Identifying Authors' Purpose

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English

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5th Grade

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Hard

Joseph Anderson

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4 Slides • 2 Questions

Identifying and Understanding Author's Purpose

Multiple Choice

What is the author's purpose?

To share with readers

point that author is trying to make in writing

what author wants the reader to know or understand after reading their writing

All of the Above

Multiple Select

What are some examples of a writer's specific purpose?

describe

show

tell

explain

compare

Inferring Author's Purpose

Central Idea-What is the author's point?
Text Structure-How is text organized?
Message-What does the author want me to learn from this text?

Success Criteria

Infer author's purpose
Explain author's specific purpose for writing the text
Used text evidence to support thinking
Explain how test evidence relates to inference (reasoning)

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Identifying and Understanding Author's Purpose

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