Georgia 5.P.AC.1.a
The Standard
Identify, apply, and analyze the literary, expository, and opinion (grades K-5) or rhetorical (grades 6-12) elements in texts, explaining or evaluating how specific elements affect the target audience and support the text’s purpose. (I/C)
Georgia's K-12 English Language Arts Standards · Practices (P) · Author’s Craft
Teacher's field guide
What This Standard Means
What Students Need to Do
- Students spot specific author choices in literary, informational, and opinion texts. They explain how those choices affect readers and support a purpose, then try similar choices in their own writing.
What Mastery Looks Like
- Students accurately identify craft moves in stories, informational texts, and opinion pieces. They explain how a specific move shapes a reader’s response and use a fitting move in their own writing.
Common Misconceptions
- Students may name a feature, such as dialogue or a bold heading, without explaining its effect. They may also confuse the author’s purpose with the topic or assume every text aims to inform.
How to Assess It
- Give students a short passage and ask: “Name one craft move, explain its effect on readers, and tell how it supports the author’s purpose.”
Lesson moves
Ways to Teach It
Give pairs three short passages to color-code dialogue, text features, reasons, evidence, and descriptive language, then label each feature’s effect.
Ask students to write: “Which author choice most affects the reader, and how does it help the author achieve a purpose?”
Play Craft Move Match by pairing feature cards with purpose and audience-effect cards, then require students to defend each match.
Compare two advertisements for the same product and identify how word choice, images, claims, and evidence target different audiences.
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