Georgia 7.T.T.2

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

• 7.T.T.2.a

  Analyze expository techniques used to present and design content, including main ideas, facts, statistics, key details, information from text features, and a se...

• 7.T.T.2.b

  Analyze how two or more authors writing about the same topic shape their presentations of key information by emphasizing different evidence or advancing differe...

• 7.T.T.2.d

  Apply expository techniques (e.g., main idea, facts, statistics, key details, text features, sense of closure) to enhance writing and engage audiences. (C)

01

What Students Need to Do

Students identify techniques writers use to explain information, including definitions, examples, facts, transitions, and organizational structures. They explain how those choices improve clarity, then use them in their own writing.

02

What Mastery Looks Like

Students accurately identify techniques such as definitions, examples, facts, transitions, and text structures. They explain each technique's effect and use suitable techniques in their own clear, organized writing.

03

Common Misconceptions

Students may name a structure without explaining how it helps readers understand the topic. They may also add facts or transitions that do not support the main idea.

04

How to Assess It

Give students a short paragraph and ask them to identify two expository techniques, explain each effect, and add one useful technique in a revision.

1. 01

   Give groups a cut-up article to arrange, then have them label transitions, examples, definitions, and the organizational structure.

2. 02

   Ask students to write: Which technique makes this paragraph easiest to understand, and what specific detail proves your answer?

3. 03

   Play Technique Match by having students pair paragraph cards with labels such as cause and effect, comparison, definition, or example.

4. 04

   Examine a product guide or news explainer, then identify techniques that help readers understand unfamiliar information quickly.

• 3.T.T.2

  Expository Techniques Explain, analyze, and use expository techniques to shape understandings.

• 5.T.T.2

  Expository Techniques Explain, analyze, and use expository techniques to shape understandings.

• 6.T.T.2

  The 6th Grade version of this standard.

• 8.T.T.2

  The 8th Grade version of this standard.