Georgia 2.T.C.1.a
The Standard
Determine the general purpose and target audience in a variety of texts. (I)
Georgia's K-12 English Language Arts Standards · Texts (T) · Context
Teacher's field guide
What This Standard Means
What Students Need to Do
- Students decide why an author created a text and who is most likely meant to read it. They use clues from the words, pictures, format, and topic.
What Mastery Looks Like
- Students can identify purposes such as informing, entertaining, teaching, or persuading. They can name a likely audience and point to words, pictures, or text features that support their answer.
Common Misconceptions
- Students may name the topic instead of the reason the author wrote. They may assume every story is for children or choose an audience based only on pictures.
How to Assess It
- Give students a birthday invitation and ask, “Why was this written, who should read it, and what two clues support your answers?”
Lesson moves
Ways to Teach It
Give pairs a recipe, comic, flyer, and note to sort by purpose and intended reader, then label the clues they used.
Read a short school announcement and ask, “Who needs this message, why was it written, and which words helped you decide?”
Play Purpose and Audience Match by having students pair text cards with purpose cards and audience cards, earning points for evidence.
Compare a toy advertisement with its instruction sheet, then list how each uses words and pictures for different readers and reasons.
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