Structural terminology
Use structural terminology (chapter, scene, stanza) to refer to parts of literary texts and describe how each successive part builds on earlier sections
Typical age: 8–9 years
“When your child talks about a book they're reading, do they use words like "chapter", "stanza", or "scene" correctly — and can they explain how a later chapter builds on what happened earlier?”
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- Poems, Drama & ProseREQUIRED
Structural elements of poems/drama/prose builds on text structure terminology (chapter, scene, stanza); the step up is to identifying form-specific structural features like meter, cast, stage directions
- Structure of information textsREQUIRED
Informational text structure (chronology, cause/effect, problem/solution) builds on text structure terminology knowledge
- How Parts Build a Whole TextREQUIRED
Explaining text structure builds on structural terminology