THEA Reading Objective #3 Author’s Intent

Major Concepts – Gallery Walk  Read/write connections: how do they connect/assist each other?  Prior Knowledge: what is it? Give examples of how it helps with reading and writing  Purpose- what are the 3 possible purposes? How do they affect reading and writing?  Audience – How does the specific audience affect your reading? Your writing?

The skills: 1. Author’s purpose 2. Author’s Intended Audience

1. Author’s Purpose  Definition: The reason the author wrote the passage. (why?/ porque?)  Tip: Author’s purpose is usually found in the beginning and/ or end of the passage

Possible Purposes, pg 16 To inform- author gives information  Encyclopedias, phonebooks, statistics, news reports, history textbooks To persuade- author attempts to convince the reader, or tell him/her what to do  Political brochures, advertising, TV commercials, Editorial section of newspaper To entertain- the author shares amusing stories or personal feelings with the reader  Comic strips, fictional novels

Possible Purposes To inform  Encyclopedias, phonebooks, statistics, news reports, history textbooks To persuade  Political brochures, advertising, TV commercials, Editorial section of newspaper To entertain  Comic strips, fictional novels Remember, it isn’t what you get out of it, it is what the author intended

My experience and education make me an excellent candidate for this job Adult stem cell research should be funded by the government. With funerals so expensive, I’d better not die soon; I can’t afford to. Thomas Jefferson promised his wife he would never remarry; she died at thirty-three, and he kept his promise. Eating disorders fall into several categories based on their symptoms

July is Bargain Month at Fred’s Used Cars and Trucks. Now’s your chance to make a real deal and drive away with the car of your dreams. March 1 is the deadline for all applications for scholarships and student loans. The spaceship landed. Stella’s heart pounded as two aliens stepped out. Would Jeffrey be in there, and alive? Unless citizens work together to stop developers from turning parkland into parking lots, our children won’t recognize a tree or a blade of grass.

2. Author’s Intended Audience  Definition: This is who the author has in mind as readers for his/ her passage.  Ask yourself: WHO is the author writing for? who…who…?

Time is dangerous. If you don’t control it, it will control you! If you don’t make it work for you, it will work against you. You must become the master of time, not the servant. In other words, as a college student, time management will be your number-one problem. 1.What is the author’s purpose? 2.Who is the author’s intended audience? 3.What is the Main Idea?

As a high school principal, I strongly believe that there shouldn’t be any penalties for students who are caught cheating. After all, everyone does it. Besides, cheating in school will help prepare these same students to cheat on their employers later on, to cheat on their spouses when they marry, and to cheat on their taxes. In fact we could help students even more if we offered a course on how to cheat. 1.What is the author’s purpose? 2.Who is the author’s intended audience? 3.What is the author’s Main Idea?

For w01,w02,w03,and w04: Townsend Press Assignment Chapter 8: Purpose and Tone Exercise 1 (for practice) Exercise 2 Mastery Test 1 (grade 1) Mastery Test 2 Mastery Test 3 Mastery Test 4 Alternate Mastery Test 1 (grade 2) Alternate Mastery Test 2 Alternate Mastery Test 3 Alternate Mastery Test 4