Author's Purpose (Entertain)
Learning Objective: Identify the author's main purpose (entertain) and the secondary purpose (inform or persuade), based on evidence in a text.
Lesson Plan
Passages
Model Passage
The Name of the Mummy
fiction
Practice Passage
Adventure Around the Horn
fiction
Independent Practice Passage 1
Andraya Applebee, New Species Finder
fiction
Independent Practice Passage 2
Mad at Machu Picchu
fiction
Extend the Lesson:
Books and Lessons to Target
Author's Purpose (Entertain)