Author's Purpose PIE'ED- Day 3 (I can identify the author's purpose by finding the main idea.)

First: Main Idea Work

Sometimes test authors require students to identify the main idea as part of the author's purpose. Remember, the main idea is what the passage is mostly about. In order to practice this skill, let's use this passage to first find the main idea (using a graphic organizer) and then combine it with the author's purpose. This will help you find the specific purpose the author had for writing a text.

Passage

Graphic Organizer

Main Idea

Using the graphic organizer, what do all the details have in common? Remember, the main idea includes the whole text- not just one paragraph. What is the main idea? ________________________

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Author's Purpose?

What was the author trying to do here? Persuade, Inform, Entertain, Explain or Describe?

Combine the Two

The purpose + the main idea = the author's purpose to a test question. Remember, the answer is always more than just persuade, inform, entertain, explain or describe. There needs to be a specific main idea after.

Second: Try it on Your Own

Using these steps, create your own correct answer for the author's purpose for the passages. 

1. Read the passage
2. Find the Main Idea
1. Use a graphic organizer to locate important details in the text.
2. Ask yourself, "What do all of these details have in common?" This is what the passage is mostly about.
3. Decide if the author is Persuading, Informing, Entertaining, Explaining, or Describing
4. Combine the purpose and the main idea.

Passage #1

Passage #2

Third: Author's Purpose Book Creator Project

Yesterday you began your author's purpose project. You should be close to finished with your five separate paragraphs (one for each purpose) on the topic of your choice. This was completed in your Writer's Notebook. 

Once that is finished, you are able to complete this assignment in Book Creator. You will have a title page and then five pages, one for each purpose. If you would like to app smash (make a pic collage for your posters and save it to your camera roll, use Haiku Deck for your title page or any other app) by all means, please do so. This is your chance to create with technology and share your writing in your own creative way.

Fourth: Silent Reading