ALEX Classroom Resources

   View Standards     Standard(s): [ELA2021] (2) 31 :

31. Use information from a text to determine the author's purpose in different forms of informational and literary texts.

Pick your game piece and spin the spinner. Read each short story carefully to determine what the author's purpose was in writing it: to entertain, inform, or persuade. If you are able to correctly determine why the short story was written, your game piece will move across the board. This classroom resource also includes a quiz, worksheet, and teaching video to help with understanding.

   View Standards     Standard(s): [ELA2021] (2) 31 :

31. Use information from a text to determine the author's purpose in different forms of informational and literary texts.

In this game, students pick their game piece and spin the spinner. Read each short story carefully to determine what the author's purpose was in writing it: to entertain, inform, or persuade. If you are able to correctly determine why the short story was written, your game piece will move across the board. This classroom resource includes a video lesson and worksheet to help with understanding the concept.

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1 ) Plan and carry out an experiment to determine the effects of balanced and unbalanced forces on the motion of an object using one variable at a time, including number, size, direction, speed, position, friction, or air resistance (e.g., balanced forces pushing from both sides on an object, such as a box, producing no motion; unbalanced force on one side of an object, such as a ball, producing motion), and communicate these findings graphically.

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22. Use content knowledge built during read-alouds and independent reading of informational and literary texts by participating in content-specific discussions with peers and/or through writing.

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31. Use information from a text to determine the author's purpose in different forms of informational and literary texts.

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18. Demonstrate content knowledge built during independent reading of informational and literary texts by participating in content-specific discussions with peers and/or through writing.

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20. Establish a purpose before reading literary and informational texts to enhance comprehension, including identifying background knowledge and generating questions about the topic or characters.

Examples: reading for pleasure, application, or information; to identify a theme or an author's purpose

Beware of squirrels! Experience the science of force and motion while learning that an author’s reason to write is either to inform or entertain the reader. In this interactive lesson, write a motion story and use motion words as you practice reading with a nutty squirrel.