ALEX Classroom Resource

  

Author's Purpose

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Title:

Author's Purpose

URL:

https://www.roomrecess.com/mobile/AuthorsPurpose/play.html

Content Source:

Other
Room Recess
Type: Interactive/Game

Overview:

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.

Content Standard(s):
English Language Arts
ELA2021 (2021)
Grade: 2
31. Use information from a text to determine the author's purpose in different forms of informational and literary texts.
Unpacked Content
Teacher Vocabulary:
31.
  • Author's purpose
  • Informational texts
  • Literary texts
Knowledge:
31. Students know:
  • Authors write for different reasons: to entertain, to persuade, to inform, to explain.
Skills:
31. Students are able to:
  • Use text evidence to determine the author's purpose in different types of literary (fictional) and informational (nonfictional) texts.
Understanding:
31. Students understand that:
  • Determining the author's purpose when reading allows them to strengthen their understanding and comprehension of the text.
Tags: authors purpose, comprehension, main idea, short story
License Type: Public Domain
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Comments

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Author: YVETTE AKRIDGE
Alabama State Department of Education