1. February 26- March 1 Authors Purpose

2. PIE Author’s Purpose= The why an author writes/his or her reason!
Persuade
Inform
Entertain
Persuade- The author wants you to do, buy, or believe something.
-campaigns
-advertisements
Inform-The author wants to give you information. Sometimes this is in the form of describing or explaining something.
-textbooks
-non-fiction stories
Entertain-The authors wants to amuse you or for you to enjoy the writing.
-plays
-fiction stories

3. Academic Habits/7th Grade/Ms. Buffington Monday, February 26, 2018
Warm-up: Read 10 minutes-Purpose: Determine the “Authors Purpose” then log your reading time
Opening /Activator: Watch video on Author’s Purpose
Work Session:
-View the PPT slide on PIE
-Complete STARS/Strategy 10/ Identifying Author’s Purpose/Part 1-2 p /Modeled
Closing: complete Question 1:
See next Slide
Decide what the author’s purpose is for writing and quote pieces of evidence that helped you to determine that.
LEARNING TARGET
What I will learn:
I will learn to decide what the author’s purpose was for writing the text.
How I will learn it:
-You-tube video (example of PIE)
-Teacher Modeling
-Guided Practice
How I will show you that I learned it: I will complete STARS/Part 1-2 p