Students guess as to audience characteristics targeted in examples found in Quadrant B activity. Students evaluate effectiveness of writing for target audience and/or propose revisions to examples to be appropriate for a wider ranging audience.

Students randomly draw a writing genre (exposition, literary analysis, narrative account, narrative procedure, persuasive essay, reflective essay, technical/business writing, informative writing) and randomly draw an audience (ex.: teenage boys, outdoorsmen, health care professionals, retired persons). Students analyze audience selection and determine appropriate topic given selected genre. Students draft a piece of writing appropriate for audience and genre and then have three people from the given audience evaluate the writing.

Students review writing genres (exposition, literary analysis, narrative account, narrative procedure, persuasive essay, reflective essay, technical/business writing, informative writing) characteristics and forms of each, and audience variables (age, education, formality, setting, etc.).

Students find examples of several different genres (at least five) from periodicals or varying professionally published media sources.