WRITE BITES Early College Campus

to entertain Entertain means to amuse someone. fictional stories, comics, poems, jokes, riddles to inform Inform means to give someone information about something news reports, research papers, encyclopedias, school news letters, instructions, pamphlets from health clinics, maps, timelines, schedules, charts, graphs to persuade Persuade means to try to convince someone to think the same way you do. advertisements, newspaper editorials, junk mail, posters to share feelings Sharing feelings means to tell the reader what you are thinking. journals, diaries, letters Author’s Purpose:

SOUL SURFER:BY Bethany Hamilton The amazing story of the thirteen-year-old surfer girl who lost her arm in a shark attack but never lost her faith — and of her triumphant return to competitive surfing. At the age of 13, Hamilton lost her left arm when she was attacked by a 15-foot tiger shark while surfing off Kauai's North Shore and her career as a rising surf star was seemingly over. Click Link:

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Read and Write your Response: STUDENTS READ THIS ALONE You will have 10 minutes to write 3-5 lines and make connections to text. SOUL SURFER:BY Bethany Hamilton They say Bethany Hamilton has saltwater in her veins. How else could one explain the tremendous passion that drives her to surf? How else could one explain that nothing — not even the loss of her arm in a horrific shark attack — could come between her and the waves? That Halloween morning in Kauai, Hawaii — a glorious part of the world, where it's hard to deny the divine — Bethany responded to the shark's stealth attack with the calm of a girl with God on her side. Pushing pain and panic aside, she immediately began to paddle with one arm, focusing on a single thought: "Get to the beach...." Question: What is the author writing about? Analyze what the Author’s Purpose is in the paragraph. What is the main idea the author is trying to get across to the reader? Gather information. Remember to explain and show evidence. a/action/yt/watch?videoId=LKsAwoaCH yQ Click the Link! Before Answering the question.

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