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4-2-R-2

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Standard 2: Reading and Writing Process

Students will use a variety of recursive reading and writing processes.

READING: Students will read and comprehend increasingly complex literary and informational texts.
4.2.R.2 Students will compare and contrast details in literary and nonfiction/informational texts to discriminate various genres. 

Student Actions 

Teacher Actions 

  • Students will describe the differences between literary and nonfiction/informational texts.
  • Students will understand the differences between genres.
  • Students will compare and contrast the details in literary texts to decide the genre.
  • Students will compare and contrast the details in nonfiction/informational texts to decide the genre.

 

 

  • Teachers explain the differences between and provide opportunities for students to describe the differences between literary and nonfiction/informational texts.
  • Teachers explain the differences between genres using key characteristics from the text, and provide students with opportunities to distinguish the differences between genres independently.
  • Teachers model  how to and provide opportunities for students to find the similarities and differences among the details of a nonfiction/informational text to determine the genre.
  • Teachers provide opportunities for students to receive feedback regarding their explanations of the similarities and differences among the details in a nonfiction/informational text to determine the genre.

Supporting Resources 

Teacher Insights 

Article on Text-Text Comparisons with T-Chart(website)

Reading Rockets:  Compare, Contrast, Comprehend (website)

Read-Write-Think:  Venn Diagram (website)

Two-Circle Venn Diagram (website)

Lesson Demonstration on Comparing and Contrasting Text (video)

ELAOK Framework Genre Guidance   (pdf: Genre guidance pg 4 & pg 89)

Teacher Excellence Award Literary Genres Anchor Chart (pdf)

 

  • Students should use characteristics of genres to distinguish texts.

  • Fictional and nonfiction/informational text sets can be used for themes/units whenever possible.

  • Comparing is to identify similarities between two or more texts or text elements. Contrasting is to identify the differences.

  • Text sets may be used to compare and contrast details in fictional and informational texts.  

  • At this grade level, students should be familiar with the following genres and the details specific to various genres: informational text, fiction, nonfiction, poetry, drama, nursery rhyme, fable, folktale, fairy tale, tall tale, autobiography, biography.

    • For example, the following genres are often confused:

      • Fairy tales have ambiguous settings (Far, far away; Once upon a time….), the characters are static (all good or all bad)

      • Tall tales are similar to legends, except they are particular to the United States.

      • Folktales are stories passed down through oral tradition. They are similar to fairy tales but specific to a certain culture.

      • Fables are short stories that teach a stated moral and have talking animals.

      • Autobiography is a story someone writes about his or her own life.

      • Biography is a story someone writes about someone else’s life.

      • Drama is written to be performed with character dialogue and stage directions.

  • For more specific genre information, please refer to Genre Guidance (page 4 of the Support Documents.).

Due to recursive nature of the standards, it is essential that teachers are aware of how all objectives within and between strands work together for optimal instruction.

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