Write for Task, Purpose, Audience, and Publication

Organize and style writing for its task/purpose/audience and use digital tools to produce, publish, and collaborate.

How the lesson starts: Write for Task, Purpose, Audience, and Publication

The Moon Base print shop
Beep boop! Nova the robot runs the print shop on Moon Base Luna. Orders pour in: a lost-cat alert, a thank-you note, a report on moon rocks. Nova's first question: what is it for?
Purpose and format
To explain steps, write a how-to article. To tell what happened, a narrative. To convince someone, an opinion letter. To share facts, a report. To find a lost cat fast, a flyer.
Let's match an order
Order: thank Captain Rui for the moon tour. Is it to explain steps? No. To convince? No. To share facts? No. To share a feeling with one person? Yes! A thank-you note fits that purpose.