Georgia 2.T.C.1.b
The Standard
Recognize different modes of communication: print, digital, auditory, spoken, visual, and multimodal. (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 identify whether a message is shared through print, digital media, sound, speech, images, or several modes together. They use clear clues to name the mode.
What Mastery Looks Like
- Students correctly label familiar examples as print, digital, auditory, spoken, visual, or multimodal. They can point to the features that support each label.
Common Misconceptions
- Students may call anything on a screen digital, even when asked to identify its sound, images, or spoken words. They may also think multimodal means visual instead of a combination of modes.
How to Assess It
- Show a book page, play a short audio clip, and show a video. Ask students to name each mode and explain why the video is multimodal.
Lesson moves
Ways to Teach It
Set up stations with a book, podcast clip, speech recording, photograph, website, and video, then have students label each communication mode.
Ask students to compare a printed story and its read-aloud, then write which modes each version uses.
Play Mode Match by having students pair example cards, such as poster or podcast, with the correct communication mode.
Examine a school announcement shared by flyer, intercom, email, and video, then identify how each version communicates the message.
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Related Standards
- K.T.C.1.b
With adult support, identify different modes of communication: print, digital, auditory, and visual. (I)
- 7.T.C.1.c
Construct multimodal texts and/or presentations for a specific purpose and audience, using multiple, clearly identifiable features of incorporated modes. (C)
- 1.T.C.1.b
Identify different modes of communication: print, digital, auditory, and visual. (I)
- 3.T.C.1.b
Determine common text features of print, digital, auditory, spoken, and visual modes and describe how they contribute to the overall purpose and effect. (I)
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