click below
click below
Normal Size Small Size show me how
Author's Purpose
ELA 3-6 Whole Group Lesson 11/2/16
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| A recipe to make an award-winning spicy chicken salad. | Inform |
| A note from your friend asking you to be his science partner. | Persuade |
| A map of the school showing all of the emergency exits. | Inform |
| A poem about a chef who ruins every meal that he cooks. | Entertain |
| A speech arguing that the 8th grade class should read The Hunger Games. | Persuade |
| A care label on the back of a sweatshirt explaining how to wash it. | Inform |
| A script for a TV show about a detective who can read the minds of farm animals. | Entertain |
| A sign carried by a protestor that reads, "More Libraries, Fewer Prisons!" | Persuade |
| The play Hamlet by William Shakespeare | Entertain |
| A novel about a young girl who learns to demand respect from the world | Entertain |
| The instruction booklet to a video game called Vehicle Grand Larceny | Inform |
| A teen's letter to the mayor asking for a skate park to help keep kids out of trouble | Persuade |
| The lyrics to the song "Build a Tent on My Heart," Performed by The Mountain Boys | Entertain |
| A sticker on a frozen pizza with directions explaining how to cook the pizza | Inform |
| A card from a classmate asking you to go to the dance because you will have fun | Persuade |
| A five paragraph essay where a student argues that people should recycle and not litter | Persuade |
| An encyclopedia entry about endangered animals and efforts to protect them | Inform |
| A map of the world, showing all continents, countries and oceans | Inform |
| A Garfield comic from the newspaper in which Garfield hates Mondays and likes lasagna | Entertain |
| A brochure about how people shouldn't shop at Walmart because they hurt local businesses | Persuade |
| The fourth novel in the Twilight series by Stephenie Meyer | Entertain |
| A student's book report about the fourth novel in the Twilight series | Inform |
| A speech by a politician asking for 90 minutes to be added to the school day | Persuade |
| The play Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare | Entertain |
| The instructions for the board game, Monopoly | Inform |
| The story of a young man who learns to resist the influences of drugs and gangs | Entertain |
| A child's letter to Santa asking for a bicycle because the child has been good all year | Persuade |
| The lyrics to a song written by the popular singer, Taylor Swift | Entertain |
| The recipe explaining how to make chicken salad sandwiches | Inform |
| A note to a teacher where a student asks if her seat can be switched because of a conflict | Persuade |