Georgia 6.P.AC.1.a
The Standard
Identify, apply, and analyze the literary, expository, and opinion (grades K-5) or rhetorical (grades 6-12) elements in texts, explaining or evaluating how specific elements affect the target audience and support the text’s purpose. (I/C)
Georgia's K-12 English Language Arts Standards · Practices (P) · Author’s Craft
Teacher's field guide
What This Standard Means
What Students Need to Do
- Students identify craft moves in stories, informational texts, and arguments. They explain how each move affects a target audience and supports the author’s purpose. They also use selected moves in their own writing.
What Mastery Looks Like
- Students locate a specific craft move and cite the words that show it. They explain how the move shapes an intended reader’s response and helps achieve the author’s purpose. They can use a similar move in their own writing.
Common Misconceptions
- Students may name a feature, such as repetition or imagery, without explaining its effect. They may confuse the topic with the author’s purpose or assume every reader reacts the same way.
How to Assess It
- Give students a short advertisement and ask: “Name one rhetorical move, quote an example, and explain how it influences the intended audience.”
Lesson moves
Ways to Teach It
Give pairs printed excerpts to color-code imagery, facts, repetition, rhetorical questions, and strong word choices, then label each move’s likely effect.
Ask students to write: “Which craft move most influences the audience, and what exact words make it effective?”
Play Craft Move Match by pairing excerpt cards with purpose and audience-effect cards, then require students to defend each match.
Compare two cereal advertisements aimed at different age groups, noting how images, claims, and word choices change for each audience.
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