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Grade 5 Reading & Writing · World 9: Research Base · Level 80
When and Why It Was Written
Infer a text's time period, writer, and situation.
Warm-up, learn, try it together, practice, then a quick check. About 15 minutes.
What children learn in Level 80
- Every text comes from somewhere. Its context is the time, the place, the writer, and the situation around it.
- Look for clues. A wagon, a new radio, or a smartphone can tell you when a text was written.
- Context explains purpose. A notice asking for tin cans makes sense once you know that the country was at war.
- Our letters and diaries here were made up for the lesson. Real ones are full of clues like these.
Georgia's K-12 English Language Arts Standards:
- 5.T.C.2.c — Make inferences about the context in which the text is written (e.g., time period, individual, situational). (I)
- 5.P.ST.1.a — Use prior knowledge, formal or informal research, and discussions with others to identify the key components of context that are most relevant. (I/C)
- 5.P.ST.1.b — Consider how context impacts the purposes of the author and the audience. (I/C)