Georgia 2.P.AC.2

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

• 2.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)

• 2.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)

• 2.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)

• 2.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 writing by thinking about who will read it and why they are writing. They choose words, details, tone, and pictures that shape the reader’s experience.

02

What Mastery Looks Like

Students choose words, details, tone, and pictures that fit a specific reader and reason for writing. They can explain how one choice helps the reader understand or respond.

03

Common Misconceptions

Students may write only what they want to say and forget what the reader needs to know. They may think longer words always make writing better or use the same tone for every reader.

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How to Assess It

Ask students to write two short invitations to a class reading picnic, one for a classmate and one for the principal. Have them underline one choice made for each reader.

1. 01

   Give pairs word, detail, and picture cards to build a welcome note for a new student, then explain each choice.

2. 02

   Ask, “How would you describe recess differently to a new student and to the principal?” Students write one sentence for each.

3. 03

   Play Audience Switch by drawing topic and reader cards, then writing one line that fits the selected reader.

4. 04

   Create labels and directions for the classroom supply station that a kindergarten visitor could understand and follow.

• 12.P.AC.2

  The 12th Grade version of this standard.

• 5.P.AC.2

  The 5th Grade version of this standard.

• 4.P.AC.2

  The 4th Grade version of this standard.

• 9.P.AC.2

  The 9th Grade version of this standard.