Learning Author's Purpose

What is Author's Prupose

Today's Objective

I can explain the author’s purpose and message within a text using a biography.

Multiple Choice

How do we celebrate

• yell

• scream

• wave our hands

• jump up down

Multiple Choice

What school do you go to?

• Disney World

• Kashmere Garden Elementary

• Houston

• HISD

What is the author's purpose for pararaph 2

​The author's purpose for paragraph 2 is

Bridwell loved art so much, though, that he decided to make it his career. He attended art school and later moved to New York to take even more art classes. He found a job drawing cartoons for filmstrips, but soon he needed to earn more money because he was married and had a child. Bridwell needed a better job so that he could support his new family. He displayed his art in a special book called a portfolio and tried to find work drawing pictures for children’s books.

Audio Response

Choose the author's purpose word that best represents the author's purpose for writing the story.

Sentence Stem: The word that represents the author's purpose is_____

Open Audio Recorder

Video Response

Why did the author include paragraphs 5 and 6?

(Group 2, 3, 4) Sentence stem: The author included paragraphs 5 and 6 to show__________

Open Video Recorder

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