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Why do authors write? Practice determining the author's purpose with a categorizing activity. Learners sort twelve short passages into three categories: persuade, inform, and entertain.
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Instructional Ideas
- Laminate the cards so you can use them over and over again
- Since the resource is a bit vague on who does what, kids could work with a partner, in small groups, or as a whole class to complete the sorting
Classroom Considerations
- The final step is peer evaluation, but the resource does not go into detail about how to conduct the peer evaluation
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- All materials are included in a format that is easy to print, copy, and cut out
- Provides an answer key
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