Georgia 6.P.EICC.1
Georgia Standard (Expectation Cluster)
Reader & Writer Identity Build an identity as a reader and writer, developing a repertoire of resources and tools to continuously expand participation as an active consumer and producer of texts.
Georgia's K-12 English Language Arts Standards · Practices (P)
Cluster contents
Expectations in This Standard
6.P.EICC.1 is a Georgia English Language Arts standard. These are the expectations under it.
- 6.P.EICC.1.a
Generate, understand, monitor, and discuss personal and academic reading and writing goals, revising as appropriate. (I/C)
- 6.P.EICC.1.b
Discuss or write about personal and academic reading and writing preferences, referring to specific techniques, topics, modes, and genres that resonate most. (I...
- 6.P.EICC.1.c
Select, read, and write texts of personal interest and academic relevance to grade-level texts and topics. (I/C)
- 6.P.EICC.1.d
Build a repertoire of comprehension and composition skills, strategies, and techniques, drawing from them as needed to aid the interpretation and construction o...
- 6.P.EICC.1.e
Participate in a community of readers and writers by developing group norms, discussing texts, sharing individual writing, listening as others share their writi...
- 6.P.EICC.1.f
Develop independence and autonomy as a reader and writer. (I/C)
Teacher's field guide
What This Cluster Means
What Students Need to Do
- Students identify their reading and writing preferences, strengths, and challenges. They try different texts, strategies, tools, and feedback methods, then reflect on which choices help them grow.
What Mastery Looks Like
- Students can describe their reading and writing strengths using examples from recent work. They set a specific goal, choose a useful resource, and explain how it helped them improve.
Common Misconceptions
- Students may think strong readers and writers never struggle or ask for help. They may always choose familiar texts, use tools without a clear purpose, or confuse finishing work with improving.
How to Assess It
- Exit ticket: Name one reading or writing challenge, choose one tool that could help, and explain how you would use it.
Lesson moves
Ways to Teach It
Set up stations with annotation flags, audiobooks, dictionaries, mentor texts, and revision checklists, then have students test each tool and record its use.
Write: What kind of reader and writer are you now, and what recent work supports your answer?
Play Tool Match: teams pair reading and writing challenge cards with the most useful resource, then defend each match.
Have students examine a local news article and draft a response for the school newspaper, choosing tools that help them publish clearly.
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