1. Author’s Purpose

2. Purposes of a text
-Persuade
-Inform
-Entertain
PIE!

3. Persuade
The author tries to get you to do something or believe what he/she is saying or buy what he/she is selling.
How do we know? (Use evidence)

5. How do we know?
-Use evidence

7. How do we know?
-Use evidence

8. Persuasive texts
-Commercials, Infomercials, Ads
-Essays
-Brochures

9. Inform
Explain or give you info on a topic.
example:
How do we know?

11. Informative Texts -Nonfiction: -articles
-how-to guides (written or videos)
-textbooks
-instructions
-recipes
-Wikipedia

12. Entertain
-Makes you feel emotions (sad,happy, scared) or it makes you laugh.

14. Entertaining Texts -Fiction: -plays, short stories, novels, poems
-Jokes
-Songs

15. How about The Giver? -What piece of the PIE?
-In partners, write the purpose of the text (can be more than 1)and give 3 pieces of evidence from the text (explain a specific scene or use a quote, writing in complete sentences) to support your answer. (20 Minutes)

16. Purposes of a text
-Persuade
-Inform
-Entertain
PIE!

17. Persuade
The author tries to get you to do something or believe what he/she is saying or buy what he/she is selling.
How do we know? (Use evidence)

19. How do we know?
-Use evidence

21. How do we know?
-Use evidence

22. Persuasive texts
-Commercials, Infomercials, Ads
-Essays
-Brochures

23. Inform
Explain or give you info on a topic.
example:
How do we know?

25. Informative Texts -Nonfiction: -articles
-how-to guides (written or videos)
-textbooks
-instructions
-recipes
-Wikipedia

26. Entertain
-Makes you feel emotions (sad,happy, scared) or it makes you laugh.

28. Entertaining Texts -Fiction: -plays, short stories, novels, poems
-Jokes
-Songs

29. How about The Giver? -What piece of the PIE?
-In partners, write the purpose of the text (can be more than 1)and give 3 pieces of evidence from the text (explain a specific scene or use a quote, writing in complete sentences) to support your answer. (20 Minutes)