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
  • Passage
Practice Passage

Nests

nonfiction
  • Passage
Independent Practice Passage 1

The Life of Helen Keller

nonfiction
  • Passage
Independent Practice Passage 2

The Woolly Mammoth

nonfiction
  • Passage

Extend the Lesson: Books and Lessons to Target Author's Purpose (Inform)