Georgia 7.P.AC.2.a
The Standard
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)
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 choose and combine storytelling, explanation, evidence, and persuasive techniques in their writing. They shape tone, details, and organization for a specific audience and purpose.
What Mastery Looks Like
- Students combine narrative details, clear explanations, evidence, and persuasive techniques in one focused piece. Their word choice, tone, and supporting details fit the intended readers and goal.
Common Misconceptions
- Students may use a story, facts, or persuasive language without connecting them. They may also write for a general reader instead of adjusting tone, details, and evidence for a named audience.
How to Assess It
- Exit ticket: Write one paragraph asking the principal to extend library hours. Include a brief anecdote, one fact, and a clear call to action.
Lesson moves
Ways to Teach It
Give groups sentence cards with a scene, explanation, evidence, and rhetorical question, then have them build a paragraph for a named audience.
Write the same request to a friend and a principal, then explain which words and details changed for each reader.
Play Audience Match by pairing purpose cards with audience cards, then drafting the strongest opening sentence for each combination.
Revise a school event announcement to persuade students to attend while clearly explaining what will happen and why it matters.
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