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Texas TEKS · Kindergarten · English · Author's purpose and craft

5 curriculum codes

English

Author's purpose and craft

TEKS-ELAR-GK-9 — opens in a new tab

Author's purpose and craft: listening, speaking, reading, writing, and thinking using multiple texts. The student uses critical inquiry to analyze the authors' choices and how they influence and communicate meaning within a variety of texts. The student analyzes and applies author's craft purposefully in order to develop his or her own products and performances. The student is expected to:

22 resources

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TEKS-ELAR-GK-9A — opens in a new tab

discuss with adult assistance the author's purpose for writing text;

2 resources

Non-Fiction Texts Foundation English Unit

Types of Texts – Foundation

TEKS-ELAR-GK-9B — opens in a new tab

discuss with adult assistance how the use of text structure contributes to the author's purpose;

3 resources

Concepts About Print - Foundation

Read the Page, Follow the Print - Foundation

Representation: Foundation–Year 2 English Unit

TEKS-ELAR-GK-9C — opens in a new tab

discuss with adult assistance the author's use of print and graphic features to achieve specific purposes;

8 resources

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Representation: Foundation–Year 2 English Unit

Story Clues in Pictures and Words - Foundation

TEKS-ELAR-GK-9D — opens in a new tab

discuss with adult assistance how the author uses words that help the reader visualize; and

6 resources

Brown Bear Literacy Unit - Foundation

Informative Texts Foundation Unit

Narrative Storytelling Unit — Foundation-Year 2 English

Picture and Word Message Makers - Foundation

Representation: Foundation–Year 2 English Unit

Story Clues in Pictures and Words - Foundation