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
  • Passage
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)