Georgia 10.P.AC.2

10.P.AC.2 is a Georgia English Language Arts standard. These are the expectations under it.

• 10.P.AC.2.a

  Integrate literary, expository, and opinion (grades K-5) or rhetorical (grades 6-12) elements to appeal to target audiences and achieve specific purposes. (I/C)

• 10.P.AC.2.b

  Craft words and phrases in order to influence the responses, thoughts, decisions, and questions of the target audience and achieve a specific purpose. (I/C)

• 10.P.AC.2.c

  Make decisions about sentence structure and syntax in order to accommodate and influence the audience and achieve a specific purpose. (I/C)

• 10.P.AC.2.d

  Organize texts by incorporating specific formats, structures, patterns, and features to influence the audience, facilitate accessibility, and support the text’s...

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What Students Need to Do

Students plan and revise writing by predicting how a particular audience will understand and react to it. They choose tone, details, organization, and craft techniques that match the situation and goal.

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What Mastery Looks Like

Students select details, structure, tone, and language that guide a specific reader’s response. They can explain how each choice fits the audience, situation, and purpose.

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Common Misconceptions

Students may treat audience as a label rather than considering what readers know, expect, or feel. They may add figurative language, dialogue, or formal vocabulary without checking whether those choices fit the purpose.

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How to Assess It

Give students a neutral paragraph about a school schedule change. Ask them to revise it for either students or parents, then name two choices made for that audience.

1. 01

   Give groups sentence strips from two versions of a message, then have them sort and assemble each version for its intended audience.

2. 02

   Ask students to rewrite a principal’s announcement for a close friend, then explain how their tone and details changed.

3. 03

   Play Audience Switch, where students draw audience and purpose cards, revise one sentence, and earn points for choices classmates can identify.

4. 04

   Compare a restaurant’s website description with a customer review, then write the same meal description for each audience and purpose.

• 11.P.AC.2

  The 11th Grade version of this standard.

• 6.P.AC.2

  The 6th Grade version of this standard.

• 9.P.AC.2

  The 9th Grade version of this standard.

• 8.P.AC.2

  The 8th Grade version of this standard.