Quick Study! - Authors Purpose + Vocabulary

​📚 Focus Board – Author’s Purpose in Multiple Accounts

Focus: Author’s Purpose

Standard:

ELA.6.R.2.3 – Analyze author’s purpose(s) in multiple accounts of the same event or topic.

Learning Goal:

I can explain why an author wrote a text and compare how different authors may have different purposes when writing about the same event or topic.

Essential Question:

Why might two authors write about the same event or topic in different ways?

Check for Understanding:

Complete the Quizzizz assessment on identifying and analyzing author’s purpose in multiple texts.

Multiple Choice

What is "author's purpose"?

• The author's biography and life story.
• The author's favorite genre of writing.
• The reason an author writes a text.

• The author's writing style and techniques.

Multiple Choice

What are the types of author's purpose?

• To critique literature
• To summarize events
• To persuade, inform, or entertain

• To analyze data

Match

Match each type of text with what you think the author's purpose is? (negative aura for guessing instead of reading)

• Everyone should recycle to help protect our planet.

• The Nile River is the longest river in the world, stretching over 4,000 miles.

• Once upon a time, a mouse dreamed of becoming a knight

• Sharks do not have bones; their skeletons are made of cartilage.

• The alien slipped on a banana peel while trying to invade Earth.

Persuade

Inform

Entertain

Inform

Entertain

• Persuade

• Inform

• Entertain

• Inform

• Entertain

Multiple Choice

Which piece of PIE is this text section?

• Persuade

• Inform

• Entertain

• Describe

Multiple Choice

Which piece of PIE is this text section?

• Persuade

• Inform

• Entertain

• Describe

Multiple Choice

If one passage is written to entertain and the other to inform, but the topic is the same, what is the reason?

• Because one author wants the reader to learn facts, while the other wants the reader to enjoy a story.

• The passages are written by different authors.
• Because one author wants the reader to be persuaded, while the other wants the reader to enjoy a story.

• Because one author wants the reader to laugh, while the other wants the reader to enjoy a story.

Multiple Choice

Which piece of PIE is this text section?

• Persuade

• Inform

• Entertain

• Describe

Next on the agenda for our quick study...

context clues and morphology!

📚 Focus Board – Vocabulary Skills

Focus: Word Meaning

Standards:

ELA.6.V.1.2 – Apply knowledge of Greek and Latin roots and affixes to determine meanings of words and phrases in grade-level content.

ELA.6.V.1.3 – Apply knowledge of context clues, figurative language, word relationships, reference materials, and/or background knowledge to determine the connotative and denotative meaning of words and phrases, appropriate to grade level.

Learning Goal:

I can figure out what words mean by using roots, affixes, context clues, and other strategies.

Essential Question:

How can I use roots, affixes, and context clues to understand the meaning of unfamiliar words?

Check for Understanding:

Complete the Quizzizz assessment on using roots/affixes and context clues to find word meanings texts.

Multiple Choice

The word “pollinators” comes from the root pollen. Based on this root, what does a pollinator do?

• A pollinator grows flowers in gardens.
• A pollinator produces pollen in flowers.
• A pollinator collects nectar from flowers.
• A pollinator transfers pollen between flowers.

Multiple Choice

The passage says, “Pollinators are essential to humans because they help grow much of the food we eat.” What does the word essential most likely mean in this sentence?

• crucial or necessary
• unimportant
• irrelevant
• optional

Multiple Choice

The text explains, “Pollution, pesticides, and the destruction of habitats reduce their numbers each year.” What does the word habitats mean in this context?

• Natural environments where species live.
• Regions affected by climate change.
• Areas designated for recreational activities.
• Artificial structures built by humans.

Multiple Choice

The passage "The Mars Rover’s Space Mission" describes rovers as “carrying cameras, drills, and laboratories on wheels.” What is the meaning of the word rover as used here?

• a robotic vehicle for exploration
• a type of space satellite
• a human astronaut
• a ground-based telescope

Multiple Choice

The word geology comes from the root geo- meaning “earth.” What does geology study?

• Geology examines the stars and celestial bodies.
• Geology focuses on the study of living organisms.
• Geology studies the Earth, its materials, processes, and history.
• Geology studies the weather patterns on Earth.

Multiple Choice

The word destruction comes from the prefix de- meaning “to take away” and the root struct meaning “build.” What does destruction mean in the passage?

• The process of creating something new and innovative.
• The act of damaging or ruining something that has been built.
• The act of preserving and maintaining structures.
• The state of being built or constructed.

Multiple Choice

The word exploration ends with the suffix -tion, which means “the act of.” Based on this, what does exploration mean in the text?

• The act of creating new things.
• The process of stopping and resting.
• The state of being lost or confused.
• The act of exploring or investigating.

Multiple Select

True or false: The next time I see you, you have a summative (ELA quarterly)?

• True

• True