Authors’ Purpose Lesson Plan
Objectives:
Using a graphic organizer, students will write descriptive notes on a given object.
Students will be able to read a passage and explain the author’s purpose.
Standards:
L.A. 10.) Ask and answer questions to demonstrate understanding of a text, referring explicitly to the text as the basis for the answers. [RI.3.1]
L.A. 15.) Distinguish their own point of view from that of the author of a text. [RI.3.6]
Materials Needed:
§ Author’s purpose PowerPoint (Teacher-made)
§ Graphic organizers
Anticipatory Set:
Activate prior knowledge- What to know about the authors’ purpose?
Procedure:
1. Explain that an author writes for many reasons. An author may give you facts or true information about a subject. Some authors write fiction stories or stories to entertain you. Some authors may write to persuade or to try to get you to do or think something.
2. Present authors’ purpose PowerPoint. The PowerPoint consists of a few passages. Students will identify the purpose of each passage.
3. During the Power Point , I asked the following questions:
· Did the author try to make me laugh? (Entertain)
· Did the author want to tell me a story? (Entertain)
· Did the author try to amuse me? (Entertain)
· Did the author give me facts? (Inform)
· Did the author try to teach me something? (Inform)
· Did the author try to convince me? (Persuade)
· Did the author want to change my opinion? (Persuade)
”What do you notice about the words in the passage?” What do you think the title means?” Why did the author write this anyhow?” “What was the reason this piece was written?” “The article was written mainly to…”
Assessment:
Walk around the classroom to observe and confer with students. Probing students to explain what they are thinking.
Mini Lesson Authors’ Purpose
Objectives:
§ Using the handout, students will be able to read samples of a passage, and distinguish the author’s purpose of that passage.
§ Students will create a mnemonic device demonstrating the three authors’ purpose.
Standards:
§ L.A. 10.) Ask and answer questions to demonstrate understanding of a text, referring explicitly to the text as the basis for the answers. [RI.3.1]
§ L.A. 15.) Distinguish their own point of view from that of the author of a text. [RI.3.6]
Materials Needed:
§ Sample of passages handout
§ Paper plate
§ Crayons
§ Scissors
§ glue
Procedure:
1. Tell students, when determining the author’s purpose, it is helpful to pay attention to facts and opinions in the text. If the passage has more facts than opinions, it is usually a passage that informs. If the passage has more opinions than facts, the author probably wrote it to entertain or to persuade.
2. Tell students that they we will be making an authors’ purpose P.I.E
3. Show students a sample of what the authors’ purpose pie will look like.
4. Distribute materials needed to create the authors’ purpose P.I.E
5. Read out loud the sample passages on the handout. Ask students where on the P.I.E. will this example will go?
6. After discussing where each sample will go on the P.I.E., prompt students to begin cutting the sample passages. Advise students to label the passage with a P- if it written to persuade, I-if it is written to inform, or E- if it is written to entertain.
7. Tell students to color the plate that will be used for the top of the pie. Make sure the label a slice P- for persuade, I- for inform, E-for entertain, and a slice that says Authors’ Purpose.
8. Then direct students on how to construct the P.I.E. The bottom plate serves as you pan. Make sure they cut the top plate only. The top plate should be folded the cut only in the center. The goal is to make four triangles that appear like pie slices.
9. Then student can glue the top of the plate to the bottom plate. Only place the glue along the ridges of the plate.
10.After plates have been glued, students may begin inserting the sample passages under the appropriate slice. Under the authors’ purpose slice students will write the definition of authors’ purpose. Author’s Purpose is the reason why the text was written.
Objectives:
Using a graphic organizer, students will write descriptive notes on a given object.
Students will be able to read a passage and explain the author’s purpose.
Standards:
L.A. 10.) Ask and answer questions to demonstrate understanding of a text, referring explicitly to the text as the basis for the answers. [RI.3.1]
L.A. 15.) Distinguish their own point of view from that of the author of a text. [RI.3.6]
Materials Needed:
§ Author’s purpose PowerPoint (Teacher-made)
§ Graphic organizers
Anticipatory Set:
Activate prior knowledge- What to know about the authors’ purpose?
Procedure:
1. Explain that an author writes for many reasons. An author may give you facts or true information about a subject. Some authors write fiction stories or stories to entertain you. Some authors may write to persuade or to try to get you to do or think something.
2. Present authors’ purpose PowerPoint. The PowerPoint consists of a few passages. Students will identify the purpose of each passage.
3. During the Power Point , I asked the following questions:
· Did the author try to make me laugh? (Entertain)
· Did the author want to tell me a story? (Entertain)
· Did the author try to amuse me? (Entertain)
· Did the author give me facts? (Inform)
· Did the author try to teach me something? (Inform)
· Did the author try to convince me? (Persuade)
· Did the author want to change my opinion? (Persuade)
”What do you notice about the words in the passage?” What do you think the title means?” Why did the author write this anyhow?” “What was the reason this piece was written?” “The article was written mainly to…”
Assessment:
Walk around the classroom to observe and confer with students. Probing students to explain what they are thinking.
Mini Lesson Authors’ Purpose
Objectives:
§ Using the handout, students will be able to read samples of a passage, and distinguish the author’s purpose of that passage.
§ Students will create a mnemonic device demonstrating the three authors’ purpose.
Standards:
§ L.A. 10.) Ask and answer questions to demonstrate understanding of a text, referring explicitly to the text as the basis for the answers. [RI.3.1]
§ L.A. 15.) Distinguish their own point of view from that of the author of a text. [RI.3.6]
Materials Needed:
§ Sample of passages handout
§ Paper plate
§ Crayons
§ Scissors
§ glue
Procedure:
1. Tell students, when determining the author’s purpose, it is helpful to pay attention to facts and opinions in the text. If the passage has more facts than opinions, it is usually a passage that informs. If the passage has more opinions than facts, the author probably wrote it to entertain or to persuade.
2. Tell students that they we will be making an authors’ purpose P.I.E
3. Show students a sample of what the authors’ purpose pie will look like.
4. Distribute materials needed to create the authors’ purpose P.I.E
5. Read out loud the sample passages on the handout. Ask students where on the P.I.E. will this example will go?
6. After discussing where each sample will go on the P.I.E., prompt students to begin cutting the sample passages. Advise students to label the passage with a P- if it written to persuade, I-if it is written to inform, or E- if it is written to entertain.
7. Tell students to color the plate that will be used for the top of the pie. Make sure the label a slice P- for persuade, I- for inform, E-for entertain, and a slice that says Authors’ Purpose.
8. Then direct students on how to construct the P.I.E. The bottom plate serves as you pan. Make sure they cut the top plate only. The top plate should be folded the cut only in the center. The goal is to make four triangles that appear like pie slices.
9. Then student can glue the top of the plate to the bottom plate. Only place the glue along the ridges of the plate.
10.After plates have been glued, students may begin inserting the sample passages under the appropriate slice. Under the authors’ purpose slice students will write the definition of authors’ purpose. Author’s Purpose is the reason why the text was written.