1. OPHS & OPFI Cross Content Comprehension Curriculum- C4
Unit Two B:
Author’s Purpose
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2. Unit 2B: Author’s Purpose
Lesson Outcomes: TUESDAY, April 21, 2015
Learning Goals- Students will learn:
To determine author’s purpose in a passage.
To explain/justify author’s purpose

3. Definition
Author’s Purpose- the reason an author has for writing a piece, like to entertain, persuade, or inform. More specifically, author’s write to compare, contrast, criticize, describe, explain, identify, or intensify. Clue words allow us to identify author’s purpose.

4. Author’s Purpose Clue Words
Compare: Author wanted to show similarities between ideas
Contrast: Author wanted to show differences between ideas
Criticize: Author wanted to give a negative opinion of an idea
Describe/Illustrate: Author wanted to paint a picture of an idea
Explain: Author wanted to break down an idea into simpler terms
Identify/List: Author wanted to tell the reader about an idea or series of ideas
Intensify: Author wanted to make an idea greater .
Clue Words: both, similarly, in the same way, like, just as
Clue Words: however, but, dissimilarly, on the other hand
Clue Words: Look for words that show the author's negative opinion. Judgment words like "bad", "wasteful", and "poor" all demonstrate negative opinions.
Clue Words: Look for words that provide descriptive detail. Adjectives like "red", "lusty", "morose", "striped", "sparkling", and "crestfallen" are all illustrative.
Clue Words: Look for words that turn a complicated process into simple language. A "descriptive" text will use more adjectives. An "explanatory" text will usually be used with a complicated idea.
Clue Words: Text that identifies or lists, will name an idea or series of ideas without providing much description or opinion.
Clue Words: Text that intensifies will add more specific details to the idea. Look for superlative adjectives and "bigger" concepts. A baby sadly crying is descriptive, but a baby mournfully howling red-cheeked for 30 minutes is more intense

5. TEACHER MODEL - Talk to the Text/ Author’s Purpose–

6. TEACHER MODEL - Talk to the Text/ Author’s Purpose–

7. Pair Practice: Talk to the Text/ Author’s purpose.
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8. Pair Practice: Talk to the Text/ Author’s purpose KEY
Author's Purpose: Entertain
Explain Your Answer:
Stories are written to entertain. This is a story.
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2. Author's Purpose: Inform
This text provides information about the Great Depression. Therefore, it was written to inform.
1. Author’s Purpose: Describe
Explain: Adjectives “clean”, “shiny”, and “powerful” provide descriptive detail
3. Author's Purpose: Inform
This text is an instruction manual. Therefore, it was written to inform.
2. Author’s Purpose: Contrast
Explain: The transition word “However” and the rest of the description shows the differences between Barry and Joseph
4. Author's Purpose: Persuasive
The author is attempting to influence the reader. Therefore, it was written to persuade. 
3. Author’s Purpose: Compare
Explain: Words “both” and “same” shows the similarities between iPhone and Android
5. Author's Purpose: Entertain
The main purpose for writing poems and stories is to entertain, even if a lesson can be learned or a reader could be influenced.
4. Author’s Purpose: Explain
Explain: The author breaks down the process of changing fish bowl into simple terms. .
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9. USEFUL TOOL: Now Let’s Turn and talk
Explain to a partner how you determined the author’s purposed on your paired-practice activity
You have 2 minutes to talk (1 min each).
Can you look at your book to find the “usefulness” of chunking?

10. Final Thoughts…
Today we learned how to determine author’s purpose in a passage
I noticed . . .
Next session, we will get additional practice determining author’s purpose.

11. Unit 2B: Author’s Purpose
Lesson Outcomes: Thursday, April 23, 2015
Learning Goals- Students will learn:
To determine author’s purpose in a passage.
To explain/justify author’s purpose

12. Definition
Author’s Purpose- the reason an author has for writing a piece, like to entertain, persuade, or inform. More specifically, author’s write to compare, contrast, criticize, describe, explain, identify, or intensify. Clue words allow us to identify author’s purpose.

13. Author’s Purpose Clue Words
Compare: Author wanted to show similarities between ideas
Contrast: Author wanted to show differences between ideas
Criticize: Author wanted to give a negative opinion of an idea
Describe/Illustrate: Author wanted to paint a picture of an idea
Explain: Author wanted to break down an idea into simpler terms
Identify/List: Author wanted to tell the reader about an idea or series of ideas
Intensify: Author wanted to make an idea greater .
Clue Words: both, similarly, in the same way, like, just as
Clue Words: however, but, dissimilarly, on the other hand
Clue Words: Look for words that show the author's negative opinion. Judgment words like "bad", "wasteful", and "poor" all demonstrate negative opinions.
Clue Words: Look for words that provide descriptive detail. Adjectives like "red", "lusty", "morose", "striped", "sparkling", and "crestfallen" are all illustrative.
Clue Words: Look for words that turn a complicated process into simple language. A "descriptive" text will use more adjectives. An "explanatory" text will usually be used with a complicated idea.
Clue Words: Text that identifies or lists, will name an idea or series of ideas without providing much description or opinion.
Clue Words: Text that intensifies will add more specific details to the idea. Look for superlative adjectives and "bigger" concepts. A baby sadly crying is descriptive, but a baby mournfully howling red-cheeked for 30 minutes is more intense

14. Pair Practice: Talk to the Text/ Author’s Purpose
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15. Pair Practice: Talk to the Text/ Author’s purpose KEY
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16. Independent Practice: Talk to the Text/ Author’s Purpose
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17. USEFUL TOOL: Now Let’s Turn and talk
Explain to a partner how you determined the author’s purposed on your paired-practice activity
You have 2 minutes to talk (1 min each).
Can you look at your book to find the “usefulness” of chunking?

18. Final Thoughts…
Today we learned how to identify clue words in a passage that indicates the author’s purpose
I noticed . . .
Next session, we will move into text connections