Author's Purpose

The author's purpose could be to pursuade the reader, entertain the reader, or to inform the reader.

To Pursuade
When the author wants to pursuade the reader he/she wants to convince that something is good or bad by their opinion.

Ex:The sheman on T.V. said that those shoes where the best.

To Entertain
When an author wants to entertain for the pupose of geting an award. Sometimes they do it just for the puposes of fun.

Ex: See the monkey run, see the monkey eat, see the monkey laugh.

To Inform
When an author wants to inform, he/she wants to teach the reader about an event, product or person.

Ex: This is a great product because it is made of the strongest and finest material in the world.

Language Arts/Reading

Standard 2: The student constructs
meaning from a wide range of texts
(LA.A.2.3).

Objective 2: Identifies the author's
purpose and/or point of view in a
variety of texts and uses the
information to construct meaning.

Amusement Park Activity

Write a informative discription
of your favorite ride.

If you dont have a favorite, write
about two.

Brainstorming Fun

Idea 1. If Bill goes to the park and
says" What a gorgeous sun" why
would he get slaped..

Idea 2. Why there three authors
puposes instead of four?

Answers:

1. Bill would get slaped because
   he should of pointed at the sun
   insted of confusing a mother with
   her son.
2. When there is a controversy of
   which to chose, there would not
   rarely be a tie.

Vocabulary

Predictions - An act of predicting.

Content - The amount of specified
material contained.

Purpose - Something set up as an
object or end to be attained

Organization - The act or process
of organizing or of being organized.

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