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Gourmet Curriculum Press
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3rd - 6th
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English Language Arts
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Author's Purpose

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Who 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.

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CCSS: Adaptable

Concepts

author's purpose, persuasion, informative writing, entertainment, explanatory writing, Persuasive Writing

Additional Tags

english language arts

Instructional Ideas

  • Play the game a few times, mixing up teams so that learners have the opportunity to search for passages that fit each of the categories (inform, entertain, persuade, or explain)
  • Hold a discussion afterward to talk about why certain passages fit in certain categories

Classroom Considerations

  • While this is just a sample from a larger collection of curriculum resources, it is very good in and of itself

Pros

  • The passages are included
  • Provides instructions for how to set up and play the game

Cons

  • None

Common Core

RI.6.6

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