Georgia K.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 decide who will hear or read a message and what they want that person to feel, think, or do. They choose words that fit that audience and goal.
What Mastery Looks Like
- A student names who the message is for and what response they want. The student chooses fitting words, then explains how those words may affect the listener or reader.
Common Misconceptions
- Students may choose words they like without thinking about who will hear them. They may confuse purpose with topic, or assume every audience will react the same way.
How to Assess It
- Give students this exit prompt: “Make a sign asking classmates to walk quietly near a sleeping baby. Draw it and add words.” Ask why they chose those words.
Lesson moves
Ways to Teach It
Give pairs picture cards of audiences, then have them build polite requests with word cards and read each request aloud.
Ask, “What words would make a friend want to share a toy?” Students draw, dictate, or write their message.
Play Audience Match by sorting short messages under picture cards labeled friend, teacher, baby, and family.
Create two playground signs, one for kindergarteners and one for adults, using words suited to each group.
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