Georgia 12.T.T.2

12.T.T.2 is a Georgia English Language Arts standard. These are the expectations under it.

• 12.T.T.2.a

  Evaluate and critique expository techniques and organizational patterns and their effect; evaluate and critique clarity of information and its impact. (I)

• 12.T.T.2.b

  Analyze and evaluate texts with conflicting information or opposing viewpoints and determine where the texts disagree on matters of fact or interpretations. (I)

• 12.T.T.2.d

  Apply expository techniques to develop a cohesive text, organized in a way that clarifies the relationship between ideas, includes multiple and varied types of ...

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What Students Need to Do

Students analyze how examples, definitions, comparisons, headings, and data shape a reader’s response. They select and use those choices to make informational writing clear, engaging, and suited to a purpose.

02

What Mastery Looks Like

A student can identify an author’s technique, cite where it appears, and explain its effect on readers. The student can revise informational writing with techniques suited to the audience and purpose, then justify those choices.

03

Common Misconceptions

Students may treat exposition as a list of facts rather than a shaped explanation. They may add statistics, anecdotes, or graphics without linking them to the main point. They may also name a technique without explaining its effect on a specific audience.

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How to Assess It

Exit ticket: Give students a plain paragraph about school start times. Ask them to revise it with two expository techniques and explain how each choice helps a teen audience.

1. 01

   Give pairs four printed excerpts to cut apart, label by technique, and rank from most to least effective for a named audience.

2. 02

   Ask students which technique would best explain student loan debt to seniors, then require evidence for their choice in a short response.

3. 03

   Play Revision Relay, where teams improve a plain paragraph by adding definitions, examples, comparisons, data, or headings without repeating a technique.

4. 04

   Have students rewrite a city recycling notice for teenagers, choosing techniques that make the directions clear and worth following.

• 10.T.T.2

  The 10th Grade version of this standard.

• 11.T.T.2

  The 11th Grade version of this standard.

• 7.T.T.2

  Expository Techniques Analyze and apply expository techniques.

• 9.T.T.2

  The 9th Grade version of this standard.