Georgia 9.P.AC.2

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

• 9.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)

• 9.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)

• 9.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)

• 9.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 write with a clear reader and purpose in mind. They choose details, tone, structure, and language that shape how the reader understands and reacts.

02

What Mastery Looks Like

Students select details, tone, structure, and language that fit a named audience and purpose. They can explain how specific choices guide the reader’s understanding or response.

03

Common Misconceptions

Students may treat audience as an age group rather than people with specific knowledge, needs, and expectations. They may change vocabulary but leave tone, details, and structure unchanged.

04

How to Assess It

Ask students to rewrite a school event announcement for new students and parents. Have them label two craft choices and explain each choice in one sentence.

1. 01

   Give groups sentence strips from two versions of a message, then have them sort and assemble each version for its intended audience.

2. 02

   Ask students to compare a principal’s email and a student group chat, then explain how audience shapes tone, details, and organization.

3. 03

   Play Audience Switch by drawing audience and purpose cards, then revising the same paragraph to match each combination.

4. 04

   Have students create a bus delay notice for students, families, and drivers, changing the details and tone for each group.

• 11.P.AC.2

  The 11th Grade version of this standard.

• 6.P.AC.2

  The 6th Grade version of this standard.

• 10.P.AC.2

  The 10th Grade version of this standard.

• 8.P.AC.2

  The 8th Grade version of this standard.