
Author's Purpose (Entertain)
Learning Objective: Identify the author's main purpose (entertain) and the secondary purpose (inform, persuade), based on evidence in a text.
Lesson Plan
Passages
Model Passage

The Dress in the Dream
fiction
Practice Passage

The Spider and the Watermelon
fiction
Independent Practice Passage 1

Meet Slue-Foot Sue
fiction
Independent Practice Passage 2

The Dinosaur Find--or Not
fiction
Extend the Lesson:
Books and Lessons to Target
Author's Purpose (Entertain)