Georgia 7.P.AC.1.d
The Standard
Describe, analyze, and evaluate the design and organization of the text, explaining how specific formats, structures, patterns, and features influence the audience, contribute to the text’s accessibility, 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 examine how a text is arranged and designed, including its sections, patterns, visuals, and other features. They explain and judge how these choices affect readers, clarity, and purpose.
What Mastery Looks Like
- Students identify specific choices such as section order, repeated patterns, headings, sidebars, or graphics. They use text evidence to judge how well those choices guide readers and support the author’s purpose.
Common Misconceptions
- Students may summarize the text instead of analyzing how it is built. They may list headings, graphics, or sections without explaining their effects. Some assume every feature improves a text, even when it distracts or confuses readers.
How to Assess It
- Give students a one-page article with headings, a sidebar, and a cause-and-effect structure. Ask them to explain which choice best supports the purpose and why.
Lesson moves
Ways to Teach It
Cut apart a short article, then have groups rearrange its sections and defend which order makes the purpose clearest.
Ask students to write: Which text feature most helps the intended audience, and what would change if it were removed?
Play Feature Match by pairing cards naming text features with cards describing their effects on readers, accessibility, or purpose.
Compare printed and online versions of the same news story, then identify which design better serves a student audience and explain why.
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