Identify the author's purpose (e.g., to entertain, to inform, to describe, to share feelings). SPI 0301.8.5

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1. 6 Steps to Help Student’s Master Author’s Purpose and Point of View - a teacher shares her step-by-step procedure.
2. Audience and Purpose - lab activity to help students write with a purpose for an audience
3. Author's Purpose - Many resources to select from.
4. Author's Purpose - lab activity to identify an author's purpose in a paragraph
5. Author's Purpose Battleship - answer questions to sink the battleship [Quia quiz]
6. Author's Purpose Game - Try to figure out why the author wrote each passage.
7. Author's Purpose | Definition, Types & Examples - This lesson explained the importance of a clear purpose in writing, no matter what kind of writing it is. Use the following activities to think about purpose more deeply and try out some writing of your own.
8. Author's Purpose Interactive Practice Sites - a collection of resources at Internet4Classrooms
9. Author’s Purpose: Teaching Guide and Examples - Teach kids to think more deeply about what the author is trying to do or say.
10. Author's Purpose Video - Learn the reasons why authors write certain texts.
11. Author's Purpose Worksheets and PowerPoint Shows - a collection of resources at Internet4Classrooms
12. Finding the Authors Purpose with P.I.E. (Video) - With this humorous video, students will enjoy learning how they can find the author's purpose with the acronym P.I.E.
13. What is the Author's purpose - Watch these videos and learn information .Teacher handouts available in this lesson.

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