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 Hidden Ball Trick

fiction
  • Passage
Practice Passage

An Alligator in the House?

fiction
  • Passage
Independent Practice Passage 1

Astronaut Imani

fiction
  • Passage
Independent Practice Passage 2

Legend of the 618

fiction
  • Passage

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