Audience Awareness

The claim of this author is that teachers should begin teaching their students to write with their audience in mind. She says how "...nine-year-olds seemed to be trapped, having neither a real nor a representational image of the audience..." On the other hand, sixth-grade and high school writers know how to distinguish different audiences, but not how to fully satisfy their needs. One reason as to why teachers should teach audience awareness, is to show that the person grading the paper should not be the only intended audience. Students write using "nice sounding words" and plenty of facts and information because they are too focused on what their teacher wants to realize what audience they should be writing to.