Georgia 1.P.ST.2.a
The Standard
Develop and apply knowledge of author, audience, and context to discern and establish the purpose of texts being interpreted or constructed and to evaluate the extent to which those texts achieve those purposes. (I/C)
Georgia's K-12 English Language Arts Standards · Practices (P) · Situating Texts
Teacher's field guide
What This Standard Means
What Students Need to Do
- Students identify who created a text, who it is meant for, and why it was made. They use words, pictures, and the situation as clues. When creating texts, they choose details that fit their audience and purpose.
What Mastery Looks Like
- Students can name the author, likely audience, and purpose of a simple text using clues from words and pictures. They can create a text for a chosen audience and explain whether it works.
Common Misconceptions
- Students may confuse the author with a character or think the audience is anyone who sees the text. They may name the topic instead of the purpose or judge success only by whether they liked it.
How to Assess It
- Give students a flyer that says, “Bring a book to the School Book Swap on Friday!” Ask them to name the audience, purpose, and one supporting clue.
Lesson moves
Ways to Teach It
Let students sort a menu, birthday card, storybook, and safety sign by audience and purpose, then explain each choice.
Compare a weather warning and a rain poem, then ask, “Who is each for, and what does each author want?”
Play Audience Detective by drawing audience cards and choosing which sample message best fits each person or group.
Have students make a hallway sign for classmates, then ask partners to check whether its words and pictures match its purpose.
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