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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

Who Were the Vikings?

nonfiction

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Practice Passage

An Athlete Like No Other

nonfiction

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Independent Practice Passage 1

A One-of-a-Kind Trophy

nonfiction

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Independent Practice Passage 2

What Happened to Pluto?

nonfiction

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