1. Author’s Purpose
CFU:
Describe these pictures to your partner.

2. Learning Objective
Today, we will identify the author’s purpose in text.
CFU
What are we going to identify today? Today, we will ______________.

3. Activate Prior Knowledge

4. IMPORTANCE It is important to identify author’s purpose because :
1.Good readers adjust their reading pace to understand what they are reading.
2. It can help you better understand and enjoy the text of your choice.
3.There are questions on the CST about the author’s purpose .
CFU
What reason is the most important to you? Why?

5. Concept Development
Author’s purpose is his or her reason for writing: to entertain, to inform, or to persuade.
Entertain – to enjoy
Inform – to tell or teach information
Persuade – to convince someone to agree with you
CFU:
Define ‘author’s purpose’
What does inform mean? What does persuade mean?
What does entertain mean?

6. Writers present a story for enjoyment.
Concept Development
1. To Entertain: .
Writers present a story for enjoyment.
Example: “Do you think it will work?” asked Harold. “Do you really
think we can amaze our friends, control our enemies, and take
over the world’ just like the ad says?”
“It better work,” said George, “Or else we just wasted four
whole bucks!”
Characteristics:
Tools an Author Uses to Show Emotions
-Include dialogue
- Include humor
- provide vivid descriptions
- Offer suspense
Must:
-Make you feel an
emotion
May:
Fiction or Nonfiction
Narrative

7. Concept Development 2. To inform: Writers tell or teach information.
Example: Water covers most of earth’s surface. Most of this water
can be found in oceans. An ocean is a large body of salt water. Oceans
cover about 70 percent of Earth’s surface. Land and other bodies of
water take up the rest.
Must:
-Present facts
May:
fiction
Expository text
Characteristics:

8. Concept Development 3. To Persuade:
Writers attempt to convince the reader
of their opinion.
Example: I think the Hampton Lunchroom should choose healthier and more delicious selections for lunch. Most students will agree with me that school lunches taste nasty, and they would rather eat at home. Often the food is cold and tasteless, even the pizza. I really believe the school cafe should have warm, healthy and delicious food.
May:
First person
Counter arguments
Characteristics:
Must:
-Proposal (opinion/call-to-action
-Present arguments

9. SKILL DEVELOPMENT Authors write for three purposes:
To Entertain: Writers present a story for enjoyment.
To Inform: Writers tell or teach information.
To Persuade: Writers attempt to convince the reader of their opinions.
#1: Read the text carefully.
#2: While reading, look for as many clues/characteristics as possible that will help you identify the purpose of the text and record on your graphic organizer.
#3: Ask yourself, “Do these clues entertain, inform or persuade the reader?” Record author’s purpose on your graphic organizer.
CFU:
What is the first step in identifying the author’s purpose? The first step is ______________.
What do you do after step 2? After step ____________________________

10. Author’s Purpose Text clues Author’s Purpose - you should
Next time you go on a vacation, you should visit a museum. You would find the museums that tell the stories of different cultures in the United States very interesting. For example, our city just opened a wonderful new African American cultural center- you should go see it next week!
Text clues
Author’s Purpose
- you should
- you would find
- you should go see it next week!
The Author’s purpose is to persuade.

11. Author’s Purpose Text clues Author’s Purpose
Fox saw Crow in a tree. Crow was holding a piece of cheese in his beak, and Fox wanted the cheese very much. Fox said, “ If the Crow could sing, he would be the king of all birds!” Crow very much wanted to be the king of all birds. So he opened his mouth to sing. The cheese fell to the ground, and Fox quickly ate it.
Text clues
Author’s Purpose
- Fox wanted the cheese very much.
-If the Crow could sing, he would be
the King of all birds!
-Crow very much wanted to be the
King of all birds.
The Author’s purpose is to entertain.

12. Author’s Purpose Text clues Author’s Purpose
Griots played and important role in African culture. Long ago, griots taught African princes and gave advice to kings. In some cultures, griots memorized all of the important events in a village’s history. A griot would remember, for example, the births, deaths, and marriages in a village.
Text clues
Author’s Purpose
- important role in African culture
-memorized all of the important
events in a village’s history
- births, deaths, and marriages
The Author’s purpose is to inform.

13. CLOSURE Text clues Author’s Purpose Text clues Author’s Purpose
Authors write for three purposes:
To Entertain: Writers present a story for enjoyment.
To Inform: Writers tell or teach information.
To Persuade: Writers attempt to convince the reader of their opinions.
A griot introduced himself as a keeper of history, a teacher and a storyteller, and told a group of children a story of a fisher who decided to trick many people who were trying to get to the market. The fisher shook a log to convince each person it was unsafe to cross with so much merchandise. Finally, the ones who were tricked discovered what the fisher was up to and decided to trick him. AS the fisher crossed the bridge, they shook the log so hard that he fell into the water. On the riverbank, the people the fisher had tricked laughed and laughed. And late that day they ate a fine fish dinner!
Text clues Author’s Purpose
Text clues
Author’s Purpose
- keeper of history, a teacher
To inform
Storyteller, decided to trick him, they shook
the log so hard that he fell into the water
To entertain
CFU: