110.3.b.9

Multiple genres: listening, speaking, reading, writing, and thinking using multiple texts--genres. The student recognizes and analyzes genre-specific characteristics, structures, and purposes within and across increasingly complex traditional, contemporary, classical, and diverse texts. The student is expected to:
(A) demonstrate knowledge of distinguishing characteristics of well-known children's literature such as folktales, fables, and fairy tales;
(B) explain visual patterns and structures in a variety of poems;
(C) discuss elements of drama such as characters, dialogue, and setting;
(D) recognize characteristics and structures of informational text, including:
(i) the central idea and supporting evidence with adult assistance;
(ii) features and graphics to locate and gain information; and
(iii) organizational patterns such as chronological order and cause and effect stated explicitly;
(E) recognize characteristics of persuasive text, including:
(i) stating what the author is trying to persuade the reader to think or do; and
(ii) distinguishing facts from opinion; and
(F) recognize characteristics of multimodal and digital texts.