Georgia 7.P.AC.3.d
The Standard
Consume and produce multimodal texts, integrating a variety of genres, text features, and craft techniques to influence target audiences and achieve specific purposes. (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 study how writers and creators combine words, images, sound, layout, and genre features. They create messages that fit a clear audience and purpose, then explain their craft choices.
What Mastery Looks Like
- Students choose a fitting format, such as an infographic, video, podcast, or digital post. They combine words, images, sound, layout, and genre features to guide a specific audience. They can explain how each choice supports their purpose.
Common Misconceptions
- Students may add a random image and assume the text is effectively multimodal. They may change colors or fonts without linking those choices to the audience or purpose. Some keep the same tone and details even when the audience changes.
How to Assess It
- Exit ticket: Turn “The library will close at 4:00” into a message for seventh graders using words and one visual feature. Label the purpose and explain one design choice.
Lesson moves
Ways to Teach It
Give groups chart paper, markers, and magazine images to redesign a plain school announcement for students, families, or staff.
Ask students to explain how one image, heading, and wording choice changes a message for a chosen audience.
Play Audience Switch: teams draw an audience card and revise the same message using a fitting genre, layout, and tone.
Have students create a bus safety post with a caption, icon, and call to action for the school social media feed.
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