Lesson: Focal Point

Strand A: Literacy Connections and Applications

A2. Digital Media Literacy

A2.4 Forms, Conventions and Techniques

demonstrate an understanding of the forms, conventions, and techniques of digital and media texts, and apply this understanding when analyzing texts

A2.5 Media, Audience, and Production

demonstrate an understanding of the interrelationships between the form, message, and context of a text, the audience, and the creator

A2.6 Innovation and Design

use digital and media tools to support stages of the design process and to develop creative solutions to authentic, real-world problems

Strand C: Composition (Understanding and Responding to Texts)

C1 Knowledge About Texts

C1.1 Using Foundational Knowledge and Skills to Comprehend Texts

Grade 1: read and comprehend short, simple texts, using knowledge of words, grammar, cohesive ties, sentence structures, and background knowledge

Grade 2: read and comprehend short texts, using knowledge of words, grammar, cohesive ties, sentence structures, and background knowledge

Grade 3: read and comprehend various texts, using knowledge of words, grammar, cohesive ties, sentence structures, and background

C1.2 Text Forms and Genres

Grade 1: identify simple literary and informational text forms and their associated genres

Grade 2: identify and describe some characteristics of literary and informational text forms and their associated genres

Grade 3: identify and describe some characteristics of literary and informational text forms and their associated genres

C1.3 Text Patterns and Features

Grade 1: identify some text patterns, such as sequencing and chronological order, and text features, including illustrations, symbols, and titles, associated with various text forms, and explain how they help readers, listeners, and viewers understand the meaning

Grade 2: identify some text patterns, such as chronological order and journal entry, and text features, including table of contents, charts, and icons, associated with various text forms, and explain how they help readers, listeners, and viewers understand the meaning

Grade 3: identify some text patterns, such as order of importance and cause and effect, and text features, such as headings and an index, associated with various text forms, and explain how they help readers, listeners, and viewers understand

C1.4 Visual Elements of Texts

Grade 1: demonstrate an understanding of the relationship between simple illustrations, images, and graphics and the text

Grade 2: identify ways in which images, graphics, and visual design create, communicate, and contribute to meaning in a variety of texts

Grade 3: describe ways in which images, graphics, and visual design are used in a given text, and demonstrate an understanding of their purpose and connection to the content of the text

C1.5 Elements of Style

Grade 1: identify some simple elements of style in texts, including voice, word choice, word patterns, and sentence structure, and describe how they help communicate meaning

Grade 2:  identify some simple elements of style in texts, including voice, word choice, word patterns, and sentence structure, and explain how they help communicate meaning

Grade 3: identify some elements of style in texts, including voice, word choice, word patterns, and sentence structure, and explain how they help communicate meaning

 

C2 Comprehension Strategies

C2.4 Monitoring of Understanding: Ongoing Comprehension Check

Grade 1: use strategies such as rereading, visualizing, and asking questions, to monitor their understanding of simple texts

Grade 2: use strategies such as rereading, visualizing, and asking questions, to monitor their understanding of simple texts

Grade 3: use strategies such as rereading, visualizing, and asking questions, to monitor and confirm their understanding of various texts

 

C3 Critical Thinking in Literacy

C3.1 Literary Devices

Grade 1:  identify simple literacy devices, including rhyme, alliteration, and onomatopoeia, and describe how they help communicate meaning

Grade 2:  identify simple literary devices, including consonance and simile, and describe how they help communicate meaning

Grade 3:  identify literary devices, including metaphor and assonance, and describe how they help communicate meaning

C3.2 Making Inferences

Grade 1:  make simple inferences, using stated and implied information and ideas, to understand simple texts

Grade 2: make simple inferences using stated and implied information and ideas to understand simple texts

Grade 3: make inferences using stated and implied information and ideas to understand texts

C3.5 Perspectives within Texts

Grade 1:  identify explicit and implicit perspectives communicated in a text, and describe how these perspectives could influence an audience

Grade 2:  identify explicit and implicit perspectives communicated in a text, providing evidence, and describe how these perspectives could influence an audience

Grade 3:  identify explicit and implicit perspectives communicated in texts, providing evidence, and explain how these perspectives could influence an audience

C3.8 Reflecting on Learning

Grade 1:  identify thinking skills that helped them understand simple texts

Grade 2: identify thinking skills that have helped them analyze and better understand simple texts

Grade 3: identify thinking skills that have helped them analyze and better understand various texts

 

Strand D: Composition (Expressing Ideas and Creating Texts)

D1.1 Purpose and Audience

Grade 1: identify the topic, purpose, and audience for various simple texts they plan to create

Grade 2:  identify the topic, purpose, and audience for various texts they plan to create

Grade 3: identify the topic, purpose, and audience for various texts they plan to create, and describe how the chosen text form and genre will help communicate their intended meaning

D1.4 Organizing Content

Grades 1-2: sort and sequence ideas and information, taking into account the text form and genre to be used

Grade 3: sort and sequence ideas and information, using appropriate strategies and tools, taking into account the text form and genre

D1.5 Reflecting on Learning

Grades 1-2: identify the strategies that helped them develop ideas for texts

Grade 3: identify the strategies that helped them develop ideas for texts and organize content

D2 Creating Texts

D2.1 Producing Drafts

Grade 1: draft short, simple texts of various forms and genres, including personal narratives, persuasive texts, and procedural texts, using a variety of media, tools, and strategies

Grade 2: draft short texts of various forms and genres, including personal narratives, persuasive texts, and procedural texts, using a variety of media, tools, and strategies

Grade 3: draft short texts of various forms and genres, including narrative, persuasive, and informational texts, using a variety of media, tools, and strategies

D3 Publishing, Presenting and Reflecting

D3.1 Producing Final Texts

produce final texts, using simple techniques, to achieve the intended effect

D3.2 Publishing and Presenting Texts

present the texts they have created using appropriate strategies, including by reading aloud with expression

D3.3 Reflecting on Learning

Grade 1: identify a strategy they found helpful when presenting texts

Grade 2: identify a few strategies they found helpful when presenting texts

Grade 3: identify the strategies that helped them present and communicate their message, and explain how they helped them improve as a text creator