Learning Resource Type

Classroom Resource

Author's Purpose

Subject Area

English Language Arts

Grade(s)

2

Overview

In this game, students pick their game piece and spin the spinner. Read each short story carefully to determine what the author's purpose was in writing it: to entertain, inform, or persuade. If you are able to correctly determine why the short story was written, your game piece will move across the board. This classroom resource includes a video lesson and worksheet to help with understanding the concept.

    English Language Arts (2021) Grade(s): 2

    ELA21.2.31

    Use information from a text to determine the author’s purpose in different forms of informational and literary texts.

    Unpacked Content

    UP:ELA21.2.31

    Vocabulary

    • Author's purpose
    • Informational texts
    • Literary texts

    Knowledge

    Students know:
    • Authors write for different reasons: to entertain, to persuade, to inform, to explain.

    Skills

    Students are able to:
    • Use text evidence to determine the author's purpose in different types of literary (fictional) and informational (nonfictional) texts.

    Understanding

    Students understand that:
    • Determining the author's purpose when reading allows them to strengthen their understanding and comprehension of the text.
    Link to Resource

    CR Resource Type

    Interactive/Game

    Resource Provider

    Room Recess
    Accessibility
    License

    License Type

    Public Domain
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