3.02 exit slip

Read this excerpt from "Are Dogs Dumb?" by Karen Hopkin.

And how come we thinks dogs are so smart? Sure a dog might be clever enough to fetch his leash when he wants to go out. But the same mutt might also bark at a vacuum cleaner and spend a whole hour chasing his own tail. Is Rover really any brighter than a hamster, a chicken, or a kid who's always eating Play-Doh? How can you measure an animal's brain power?

What is the author's purpose in this paragraph?

• to explain what dogs can and cannot do

• to entertain readers with a joke about humans eating Play-Doh

• to give readers information about animal intelligence

• to persuade readers that smaller animals aren't necessarily dumb

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.6

CCSS.RI.6.9

CCSS.RI.7.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

What kinds of sources are best used for research?

• all fiction texts including storybooks and fiction movies that are for entertainment purposes only

• nonfiction texts that relate to your topic

• any nonfiction text, no matter the topic

What is our module 3 research topic?

• dogs

• animal intelligence

• camels

• the Army

What is the author's purpose for writing any informational text?

• to entertain

• to persuade

• to inform

• no purpose