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\nReading Lessons: Townsend Press\n

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\nEnhance your literacy unit with a set of videos featuring textual analysis and reading comprehension strategies. From discerning the main idea of a text to evaluating an author's purpose and tone, the ten-part series engages upper...\n
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\nSocial justice is the theme of a 12-lesson unit that uses photographs to focus students' attention on and expand their understanding of current social issues facing society. Class members learn how to closely examine an image, and to...\n
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\nA collection of emergency sub plans make those unplanned absences just a little bit easier. Designed for sixth-grade classes, the language arts and math activities follow Common Core Standards. Print up these materials and stash them in...\n
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\nIntellectual Rights And Responsibilities: Banned Books and Censorship\n

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\nTwo lessons comprise the \"Intellectual Rights and Responsibilities: Banned Books and Censorship\" series designed for high schoolers. In the first lesson, students read articles about the pros and cons of “Trigger Warnings” and then state...\n
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\nThe four-part K20 Chronicle unit teaches young journalists how to create informative and engaging news articles. They also learn how to conduct interviews, how to include quotations and photographs, and how to credit and cite sources. A...\n
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\nAuthor's Purpose Lesson Plans\n

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\nWhy do we practice identifying the author's purpose? Read this article to gain a better understanding of this reading strategy, and then peruse the attached lesson plans! \n
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\nIdentify Genre, Subgenre, and Author's Purpose\n

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\nExplore genre, subgenre, and author's purpose in this helpful worksheet. Middle schoolers read several summaries of books and short stories, and identify the genre and subgenre. They also determine if the author's purpose is to...\n
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\nLesson 3: Distinguishing the Author's Purpose\n

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\nIt is true that the more you practice something, the better you'll get at doing it. Lesson three in a three part series on author's purpose has kids venture out to determine the author's purpose in three different passages. They'll read...\n
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\nAnalyzing Author’s Purpose: Industrial Food Chain\n

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\nUsing an Author’s Purpose anchor chart, groups examine a variety of text to determine the author's purpose. They then apply what they have learned to The Omnivore’s Dilemma. In pairs, they discuss what the text is about and why...\n
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\nIdentifying Author's Purpose\n

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\nThe multi-lesson, 47-page packet contains everything you need to ensure kids can recognize the clues provided to identify the type of text, the intended audience, and the author's purpose in writing the passage.\n
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\nAuthor's Purpose\n

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\nReaders identify the author's purpose. First, they read a passage and utilize details from the piece to determine the author's purpose. Then they will explain how they arrived at their conclusion. Links to materials are provided.\n
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\nBecause of Winn-Dixie: Author's Purpose\n

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\nRead the short passage provided, and have your class answer the five questions that follow. Can they identify the author's purpose for writing this passage? \n
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\nFind the author's purpose in this review activity. Fourth graders read each of the three following paragraphs and decide whether the author's purpose is to persuade, inform, or entertain. You could use this activity as a class assignment...\n
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\nWhat is the author's purpose in writing a joke book? What about a book about the digestive system? Explore author's purpose with a learning exercise that challenges kids to identify whether ten books are meant to entertain, inform, or...\n
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\nA simple activity for young readers, this introduces the idea of author purpose. Learners analyze various types of texts (newspaper articles, magazines, books, advertisements, etc.) and determine if the author's purpose for writing was...\n
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\nSixth graders brainstorm the reasons authors write, and they list their responses on the board. Students discuss each purpose they have listed.Students work independently to read the selection  \"Tarantulas and Typhoid\" by...\n
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\nWhy is it important to know an author's purpose? After reviewing the three main purposes of writing, seventh graders write a persuasive letter to convince why summer school is better than taking the summer off. They can then join in a...\n
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\nAuthor's Purpose: Research Process/Narrative Writing Techniques\n

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\nDetermine the author's purpose in writing a memoir. Eighth graders work in groups  to elicit author's purpose in memoirs, taking care to note how subtle the message can be hidden throughout the work. This instructional activity is a...\n
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\nIdentify and Discuss the Author's Purpose\n

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\nExamine author's purpose in a persuasive text using this scaffolded plan. You essentially have a verbatim script here, but it can definitely be used as an outline instead. Review questions that readers should ask themselves when...\n
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\nRead each of the three short passages and decide whether the author's purpose is to persuade, inform, and entertain. After they have identified the purpose, fourth graders explain why they believe that each passage fits that purpose. You...\n
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\nHow do you determine an author’s purpose? You ask the author, of course. Invite a local journalist into the class to respond to scripted student questions about his/her writing process. A review of basic classroom etiquette is also...\n
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\nChallenge your class to find the three purposes for writing. After they read three short passages, kids note whether the author's purpose was to inform, persuade, or entertain.\n
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\nHow does an author entertain his or her audience? Read a short fairy tale and find the most evocative passages to discover more about author's purpose in narrative writing.\n
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\nWho knew determining author's purpose could be turned into a game? Four teams compete to correctly identify the author's purpose for writing a series of passages.\n
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