4.T.C.2Authors, Speakers & Perspectives

Expectations

• 4.T.C.2.a

  Compare and contrast the perspectives of different narrators or speakers in a text. (I)

• 4.T.C.2.b

  This progression begins in 6th grade.

• 4.T.C.2.c

  Identify the context in which a text is written (e.g., time period, individual, situational). (I)

• 4.T.C.2.d

  This progression begins in 6th grade.

Georgia Milestones coverage

• English Language Arts Grade 4 (EOG) · Texts — Interpreting Texts

  Context Students describe the influences of purpose and audience on texts.

  about 10% of the test · 6 points These points are shared with other standards, so count them once and never add them up per standard.

What mastery looks like

Georgia's Achievement Level Descriptors. The levels are cumulative: each includes the ones before it. Proficient is on grade level.

Beginning

Identify the perspective of a narrator or speaker in a text.

Developing

Describe the perspective of a narrator or speaker in a text. Identify one way in which the author indicates the context in which a text is written.

Proficient

Compare and contrast the perspectives of different narrators or speakers in a text. Identify more than one way in which the author indicates the context in which a text is written.

Distinguished

Compare and contrast the perspectives of different narrators and speakers and support the comparison with text evidence. Identify and explain how the author indicates the context in which a text is written.

The same standard across grades

1. Kindergarten · K.T.C.2

   Authors & Speakers Investigate the relationships between authors and speakers in texts.

2. Grade 1 · 1.T.C.2

   Authors & Speakers Investigate the relationships between authors and speakers in texts.

3. Grade 2 · 2.T.C.2

   Authors & Speakers Investigate the relationships between authors and speakers in texts.

4. Grade 3 · 3.T.C.2

   Authors & Speakers Make connections between authors of texts, speakers in texts, varying perspectives, and the circumstances in which texts are produced.

5. Grade 4 · 4.T.C.2 (this standard)

   Authors & Speakers Make connections between authors of texts, speakers in texts, varying perspectives, and the circumstances in which texts are produced.

6. Grade 5 · 5.T.C.2

   Authors & Speakers Make connections between authors of texts, speakers in texts, varying perspectives, and the circumstances in which texts are produced.

7. Grade 6 · 6.T.C.2

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

8. Grade 7 · 7.T.C.2

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

9. Grade 8 · 8.T.C.2

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

10. Grade 9 · 9.T.C.2

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

11. Grade 10 · 10.T.C.2

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

12. Grade 11 · 11.T.C.2

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

13. Grade 12 · 12.T.C.2

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