Georgia 11.T.T.1.c
The Standard
Compare how different authors develop a similar theme, comparing passages within and across texts, providing both reasoning and supportive textual evidence. (I)
Georgia's K-12 English Language Arts Standards · Texts (T) · Techniques
Teacher's field guide
What This Standard Means
What Students Need to Do
- Students compare how two authors build a similar theme within selected passages and across complete texts. They explain the effect of each author’s choices and support each comparison with relevant textual evidence.
What Mastery Looks Like
- Students state a clear shared theme and identify how each author develops it through choices such as conflict, characterization, setting, or imagery. They compare those choices and support their reasoning with relevant evidence from both texts.
Common Misconceptions
- Students may name a shared topic, such as courage, instead of stating each author’s message about it. They may list similarities without explaining how specific choices develop the theme, or use quotations without connecting them to their claim.
How to Assess It
- Give students two short passages about loyalty. Ask them to write one paragraph comparing how each author develops the theme, using one quotation from each passage and explaining both choices.
Lesson moves
Ways to Teach It
Give pairs printed passages, highlighters, and sticky notes to color-code theme clues, author choices, and supporting evidence before building a comparison chart.
Ask students to write: How does each author shape the reader’s understanding of responsibility, and which technique is more effective?
Run a matching game where students pair quotations from two texts with theme statements and explanations of the author’s technique.
Compare two public service ads addressing the same issue, then explain how images, wording, and tone develop different messages.
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