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- The teacher will gather the students in a whole group setting. He/she will use the Author's Purpose for Informational Text PDF to introduce the concept of author's purpose. The teacher will introduce each category and explain what each means.
- The teacher will list each category (persuade, inform, explain, entertain, describe) on a whiteboard, interactive board, or on chart paper. As the teacher introduces and explains each category, the students will brainstorm types of text that they think belong in that category. Have students write their ideas on sticky notes and place them on the chart paper under each category.
- To persuade means that the author is trying to get the reader to do something. Examples: magazine advertisements, TV commercials, songs, campaign speeches
- To inform means the author gives the reader information and teaches you facts. Examples: textbooks, nonfiction books/articles, dictionary, weather report, news stories
- To explain means that the author writes the steps that the reader will follow. Examples: descriptions of products we buy, recipes, how-to manuals for putting something together, ACAP directions
- To entertain means that the author is trying to get the reader to enjoy the text. Examples: fiction stories, comics, joke books, songs, fairy tales, poems, gossip magazine articles
- To describe means that the author uses some of the senses to describe an object. Examples: scary story that describes a haunted house, poem that describes what an object smells, sounds, looks like
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