Georgia 4.T.C.1.a
The Standard
Determine audience and identify the development of the purpose across a text. (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 infer who a text is meant for by using word choice, details, tone, and format. They track how each section builds the writer’s purpose. They support both ideas with text evidence.
What Mastery Looks Like
- A student can name the likely audience and cite clues from the text. The student can explain how the beginning introduces the writer’s goal, the middle develops it, and the ending reinforces or shifts it.
Common Misconceptions
- Students often confuse the topic with the writer’s purpose. They may name the audience as “everyone” without checking the text for clues. Some identify one purpose but do not explain how it develops from beginning to end.
How to Assess It
- Give students a three-paragraph school recycling flyer. Ask: Who is the intended audience, and how does each paragraph help the writer inform or persuade that audience? Cite two clues.
Lesson moves
Ways to Teach It
Give pairs three cut-up paragraphs from a school announcement; students sequence them and label how each part builds the writer’s goal.
Read a letter requesting longer recess, then write: Who is addressed, and how does the writer’s purpose develop from opening to closing?
Play Audience Match: teams pair short text cards with reader cards, then earn a point by citing one clue.
Compare a field-trip notice sent to students with one sent to families, marking details chosen for each group.
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