Georgia 12.T.T.2.a
The Standard
Evaluate and critique expository techniques and organizational patterns and their effect; evaluate and critique clarity of information and its impact. (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 examine how informational writers organize ideas and use examples, definitions, transitions, and other explanatory choices. They judge how well those choices communicate information and support their judgment with text evidence.
What Mastery Looks Like
- Students accurately identify techniques and organizational patterns in an informational text. They use specific evidence to explain how those choices help or hinder clarity, then suggest a stronger alternative.
Common Misconceptions
- Students may name a pattern, such as cause and effect, without judging whether it works. They may treat short sentences as automatically clear or criticize confusing information without citing the wording, order, or missing details that caused the problem.
How to Assess It
- Give students a short school policy explanation. Ask them to identify its organizational pattern, judge its clarity, cite one effective choice, and revise one weak section.
Lesson moves
Ways to Teach It
Cut a printed article into sections, have pairs rebuild its order, then annotate how their sequence improves or weakens clarity.
Ask students to write: Which choice most shapes the reader’s understanding, organization, examples, definitions, or transitions, and why?
Play Structure Swap by giving groups one paragraph to reorganize as comparison, cause and effect, or problem and solution, then critique each version.
Examine a college admissions page or workplace handbook, identify one unclear section, and rewrite it for a specific audience.
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