Author's Purpose Review

A map of the school showing all of the emergency exit.

• entertain

• inform

• persuade

Tags

CCSS.SL.6.2

A speech arguing that the 8th grade class should read The Hunger Games.

• entertain

• inform

• persuade

Tags

CCSS.SL.6.1A

CCSS.W.6.1A

CCSS.W.6.1B

The instruction booklet to a video game called Halo 3.

• entertain

• inform

• persuade

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RI.6.6

The lyrics to the song, "Another One Bites the Dust," performed by Queen.

• entertain

• inform

• persuade

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.1

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.6.4

A text message from a friend asking you to go to the dance because you'll have a lot of fun.

• entertain

• inform

• persuade

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.6

A poem about a girl whose heart has been broken by her first love.

• entertain

• inform

• persuade

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.6.5

A Garfield comic from the newspaper in which Garfield hates Mondays and likes to eat lasagna.

• entertain

• inform

• persuade

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.1

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.SL.6.2

A speech by a politician asking for 90 minutes to be added to the school day.

• entertain

• inform

• persuade

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RI.6.6

CCSS.RI.6.8

CCSS.SL.6.3

The instructions for the board game, Monopoly.

• entertain

• inform

• persuade

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RI.6.6

A child's letter to Santa asking for a bike for Christmas because the child has been good all year.

• entertain

• inform

• persuade

Tags

CCSS.W.6.2B

CCSS.W.6.4