Georgia 12.T.C.1

12.T.C.1 is a Georgia English Language Arts standard. These are the expectations under it.

• 12.T.C.1.a

  Use knowledge of texts’ distinct disciplinary, personal, or technical purposes to aid comprehension. (I)

• 12.T.C.1.b

  Evaluate the impact of voice and tone on a text’s reception by the audience. (I)

• 12.T.C.1.c

  Construct and self-evaluate multimodal texts and/or presentations that serve more than one purpose and target a specific audience using multiple, clearly identi...

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What Students Need to Do

Students identify who a text is meant for and what the writer wants that audience to think, feel, or do. They explain how language, evidence, structure, and visuals support that goal.

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What Mastery Looks Like

Students can compare texts about the same issue written for different audiences and cite choices in language, evidence, structure, or visuals. They can explain how those choices make each text more or less effective.

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Common Misconceptions

Students often confuse the topic with the writer’s purpose, or name the audience as anyone who reads the text. They may identify tone or word choice without explaining how it affects a specific audience.

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How to Assess It

Give students a college recruitment email and ask: “Who is the intended audience, what is the purpose, and which two details best support your answer?”

1. 01

   Have groups sort printed advertisements, speeches, editorials, and instructions by likely audience and purpose, then label the clues they used.

2. 02

   Ask students to compare a principal’s family email with a student announcement and explain why the wording and details differ.

3. 03

   Play Audience Switch: students draw an audience card, then rewrite the same message for a child, employer, voter, or close friend.

4. 04

   Analyze a local public service message and identify how its language, images, and evidence target people in the community.

• 9.T.C.1

  The 9th Grade version of this standard.

• 10.T.C.1

  The 10th Grade version of this standard.

• 8.T.C.1

  Purpose & Audience Analyze the impact of purpose and audience on a wide variety of texts.

• 11.T.C.1

  The 11th Grade version of this standard.