Georgia 9.P.EICC.4.a
The Standard
Establish a purpose and goals for writing and identify a target audience. (C)
Georgia's K-12 English Language Arts Standards · Practices (P) · Engagement & Intention for Comprehension & Composition
Teacher's field guide
What This Standard Means
What Students Need to Do
- Students make a clear plan before drafting. They identify the intended reader, decide what response they want, and set specific goals for content, tone, and structure.
What Mastery Looks Like
- Students can explain who should read a piece and what they want that reader to think, feel, or do. They set clear drafting goals and choose fitting details, tone, and organization.
Common Misconceptions
- Students may treat the audience as “everyone” or confuse the audience with the teacher grading the work. They may name a broad purpose, such as “to inform,” without setting a clear result or writing goal.
How to Assess It
- Give students a school lunch proposal prompt. Ask them to name the intended reader, the desired reader response, and two choices they would make while drafting.
Lesson moves
Ways to Teach It
Give groups purpose, audience, and topic cards, then have them build matching sets and explain each match.
Ask students to compare how they would describe a late assignment to a friend, teacher, and principal.
Play Audience Switch by changing the reader mid-prompt and having students revise the opening sentence and one writing goal.
Have students plan a real email requesting a school improvement, including the recipient, desired response, tone, and supporting details.
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