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What Do They Mean

Page history last edited by Conrado Gonzalez 11 years, 9 months ago

 

What Do They Mean?

Author's Purpose: the reason to write and read something.

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Scenario

Everyday we are bombarded with messages from many sources and made for many purposes. Some of these messages are trying to give us information (the News), some are trying to convince us of something (tv ads), while some are just trying to tell us a story. It is very important that you are aware of the author's purpose early on so that you can spot it as you read something. This will allow you to make better sense of what you are reading and help you decide whether or not the source you are reading is credible or if you should read something else instead.

 

Please click on the video on the right and pay close attention.

 

Now, read the 'The True Story of the 3 Little Pigs!' by Jon Scieszka and see if you can determine the author's purpose (in this case Mr. Scieszka's purpose). Make sure that you provide evidence for your analysis. Record your answers online on the Google Document provided here.

 

 

Now that go to the Task Section to continue with this investigation.

Task

Sample Investigations/Teacher Resources

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A worksheet to explain author's purpose. by Mariely Sanchez at www.sanchezclass.com

 

http://www.studyzone.org/testprep/ela4/h/authorpur.cfm

 

Student Resources

 

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Add additional resources here - at least 6

 

Student Work

Standards (English Language Arts 2nd Grade TEKS)

1. List your personal understanding, ideas or hunches.

Now that you are familiar with Author's Purpose you will write everything you know about it. Describe your thoughts or ideas about how to solve the problem. There are not incorrect answers in this step, just feel free to brainstorm your ideas.

 

2. List what is known.

 With your team use all the information available in the scenario to list everything that you know about Author's Purpose. You do not have to conduct any research yet. Just use the information given and write the facts that you already know about Author's Purpose.

3. List what is unknown.

With your team, make a list about what you do not know and would like to learn. List all the questions you will need to answer to solve the problem.  

5. List what needs to be done.
"What should we do?" List actions to be taken, e.g., question an expert, conduct research, go to a board meeting about topic. List possible actions. 

 

6. Develop a problem statement.

You will be responsible for thinking and choosing one of the questions to solve the problem.  A problem statement should come from your analysis of what you know. In one or two sentences, you should be able to describe what it is that your group is trying to solve, produce, respond to, or find out. The problem statement may have to be revised as new information is discovered and brought to bear on the situation.

7. Gather information

Use all the resources available (Internet, library, etc) to research about the problem/topic and find a solution.


8. Present Findings

****Determine how students will present findings****

 

2.13A Identify the topic and explain the author's purpose in writing the text.

 

2.16A Recognize different purposes of media (e.g., informational, entertainment); 

 

2.16B Describe techniques used to create media messages (e.g., sound, 

graphics)

 

 

 

 


 

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