Identifying the Author's Purpose
In this lesson, students learn how to identify the author’s purpose in a short text. They learn clues, tips, and a helpful acronym to find the author’s primary purpose. This lesson includes vocabulary review practice, comprehension, and assessment.
Vocabulary
- purpose
- persuade
- entertain
- acronym
- informative
- neutral
- recipient
- primary
PDF Content
- warm-up
- reading
- vocabulary review tasks
- comprehension
- guided practice
- independent practice
- assessment
Task Content
- Lesson Objective(Reference)
- Vocabulary Preview A(Matching)
- Vocabulary Preview B(Matching)
- Warm-Up(Reference)
- Reading(Reference)
- Identifying the Author's Purpose A(Reference)
- Identifying the Author's Purpose B(Multiple-Choice)
- Guided Practice 1: Reading(Reference)
- Guided Practice 1: Questions(Open-Ended Questions)
- Guided Practice 2: Reading(Reference)
- Guided Practice 2: Questions(Open-Ended Questions)
- Guided Practice 3: Reading(Reference)
- Guided Practice 3: Questions(Open-Ended Questions)
- Vocabulary Review A(Type in the Blanks)
- Vocabulary Review B(Matching)
- More Practice: Reading(Reference)
- More Practice: Questions(Open-Ended Questions)
- Assessment A: Reading(Reference)
- Assessment B: Questions(Open-Ended Questions)