Determining Audience Teacher Resources

Students develop a business card to market them.  In this developing a business card to market them lesson, students design a business card to represent them.  Students create a logo or graphic design that is professional and...

In this English grammar worksheet, students study a chart of definitions and pointers.  Students then read 5 explanations as to how to separate fact from fiction.

Tenth graders differentiate angiosperms and gymnosperms. In this biology lesson, 10th graders construct a musical phylogenetic tree from information they gathered on resource websites. They present their project in class.

In this ESL spelling worksheet, students answer 10 multiple choice questions, choosing the correct spelling of words. A website reference is included for additional resources.

A series of four screencasts explaining the importance of audience. Students learn the difference between the real audience and the audience the writer intends, how to create a specific audience instead of a general audience, how the...

This lesson focuses on identifying and considering your audience in argumentative writing. It discusses the real vs. the intended audience, general and specific audiences, and the target audience. It suggest that you consider your...

This video lesson focuses on analyzing your audience and tailoring your writing to it. It discusses the 4 types of audiences: real, intended, general, and specific; it explains how to choose writing styles such as tone, vocabulary, and...

This video lesson focuses on audience: real and intended. It defines each term and explains how to tailor writing for the intended audience while keeping in mind the real audience. Real Player is required.

On this website you will find information, two presentations, and a practice worksheet explaining how to decide the audience of a written piece and how to appeal to an intended or general audience in an original text....

A clear guide to understanding the audience for your writing, this site leads you through steps to help you identify your audience, then structure your writing to meet that audience's needs and expectations. Use links on the right....

A screencast lesson defining different types of audience, discussing the importance of determining an audience, and explaining how a writing style should be chosen based on the needs and expectations of the intended audience.[5:18]...

A seven-slide presentation discussing the importance of writing to an audience in order to establish tone, strengthen word choice, and determine what supporting details to include.

In this lesson, you will learn how to identify the subject and audience of your essay by using the action verbs and repetition in the prompt. [4:09]

In this lesson, you will learn how to determine an author's purpose by considering his choice of audience. [6:27]

In this lesson, you will learn to determine the theme of a drama by asking yourself what the audience can learn from the story. Login gives access to a copy of a Little Red Riding-Hood play, a slideshow, and a student handout. [6:18]

This tutorial focuses on audiences and anticipating and responding to their questions using 2 videos. The first video focuses on determining, defining, and discussing real, intended, general, and specific audiences and also audience...

Students analyze the language, style, content, advertisements, of radio stations and determine their target audiences. then students create their own radio station targeting a specific audience including news, advertisements, stories,...

This lesson focuses on the writing in high school. Whether you write expository and persuasive essays or short stories, your first steps are to determine and define your audience. After that, you will begin to generate ideas and...

This lesson focuses on creating a research question including determining the purpose and audience, brainstorming a topic, researching the question for information, and refining and narrowing the question. W.9-10.7 Research....

This site by Plain Language Online states that plain language "begins with the needs of the reader," which will determine why and how the writer writes. It goes on to elaborate on audience and purpose, idea organization, use of...

This lesson focuses on Rhetoric and the literary techniques used in American Revolutionary speeches and writings. Students are asked to determine the rhetorical devices used in quotes from "The Crisis No 1" by Thomas Paine and Patrick...

This third-fifth grade lesson focuses on students choosing a product to sell, determining their target audience, and creating a PowerPoint presentation to sell their product.

Gives you insight into how television ratings and audience estimates are determined. Explains methodology and sampling involved. Gives historical overview of Nielsen company.

This lesson will focus on the writing you do in high school. Whether you write expository and persuasive essays or short stories, your first steps are to determine and define your audience. After that, you will begin to generate ideas...