Authors Purpose

Do you carpool to school? Do you take a bus? It should be a requirement for everyone to either share a ride or walk to school every day. If we are serious about saving the planet, we must take steps to conserve energy and reduce fossil fuel emissions.

• Persuade
• Inform
• Entertain
• Explain

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CCSS.RI.2.6

CCSS.RI.3.6

CCSS.RL.3.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

Pearls are made by a living animal known as a mollusk. A mollusk forms a pearl when it gets a piece of sand trapped inside it’s shell. As a protective measure, the mollusk then coats the grain of sand with a material called nacre. Like how we think of snow flakes, no two pearls are alike because they are made inside of different kinds of mollusks.

What is the author’s purpose for this selection?

• Inform

• Describe

• Entertain

• Explain

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CCSS.RI.2.6

CCSS.RI.6.6

CCSS.RI.6.9

CCSS.RL.3.6

CCSS.RL.5.6

When an author is giving you facts, what is their purpose?

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.6

CCSS.RI.3.6

CCSS.RI.6.9

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.9-10.6

If the author wants you to vote for a certain person, what is their purpose?

• Persuade

• Inform

• Entertain

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CCSS.RI.2.6

CCSS.RI.6.6

CCSS.RI.7.9

CCSS.RI.8.6

CCSS.RL.9-10.6

Which one would be written to inform?

• A comic strip

• an ad for McDonalds

• A newspaper article about our school

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.6

CCSS.RI.11-12.6

CCSS.RI.7.6

CCSS.RI.8.9

CCSS.RL.8.6

A story about a family trying to stick together and survive during the Great Depression 

• Explain
• Inform 
• Entertain
• Describe

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CCSS.RI.11-12.6

CCSS.RI.3.6

CCSS.RI.8.6

CCSS.RL.4.6

CCSS.RL.5.6

What are the three reasons we write?

(Authors purpose for writing)

• Persuade, Inform, Electrify

• Perform, Infer, Entertain

• Persuade, Inform, Educate

• Persuade, Inform, Entertain

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CCSS.RI.3.6

CCSS.RI.6.6

CCSS.RI.7.6

CCSS.RL.4.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

What is the primary purpose of text features?

• to inform

• to support the reader as they read

• to illustrate specific points within an article

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CCSS.RI.1.5

CCSS.RI.2.5

CCSS.RI.K.5

Entertain means...

• To make people scared
• To make people sad
• To make people enjoy something
• To go to the circus

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CCSS.RI.11-12.6

CCSS.RI.3.6

CCSS.RI.7.6

CCSS.RL.11-12.6

CCSS.RL.9-10.6

Rules are very important. They help keep things running smoothly. Rules let you know what you can and cannot do whether you are playing a game or explaining how to act in class. You should follow rules; they help people get along.
What is the author's purpose?

• to entertain with a story about people who follow the rules
• to inform about the rules of games
• to persuade people to follow the rules
• to explain the rules of chess

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CCSS.RL.11-12.6

CCSS.RL.3.6

CCSS.RL.4.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6