Georgia 3.P.AC.2.c

ELA3rd GradeWriting like a Reader

The Standard

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

Georgia's K-12 English Language Arts Standards · Practices (P) · Author’s Craft

Teacher's field guide

What Students Need to Do: Students shape sentences to suit a particular reader and goal. They vary sentence length, order, and type to inform, persuade, entertain, or create emphasis.
What Mastery Looks Like: Students can write the same message differently for classmates, younger children, or adults. They can explain how sentence length, order, or type helps create the intended effect.
Common Misconceptions: Students may think changing a few words is enough, even when the sentence pattern stays the same. They may also assume longer sentences sound better or use questions and exclamations without considering the reader.
How to Assess It: Exit ticket: Rewrite “Our field trip is Friday” once to excite classmates and once to remind families. Underline one sentence change and explain why it fits the audience.

Lesson moves

Give pairs sentence strips from a choppy paragraph, then have them combine and reorder the strips to make the paragraph smoother.
Write two openings about a class pet, one to excite first graders and one to inform the principal, then compare sentence choices.
Play Sentence Switch: draw a purpose card and an audience card, then rewrite one sentence to match both.
Revise a school announcement for morning news and a family email, using sentence length and order that fit each audience.

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