RI.2.6

Identify the author's main purpose of a text, including what the author wants to answer, explain, or describe.

Step 1: Lesson Standards & Learning Goals

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RI.2.6 - Identify the author's main purpose of a text, including what the author wants to answer, explain, or describe.

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RI.1.6 - Distinguish between information provided by pictures or other illustrations and information provided by the words in a text.

RI.3.6 - Distinguish their own point of view from that of the author of a text.

Students Will Be Able To:

determine the author's purpose in writing the text
explain why the author wrote it, such as to answer a question, explain/describe a topic, or describe an event or action

Vocabulary

describe, description, descriptive details – to explain something in words; the details necessary to give a full and precise account

purpose – the reason for a particular action or creation (e.g., literary work or speech); the reason for which something exists (e.g., to persuade, to inform, to express, and/or to entertain)

text – anything that students can read, write, view, listen to, or explore, including books, photographs, films, articles, music, art, and more

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Step 2: Assessment

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Step 3: Lesson Instructions

Classroom Application

Students determine the author's purpose in writing the text. As they read the text, they consider why the author wrote it, such as to answer a question, explain/describe a topic, or describe an event or action.

In the Classroom:

Students write Notes from Authors after reading or listening to an informational text. Students consider the intent of the author and compose a paragraph as the author, telling the class the reason for writing the piece.

During shared reading, the teacher reads aloud an informational text. The students highlight evidence or information in the text that reveals why the author wrote the text. The teacher gathers everyone's evidence, and as a class, students decide the author's reason for writing the text.

Resources

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Sample Lesson Plan

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Questions Stems/Prompts:

What is the author’s intent in this text?
What does the author explain or describe in this passage?
Describe the information the author gives you in the text.
After reading the text, what information did the author describe to you? Summarize the author’s intent.
Determine the author’s _______(description, explanation) from the text.
In the text we just read, is the author trying to explain, describe or answer something? What makes you think that?

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