Author's Purpose

A handbook teaching people how to negotiate 

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• explain
• inform
• persuade

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CCSS.RI.3.6

CCSS.RI.6.9

CCSS.RL.3.6

CCSS.RL.4.6

CCSS.RL.5.6

A public service announcement telling kids to stay in school 

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CCSS.RI.3.6

CCSS.RI.6.9

CCSS.RL.3.6

CCSS.RL.4.6

CCSS.RL.5.6

A menu for a local pizzeria listing the sizes and prices of pizzas and available toppings

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CCSS.RI.6.6

CCSS.RI.6.9

CCSS.RL.3.6

CCSS.RL.4.6

CCSS.RL.5.6

A song about pizza by popular music artist, Miss Directed 

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• entertain
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• describe

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CCSS.RI.3.6

CCSS.RI.6.6

CCSS.RI.6.9

CCSS.RL.4.6

CCSS.RL.5.6

The track listing to Miss Directed’s album, I Want Pizza, which shows the order, length, and producer of each song 

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CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

A radio commercial script calling Miss Directed’s new album, “The soundtrack of our lives.” 

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CCSS.RI.6.6

CCSS.RI.6.9

CCSS.RL.3.6

CCSS.RL.4.6

CCSS.RL.5.6

A pie graph showing how many pies were sold in each flavor during November last year 

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• persuade

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CCSS.RI.3.6

CCSS.RI.6.9

CCSS.RL.4.6

CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

A children’s book about a cherry pie and an apple pie that overcome their differences to become good friends 

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• describe
• persuade

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CCSS.RI.6.6

CCSS.RI.6.9

CCSS.RL.3.6

CCSS.RL.4.6

CCSS.RL.5.6

A bookmark by the American Dairy Association listing 10 reasons to drink milk

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• entertain

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CCSS.RI.3.6

CCSS.RI.6.6

CCSS.RL.3.6

CCSS.RL.4.6

CCSS.RL.5.6

A poem about the beauty of Mount Everest as seen from a mountain climber’s perspective 

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• describe
• explain
• persuade

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CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.4.5

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.5.5