Georgia 3.P.ST.2.a
The Standard
Develop and apply knowledge of author, audience, and context to discern and establish the purpose of texts being interpreted or constructed and to evaluate the extent to which those texts achieve those purposes. (I/C)
Georgia's K-12 English Language Arts Standards · Practices (P) · Situating Texts
Teacher's field guide
What This Standard Means
What Students Need to Do
- Students identify who created a text, who it is for, the situation around it, and why it was made. They use that knowledge to interpret texts, create their own, and judge how well each text works.
What Mastery Looks Like
- Students use titles, word choice, images, and format as evidence for their ideas. They explain whether a text fits its audience and purpose, then suggest a useful change.
Common Misconceptions
- Students may confuse a text’s topic with its purpose. They may assume the audience is everyone or judge success only by whether they liked the text.
How to Assess It
- Exit ticket: Read, “Bring a canned food item Friday to help stock our community pantry.” Identify the likely author, audience, context, purpose, and one helpful revision.
Lesson moves
Ways to Teach It
Sort menus, invitations, warning signs, and stories by likely audience and purpose, then attach a sticky note naming one supporting clue.
Compare two playground notices and discuss which one would work better for younger students, using details from each notice.
Play Audience Switch by drawing an audience card and rewriting the same school announcement for families, classmates, or the principal.
Examine a library reminder or lunch menu, rate how well it serves readers, and revise one confusing part.
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