Georgia 7.P.AC.2.b
The Standard
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)
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 select words and phrases that guide how a particular audience thinks, feels, or responds. They adjust word choice to match a clear purpose, such as persuading, informing, or questioning.
What Mastery Looks Like
- Students choose precise words that fit the intended reader and goal. They can explain how specific nouns, verbs, modifiers, and phrases shape a reader’s reaction.
Common Misconceptions
- Students may choose impressive words that do not fit the audience or purpose. They may confuse strong persuasion with exaggeration, or change only adjectives while ignoring verbs, tone, and phrasing.
How to Assess It
- Give students a neutral sentence about extending lunch by ten minutes. Ask them to rewrite it for the principal and explain two word choices.
Lesson moves
Ways to Teach It
Give groups word cards to revise a neutral school announcement for students, parents, or administrators, then compare the different versions.
Ask students to write two versions of one request, then explain which words would influence each intended reader.
Play a revision relay where teams replace vague words in a paragraph with precise choices that create an assigned reaction.
Compare wording in two real advertisements for the same type of product and identify how each targets a different audience.
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