Georgia 7.T.C.1.a
The Standard
Analyze the development of multiple purposes within a single text and how those purposes target specific audiences. (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 identify two or more purposes operating in one text, such as informing, persuading, or entertaining. They trace how details, structure, tone, and word choice build each purpose and connect it to a particular audience.
What Mastery Looks Like
- A student can mark where each purpose appears, explain how purposes overlap or shift, and support the explanation with details. The student can name intended audiences and show which choices appeal to each one.
Common Misconceptions
- Students often assign one purpose to the whole text and stop looking. They may confuse topic with purpose or name "everyone" as the audience without evidence. They may identify statistics or humor but not explain what those features do.
How to Assess It
- Read: "Our cafeteria discards 40 pounds of food daily; students, join Friday's taste test; families, complete the menu survey by Monday." Identify two purposes, explain how each develops, and name the audience for each using one phrase as evidence.
Lesson moves
Ways to Teach It
Give pairs a printed article to color-code details that inform, persuade, or entertain, then label the audience each section addresses.
Ask students to write: Where does the writer's purpose shift, and what clue shows a change in audience?
Play a purpose-audience match game with excerpt cards, audience cards, and evidence cards; teams must defend every completed set.
Examine a school event flyer aimed at students and families, then circle details that inform each group and persuade each to attend.
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