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

Beautiful Alaska

nonfiction
  • Passage
Practice Passage

Real Cowboys of the Old West

nonfiction
  • Passage
Independent Practice Passage 1

An American Frontier

nonfiction
  • Passage
Independent Practice Passage 2

Animals We Didn't Know Existed

nonfiction
  • Passage

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