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title: "7.T.C.2: Author Perspective and Context (Georgia English Language Arts standard)"
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# 7.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 7, https://georgiahomeroom.org/standards/ela/grade-7.md

## Expectations

- **7.T.C.2.a**: Determine the prevailing perspective in a text and analyze how the author distinguishes or corroborates that position. (I)
- **7.T.C.2.b**: Analyze how evidence and tone reveal the author’s perspective and impact credibility. (I)
- **7.T.C.2.c**: Analyze the impact of background information and context (e.g., geography, location, era, historical happenings) on text development. (I)
- **7.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 7 (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 7 (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 the prevailing perspective in a text. Identify the background information and context presented in the text (e.g., geography, location, era, historical happenings). Identify credible source(s) to research the answer to a question on a provided topic.
- **Developing**: Identify the prevailing perspective in a text and explain how the author develops that perspective. Identify specific evidence that the author used to strengthen credibility. Explain the impact of the provided background information or context (e.g., geography, location, era, historical happenings) on text development. Identify credible sources to research the answers to questions on a provided topic.
- **Proficient**: Determine the prevailing perspective in a text and analyze how the author distinguishes or corroborates that position. Analyze how evidence and tone reveal one author’s perspective and impact credibility. 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**: Determine the prevailing perspective across two texts and analyze how the authors distinguish or corroborate that position. Analyze how evidence and tone reveal multiple authors’ perspectives and impact credibility. 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: **Authors & Speakers** Analyze how authors’ and/or speakers’ perspectives influence texts and how circumstances shape their creation. https://georgiahomeroom.org/standards/code/6.T.C.2.md
- **Grade 7, 7.T.C.2 (this standard)**: **Authors & Speakers** Analyze how authors’ and/or speakers’ perspectives influence texts and how circumstances shape their creation.
- 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.