, setting) | |
| literary devices (e.g., imagery, simile, rhyme, rhythm, alliteration) | |
| ‘text features’ (e.g., headings, diagrams, columns, sidebars) | |
Structure and Features for Grade 4 (demonstrated in discussing texts) | |
|---|---|
| score/date | Description |
| form, function, and genre of text (e.g., brochure about smoking to inform students; genre is persuasive) | |
| ‘text features’ (e.g., copyright, table of contents, headings, index, glossary, diagrams, sidebars) | |
| literary elements (e.g., character, setting, problem, plot, climax, conflict, theme, conclusion) | |
| non-fiction elements (e.g., topic sentence, development of ideas with supporting details, central idea) | |
| literary devices (e.g., imagery, sensory detail, simile, metaphor) | |
| idiomatic expressions | |
Structure and Features for Grade 5 (demonstrated in discussing texts) | |
|---|---|
| score/date | Description |
| form, function, and genre of text (e.g., brochure about smoking to inform students; genre is persuasive) | |
| ‘text features’ (e.g., copyright, table of contents, headings, index, glossary, diagrams, sidebars) | |
| literary elements (e.g., character, setting, problem, plot, climax, conflict, theme, conclusion) | |
| non-fiction elements (e.g., topic sentence, development of ideas with supporting details, central idea) | |
| literary devices (e.g., imagery, sensory detail, simile, metaphor) | |
| idiomatic expressions | |