Georgia 7.T.C.2

7.T.C.2 is a Georgia English Language Arts standard. These are the expectations under it.

• 7.T.C.2.a

  Determine the prevailing perspective in a text and analyze how the author distinguishes or corroborates that position. (I)

• 7.T.C.2.b

  Analyze how evidence and tone reveal the author’s perspective and impact credibility. (I)

• 7.T.C.2.c

  Analyze the impact of background information and context (e.g., geography, location, era, historical happenings) on text development. (I)

• 7.T.C.2.d

  Use credible sources to research the answers to questions on academic and individual topics of interes. (C)

01

What Students Need to Do

Students examine an author or speaker’s word choice, selected details, tone, and omissions. They connect those choices to background, audience, purpose, time, place, or events.

02

What Mastery Looks Like

Students can explain how an author’s background, audience, purpose, or historical setting affects specific choices in a text. They support the explanation with quoted or paraphrased evidence.

03

Common Misconceptions

Students may confuse perspective with first-person or third-person point of view. They may label a text as biased without citing language or omitted details. They may also make unsupported guesses about an author’s motives.

04

How to Assess It

Give students a short passage and a brief note about its author and setting. Ask: “How did one circumstance shape one choice in the passage? Cite evidence.”

1. 01

   Give pairs two accounts of one event, then have them sort detail cards by which author would most likely include each detail.

2. 02

   Ask students to write: “Which detail best reveals the speaker’s perspective, and what circumstance may have shaped that choice?”

3. 03

   Play Context Clue Match by having teams pair short passages with author profiles, then defend each match using one textual clue.

4. 04

   Compare two news reports about the same local issue and mark how audience, location, and publication date shape the coverage.

• 8.T.C.2

  The 8th Grade version of this standard.

• 11.T.C.2

  Authors & Speakers Evaluate how authors’ and/or speakers’ perspectives influence texts and how circumstances shape their creation.

• 6.T.C.2

  The 6th Grade version of this standard.

• 9.T.C.2

  Authors & Speakers Evaluate how authors’ and/or speakers’ perspectives influence texts and how circumstances shape their creation.