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​Annotate with me so we do the "thang" on the DoL

HISD 4th Grade

Read Write

November 9, 2023

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TEKS ELA.4.10.A Explain the author's purpose and message within a text.

LO: SWBAT explain the author's purpose and
message in a literary text.

DOL: Given a literary text, SW explain the
author's purpose and message in a literary text
at least 5 of 6 questions.

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Academic Vocabulary

author’s purpose

message

The author's main
goal in a piece of
writing

The main point or
idea the author is
trying to tell the
reader

Categorize

Options (2)

The author's main goal in a piece of writing.

The main point or idea the author is trying to tell the reader.

Organize these options into the right categories.

Author's purpose

Message

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★ Author’s purpose is the author’s

main reason for writing a text.

★ Sometimes, authors state their

purpose. Others, it is implied, so
readers need to infer the author’s
purpose.

★ As we read, we need reflect on the

way authors write about a topic.

Labelling

Complete the sentences with the information about author's purpose.

Drag labels to their correct position on the image

main reason for writing

topic

infer the author's purpose.

implied

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to describe

to explain

to show

to persuade

to state

to illustrate

to narrate

to highlight

to emphasize

to compare

To create a picture using words

To make clear in writing

To make clear by example; explain

To cause to do or believe something

To express the particulars (with authority)

To make clear by giving an example

To tell (a story) in detail

To give particular emphasis, make prominent, stand out

To give particular attention to

To describe the similarities or differences of

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How can you
figure out the

author’s

purpose when
we read a text?

​We need a guide to help this make sense...
Take out your journal, a glue stick, and your precut reference sheet.

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​Make sense of it all first

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to describe

to explain

to show

to persuade

to state

to illustrate

to narrate

to highlight

to
emphasize

to compare

What is the most likely reason

the author includes this

information? How do you know?

The most likely reason
the author includes this

information is to

_________ because…

​Thunderbird tell the reason
Phoenix tell the why.

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to describe

to explain

to show

to persuade

to state

to illustrate

to narrate

to highlight

to emphasize

to compare

What is the most likely reason

the author includes Hannis’

reaction to her failed

attempts? How do you know?

The most likely reason

the author includes

Hannis’ reaction to her

failed attempts is to

_________ because…

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Message

Theme

What is the difference
between message and

theme?

Match by Flowicon from Noun Project (CC BY 3.0)

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Message

Theme
Match by Flowicon from
Noun Project (CC BY 3.0)

❏ The key idea expressed by

an author in a writing
piece.
❏ Sometimes, the

message is explicit and
straightforward.

❏ In other cases, the

message is embedded
in the text and requires
that readers infer it.

❏

Universal ideas that speak to
a common human experience
(e.g., loneliness, friendship,
and bravery).

❏

Readers infer the themes
that relate to the characters
and events in a story.

❏

Readers determine how the
theme defines the plot, the
relationships among
characters, and how they
change throughout the story.

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Message

Why would Hanni

blush after

Bartók asked her

to sing?

“Contrast and Contradictions” Anchor Chart from HMH Into Reading! Texas with permission ©
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company

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Message

Why would Hanni
smile at the end

of the story?

“Contrast and Contradictions” Anchor Chart from HMH Into Reading! Texas with permission ©
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company

Draw

Which sentences best state the message in the story?

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1. Put "What's in a Whistle?" away in your binder,

2. take out your DoL from your binder,

3. have your DoL, your journal, a pencil, and highlighter in front of you,

4. put your binder under your laptop, then turn your computer to protect your screen.

​to finish annotating

to work

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​1. You will keep your DoL paper until the 10 minutes is up.
2. When you finish with both parts, close your laptop.
3. Set your DoL paper on top of your laptop.
4. Gather any completed work out of your binder and set it neatly on your desk.
5. Close your binder, quietly go put it away, and sit down without talking.
(Your desk should only have your laptop with the DoL paper on top of it , and your work to take home at this point)
6. Raise your hand quietly to be released to pack up.

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