Georgia K.P.ST.2.a
The Standard
Develop and apply knowledge of author, audience, and context to discern and establish the purpose of texts being interpreted or constructed and to evaluate the extent to which those texts achieve those purposes. (I/C)
Georgia's K-12 English Language Arts Standards · Practices (P) · Situating Texts
Teacher's field guide
What This Standard Means
What Students Need to Do
- Students identify who made a text, who it is for, and why it was made. They use picture, word, and setting clues. They create texts for a clear audience and purpose, then decide whether those texts work.
What Mastery Looks Like
- Given a familiar text, the student names its creator, intended audience, and likely purpose using picture or word clues. The student creates a simple text for a named audience and purpose. They can say whether it works and suggest one change.
Common Misconceptions
- Students may think every text is a story or that every text is meant for them. They may confuse the author with the audience. They may guess the purpose from the topic while ignoring pictures, words, and where the text appears.
How to Assess It
- Show a school lunch menu. Ask each student, “Who made this, who uses it, what is it for, and what clue helped you?”
Lesson moves
Ways to Teach It
Give pairs a picture book, menu, sign, and invitation to sort by purpose, then name the intended audience.
Read a class note and ask, “Who wrote it, who needs it, and how can you tell?”
Play Purpose Match with cards showing texts, audiences, and purposes, and have students build matching sets.
Have students make a hallway sign for younger children, then test whether classmates understand what to do.
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