Author's Purpose (Inform)
Learning Objective: Identify the author's main purpose (inform) and the secondary purpose (entertain or persuade), based on evidence in a text.
Lesson Plan
Passages
Model Passage
The Country of Canada
nonfiction
Practice Passage
Nests
nonfiction
Independent Practice Passage 1
The Life of Helen Keller
nonfiction
Independent Practice Passage 2
The Woolly Mammoth
nonfiction
Extend the Lesson:
Books and Lessons to Target
Author's Purpose (Inform)