Georgia 11.P.AC.2

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

• 11.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)

• 11.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)

• 11.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)

• 11.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 imagining how a specific audience will read and respond. They choose tone, structure, detail, pacing, and language to fit the situation and goal.

02

What Mastery Looks Like

Students shape tone, details, structure, and language for a specific reader and situation. They can explain how each choice supports the intended purpose and likely audience response.

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Common Misconceptions

Students may assume that formal language is always better or that one style fits every reader. They may add imagery, humor, or rhetorical questions without considering how those choices affect the intended audience.

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How to Assess It

Give students a school event announcement written for teachers. Ask them to rewrite it for students and name two craft choices they changed.

1. 01

   Give groups one message and audience cards, then have them cut, rearrange, and revise printed sentences to suit their assigned readers.

2. 02

   Ask students to compare two openings and write which audience each fits, citing specific words, details, and sentence patterns.

3. 03

   Play Audience Switch, where students revise a paragraph for a new reader in five minutes and classmates identify the intended audience.

4. 04

   Rewrite a workplace email, public service post, or college request for two different audiences, then compare the choices each version requires.

• 6.P.AC.2

  The 6th Grade version of this standard.

• 9.P.AC.2

  The 9th Grade version of this standard.

• 10.P.AC.2

  The 10th Grade version of this standard.

• 8.P.AC.2

  The 8th Grade version of this standard.