5.T.C.2Authors, Speakers & Perspective

Expectations

• 5.T.C.2.a

  Describe how a narrator or speaker’s perspective influences the text. (I)

• 5.T.C.2.b

  This progression begins in 6th grade.

• 5.T.C.2.c

  Make inferences about the context in which the text is written (e.g., time period, individual, situational). (I)

• 5.T.C.2.d

  This progression begins in 6th grade.

Georgia Milestones coverage

• English Language Arts Grade 5 (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 a narrator or speaker’s perspective. Identify one way the author indicates the context in which a text is written.

Developing

Describe a narrator or speaker’s perspective. Identify more than one way the author indicates the context in which a text is written.

Proficient

Describe how a narrator or speaker’s perspective influences the text. Make inferences about the context in which the text is written.

Distinguished

Describe how a narrator or speaker’s perspective influences the text and support the description with evidence. Make an inference about the context in which the text is written and support the inference with evidence.

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

   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 (this standard)

   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.