Georgia 8.P.EICC.1.a
The Standard
Generate, understand, monitor, and discuss personal and academic reading and writing goals, revising as appropriate. (I/C)
Georgia's K-12 English Language Arts Standards · Practices (P) · Engagement & Intention for Comprehension & Composition
Teacher's field guide
What This Standard Means
What Students Need to Do
- Students set personal and school based goals for reading and writing. They check their progress, explain their choices, and revise goals when the evidence shows a change is needed.
What Mastery Looks Like
- A student sets a specific goal tied to evidence from recent work. The student tracks progress, explains it to others, and adjusts the goal or plan when needed.
Common Misconceptions
- Students may choose vague goals such as “read more” or goals based only on grades. They may treat changing a goal as failure rather than a response to evidence.
How to Assess It
- Give students a reading or writing sample and ask them to name one specific goal, cite evidence, and choose a next step.
Lesson moves
Ways to Teach It
Have students highlight evidence in a recent reading response or essay, then write one goal and one action on a sticky note.
Ask students to explain which reading or writing habit they want to change and what evidence shows that change is needed.
Use goal cards in pairs, with students sorting goals as specific, vague, measurable, or unrealistic, then revising the weak ones.
Students compare weekly reading or writing targets with goals used by journalists, authors, or workplace teams to track progress.
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