--- title: "6.T.C.2: Author Perspective and Context (Georgia English Language Arts standard)" code: 6.T.C.2 cite_as: Georgia Standards of Excellence, English Language Arts, 6.T.C.2 subject: ela grades: - grade-6 language: en canonical_url: https://georgiahomeroom.org/standards/code/6.T.C.2 md_url: https://georgiahomeroom.org/standards/code/6.T.C.2.md alternate_language_url: https://georgiahomeroom.org/es/standards/code/6.T.C.2.md source_url: https://case.georgiastandards.org/ims/case/v1p0/CFDocuments/391c3abe-c1ec-4a4a-a942-c9e152b35102 source_last_changed: 2025-11-14 data_built: 2026-09-18 publisher: Georgia Homeroom, a free public-interest project of Georgia Civic Data. Not affiliated with or endorsed by the Georgia Department of Education or any school district. up: https://georgiahomeroom.org/standards/ela/grade-6.md index: https://georgiahomeroom.org/standards/index.md --- # 6.T.C.2: Author Perspective and Context Analyze how authors’ and/or speakers’ perspectives influence texts and how circumstances shape their creation. - Subject: English Language Arts - Appears in: Grade 6, https://georgiahomeroom.org/standards/ela/grade-6.md ## Expectations - **6.T.C.2.a**: Describe and analyze the development and interaction of two or more perspectives conveyed by a single text. (I) - **6.T.C.2.b**: Explain how the author’s choice of evidence reveals the author’s perspective and impacts credibility. (I) - **6.T.C.2.c**: Identify and analyze the impact of background information and context (e.g., geography, location, era, historical happenings) on text development. (I) - **6.T.C.2.d**: Use credible sources to research the answers to questions on academic and individual topics of interest. (C) ## Georgia Milestones coverage - English Language Arts Grade 6 (EOG). Texts — Constructing Texts. Context Students recognize influences on texts and analyze how they shape meaning. (about 13% of the test; 8 points; shared with other standards, so count these points once and never add them up per standard) - English Language Arts Grade 6 (EOG). Texts — Interpreting Texts. Context Students recognize influences on texts and analyze how they shape meaning. (about 10% of the test; 6 points; shared with other standards, so count these points 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 two perspectives conveyed by a single text. Identify what the author’s use of evidence reveals about the author’s perspective. Identify the background information or context presented in the text (e.g., geography, location, era, historical happenings). Identify a credible source to research the answer to a question on a provided topic. - **Developing**: Describe the development or interaction of two perspectives conveyed by a single text. Identify how the author’s choice of evidence may impact credibility. Explain the impact of the provided background information or context on text development. Identify credible sources to research the answers to questions on a provided topic. - **Proficient**: Describe and analyze the development and interaction of two or more perspectives conveyed by a single text. Explain how the author’s choice of evidence reveals the author’s perspective and impacts credibility. Identify and analyze the impact of background information and context (e.g., geography, location, era, historical happenings) on text development. Use credible sources to research the answer to a question on a provided research topic. - **Distinguished**: Describe and analyze the development and interaction of two or more perspectives conveyed across two texts. Explain with text evidence how the author’s choice of evidence reveals the author’s perspective and impacts credibility (e.g., evidence is not provided to the student). Analyze how background information in one text (e.g., geography, location, era, historical happenings) impacts the audience’s understanding of another text. Use credible sources to expand upon ideas in the student’s draft research text. ## The same standard across grades - Kindergarten, K.T.C.2: **Authors & Speakers** Investigate the relationships between authors and speakers in texts. https://georgiahomeroom.org/standards/code/K.T.C.2.md - Grade 1, 1.T.C.2: **Authors & Speakers** Investigate the relationships between authors and speakers in texts. https://georgiahomeroom.org/standards/code/1.T.C.2.md - Grade 2, 2.T.C.2: **Authors & Speakers** Investigate the relationships between authors and speakers in texts. https://georgiahomeroom.org/standards/code/2.T.C.2.md - 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. https://georgiahomeroom.org/standards/code/3.T.C.2.md - 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. https://georgiahomeroom.org/standards/code/4.T.C.2.md - 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. https://georgiahomeroom.org/standards/code/5.T.C.2.md - **Grade 6, 6.T.C.2 (this standard)**: **Authors & Speakers** Analyze how authors’ and/or speakers’ perspectives influence texts and how circumstances shape their creation. - Grade 7, 7.T.C.2: **Authors & Speakers** Analyze how authors’ and/or speakers’ perspectives influence texts and how circumstances shape their creation. https://georgiahomeroom.org/standards/code/7.T.C.2.md - Grade 8, 8.T.C.2: **Authors & Speakers** Analyze how authors’ and/or speakers’ perspectives influence texts and how circumstances shape their creation. https://georgiahomeroom.org/standards/code/8.T.C.2.md - Grade 9, 9.T.C.2: **Authors & Speakers** Evaluate how authors’ and/or speakers’ perspectives influence texts and how circumstances shape their creation. https://georgiahomeroom.org/standards/code/9.T.C.2.md - Grade 10, 10.T.C.2: **Authors & Speakers** Evaluate how authors’ and/or speakers’ perspectives influence texts and how circumstances shape their creation. https://georgiahomeroom.org/standards/code/10.T.C.2.md - Grade 11, 11.T.C.2: **Authors & Speakers** Evaluate how authors’ and/or speakers’ perspectives influence texts and how circumstances shape their creation. https://georgiahomeroom.org/standards/code/11.T.C.2.md - Grade 12, 12.T.C.2: **Authors & Speakers** Evaluate how authors’ and/or speakers’ perspectives influence texts and how circumstances shape their creation. https://georgiahomeroom.org/standards/code/12.T.C.2.md Source: Georgia Standards of Excellence, published by the Georgia Department of Education at case.georgiastandards.org.