How to Write for Your Audience - Writing Video For Kids
3 min3rd4th5thReading & Writing (ELA)
Summary
A mini-lesson on audience: thinking about who will read your writing and adjusting your words, tone, and details to fit them.
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Teaching resources
Discussion questions
Your audience is who reads your writing -- and it changes how you write.
- What does 'audience' mean in writing?
- How might you write differently for a friend vs. a principal?
- Who is the audience for something you're writing now?
Quick work-a-long
Words to know: audience, tone, purpose
- Name the audience for a piece you're writing.
- Change one sentence to fit that audience better.