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Write down Week 6’s vocabulary words on a separate sheet of paper: (you may begin making cards quietly, if others are still working. This week’s color is SCARLET, or RED.)

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Author’s Purpose

6th Grade Language Arts

Easy as PIE.

Today’s Standards

Students will analyze the authors purpose (e.g., to persuade, inform, entertain, or

explain) and perspective in a variety of texts and understand how they affect meaning;

What is Author’s Purpose?

• Authors write for many different reasons.• Readers who know why an author wrote

something are better prepared to interpret it.

Top Four Authors’ Purposes

Persuade

Inform ExpressEmotion or

Ideas

Entertain

The most common purposes or reasons authors write something are…

Top Four Authors’ Purposes

It’s as easy as pie.

Persuade

Inform ExpressEmotion or

Ideas

Entertain

P I E Ex

Uhhm… extreme pie.

Top Four Authors’ Purposes

Your chart should look like this.

Top Four Authors’ Purposes

Let’s look at some examples of each author’s purpose.

Persuade

Pumpkin pie is the best kind of pie. Buy some the next time you crave dessert.Clues:

opinionproblem-solutionproposition-supportemotional appeal

Top Four Authors’ Purposes

Create a chart listing the clues that help you determine author’s purpose.

Persuade

Pumpkin pie is the best kind of pie. Buy some the next time you crave dessert.Clues:

opinionproblem-solutionproposition-supportemotional appeal

Top Four Authors’ Purposes

Let’s look at another example.

Inform

First, roll out the bottom crust. Next, place it in the pie pan. Pour cherry filling in and spread it evenly.

Clues:

factssequencechronologicalcause-effectclassification

Top Four Authors’ Purposes

Splat! The pie hit

Dad square in the face.

The chaos in the kitchen

stopped immediately as

we awaited his response.

Clues:

main idea-detailschronologicalspatialdescriptive

Here is another example.

Entertain

Top Four Authors’ Purposes

This is another example.

ExpressEmotion or

Ideas

Warm blueberries

melted the sweet vanilla

ice cream. Mom’s

homemade pie always

made me feel better.

Clues:

opinionchronologicalspatialorder of degree

Determine Author’s Purpose

Persuade

Inform ExpressEmotion or

Ideas

Entertain

• Can you figure out what the author’s purpose is for each of the following selections?

• Look for clues and use your chart to figure it out.

As pets go, cats make better pets than

dogs. Dogs have to be taken outside for

walks, but cats can use the bathroom all

by themselves – in a litterbox. When

dogs get dirty, somebody has to wash

them, but cats bathe themselves. Cats

are soft and fluffy and they purr

soothingly. Who doesn’t love cats?

Determine Author’s Purpose

Persuade

Inform ExpressEmotion or

Ideas

Entertain

As pets go, cats make better pets than

dogs. Dogs have to be taken outside for

walks, but cats can use the bathroom all

by themselves – in a litterbox. When

dogs get dirty, somebody has to wash

them, but cats bathe themselves. Cats

are soft and fluffy and they purr

soothingly. Who doesn’t love cats?

Determine Author’s Purpose

Persuade

Inform ExpressEmotion or

Ideas

Entertain

opinion

Determine Author’s Purpose

As pets go, cats make better pets than

dogs. Dogs have to be taken outside

for walks, but cats can use the

bathroom all by themselves – in a

litterbox. When dogs get dirty,

somebody has to wash them, but cats

bathe themselves. Cats are soft and

fluffy and they purr soothingly. Who

doesn’t love cats?Persuade

Inform ExpressEmotion or

Ideas

Entertain

problem

Determine Author’s Purpose

As pets go, cats make better pets than

dogs. Dogs have to be taken outside

for walks, but cats can use the

bathroom all by themselves – in a

litterbox. When dogs get dirty,

somebody has to wash them, but cats

bathe themselves. Cats are soft and

fluffy and they purr soothingly. Who

doesn’t love cats?Persuade

Inform ExpressEmotion or

Ideas

Entertain

solution

Determine Author’s Purpose

As pets go, cats make better pets than

dogs. Dogs have to be taken outside

for walks, but cats can use the

bathroom all by themselves – in a

litterbox. When dogs get dirty,

somebody has to wash them, but cats

bathe themselves. Cats are soft and

fluffy and they purr soothingly. Who

doesn’t love cats?Persuade

Inform ExpressEmotion or

Ideas

Entertain

problem

Determine Author’s Purpose

As pets go, cats make better pets than

dogs. Dogs have to be taken outside

for walks, but cats can use the

bathroom all by themselves – in a

litterbox. When dogs get dirty,

somebody has to wash them, but cats

bathe themselves. Cats are soft and

fluffy and they purr soothingly. Who

doesn’t love cats?Persuade

Inform ExpressEmotion or

Ideas

Entertain

solution

Determine Author’s Purpose

As pets go, cats make better pets than

dogs. Dogs have to be taken outside

for walks, but cats can use the

bathroom all by themselves – in a

litterbox. When dogs get dirty,

somebody has to wash them, but cats

bathe themselves. Cats are soft and

fluffy and they purr soothingly. Who

doesn’t love cats?Persuade

Inform ExpressEmotion or

Ideas

Entertain

emotional appeal

Determine Author’s Purpose

As pets go, cats make better pets than

dogs. Dogs have to be taken outside

for walks, but cats can use the

bathroom all by themselves – in a

litterbox. When dogs get dirty,

somebody has to wash them, but cats

bathe themselves. Cats are soft and

fluffy and they purr soothingly. Who

doesn’t love cats?Persuade

Determine Author’s Purpose

Cats sleep anywhere, / Any table, any

chair,

Top of piano, window-ledge,

In the middle, on the edge,

Open drawer, empty shoe,

Anybody's lap will do,

They don't care! / Cats sleep anywhere.

Persuade

Inform ExpressEmotion or

Ideas

Entertain

Determine Author’s Purpose

Cats sleep anywhere, / Any table, any

chair,

Top of piano, window-ledge,

In the middle, on the edge,

Open drawer, empty shoe,

Anybody's lap will do,

They don't care! / Cats sleep anywhere.

Persuade

Inform ExpressEmotion or

Ideas

Entertain

Determine Author’s Purpose

Cats sleep anywhere, / Any table, any

chair,

Top of piano, window-ledge,

In the middle, on the edge,

Open drawer, empty shoe,

Anybody's lap will do,

They don't care! / Cats sleep anywhere.

Persuade

Inform ExpressEmotion or

Ideas

Entertain

main idea

Determine Author’s Purpose

Cats sleep anywhere, / Any table, any

chair,

Top of piano, window-ledge,

In the middle, on the edge,

Open drawer, empty shoe,

Anybody's lap will do,

They don't care! / Cats sleep anywhere.

Persuade

Inform ExpressEmotion or

Ideas

Entertain

details

Determine Author’s Purpose

Cats sleep anywhere, / Any table, any

chair,

Top of piano, window-ledge,

In the middle, on the edge,

Open drawer, empty shoe,

Anybody's lap will do,

They don't care! / Cats sleep anywhere.

Persuade

Inform ExpressEmotion or

Ideas

Entertain

spatial

Determine Author’s Purpose

Cats sleep anywhere, / Any table, any

chair,

Top of piano, window-ledge,

In the middle, on the edge,

Open drawer, empty shoe,

Anybody's lap will do,

They don't care! / Cats sleep anywhere.

Persuade

Inform ExpressEmotion or

Ideas

Entertain

descriptive

Determine Author’s Purpose

Cats sleep anywhere, / Any table, any

chair,

Top of piano, window-ledge,

In the middle, on the edge,

Open drawer, empty shoe,

Anybody's lap will do,

They don't care! / Cats sleep anywhere.

Entertain

Determine Author’s Purpose

The day we almost lost Dusty was

one of the scariest days of my life. We

heard him meowing, but it sounded

very far off. Then Dad spotted him at

the top of a towering old pine tree. For

hours we called to him, but he seemed

to be stuck up there.

Persuade

Inform ExpressEmotion or

Ideas

Entertain

Determine Author’s Purpose

The day we almost lost Dusty was

one of the scariest days of my life. We

heard him meowing, but it sounded

very far off. Then Dad spotted him at

the top of a towering old pine tree. For

hours we called to him, but he seemed

to be stuck up there.

Persuade

Inform ExpressEmotion or

Ideas

Entertain

Determine Author’s Purpose

The day we almost lost Dusty was

one of the scariest days of my life. We

heard him meowing, but it sounded

very far off. Then Dad spotted him at

the top of a towering old pine tree. For

hours we called to him, but he seemed

to be stuck up there.

Persuade

Inform ExpressEmotion or

Ideas

Entertain

opinion

Determine Author’s Purpose

The day we almost lost Dusty was

one of the scariest days of my life. We

heard him meowing, but it sounded

very far off. Then Dad spotted him at

the top of a towering old pine tree. For

hours we called to him, but he seemed

to be stuck up there.

Persuade

Inform ExpressEmotion or

Ideas

Entertain

spatial

Determine Author’s Purpose

The day we almost lost Dusty was

one of the scariest days of my life. We

heard him meowing, but it sounded

very far off. Then Dad spotted him at

the top of a towering old pine tree. For

hours we called to him, but he seemed

to be stuck up there.

Persuade

Inform ExpressEmotion or

Ideas

Entertain

chronological

Determine Author’s Purpose

The day we almost lost Dusty was

one of the scariest days of my life. We

heard him meowing, but it sounded

very far off. Then Dad spotted him at

the top of a towering old pine tree. For

hours we called to him, but he seemed

to be stuck up there.

ExpressEmotion or

Ideas

Determine Author’s Purpose

Cats is a musical composed by Andrew

Lloyd Webber and based on Old

Possum’s Book of Practical Cats by T.S.

Elliot. It opened on Broadway in 1982

and is the second-longest running show

in Broadway history. It has been

translated into 20 languages and was

made into a television video in 1998. Persuade

Inform ExpressEmotion or

Ideas

Entertain

Determine Author’s Purpose

Cats is a musical composed by Andrew

Lloyd Webber and based on Old

Possum’s Book of Practical Cats by T.S.

Elliot. It opened on Broadway in 1982

and is the second-longest running show

in Broadway history. It has been

translated into 20 languages and was

made into a television video in 1998. Persuade

Inform ExpressEmotion or

Ideas

Entertain

Determine Author’s Purpose

Cats is a musical composed by Andrew

Lloyd Webber and based on Old

Possum’s Book of Practical Cats by T.S.

Elliot. It opened on Broadway in 1982

and is the second-longest running show

in Broadway history. It has been

translated into 20 languages and was

made into a television video in 1998. Persuade

Inform ExpressEmotion or

Ideas

Entertain

fact

Determine Author’s Purpose

Cats is a musical composed by Andrew

Lloyd Webber and based on Old

Possum’s Book of Practical Cats by T.S.

Elliot. It opened on Broadway in 1982

and is the second-longest running show

in Broadway history. It has been

translated into 20 languages and was

made into a television video in 1998. Persuade

Inform ExpressEmotion or

Ideas

Entertain

fact

Determine Author’s Purpose

Cats is a musical composed by Andrew

Lloyd Webber and based on Old

Possum’s Book of Practical Cats by T.S.

Elliot. It opened on Broadway in 1982

and is the second-longest running show

in Broadway history. It has been

translated into 20 languages and was

made into a television video in 1998. Persuade

Inform ExpressEmotion or

Ideas

Entertain

fact

Determine Author’s Purpose

Cats is a musical composed by Andrew

Lloyd Webber and based on Old

Possum’s Book of Practical Cats by T.S.

Elliot. It opened on Broadway in 1982

and is the second-longest running show

in Broadway history. It has been

translated into 20 languages and was

made into a television video in 1998. Persuade

Inform ExpressEmotion or

Ideas

Entertain

classification

Determine Author’s Purpose

Cats is a musical composed by Andrew

Lloyd Webber and based on Old

Possum’s Book of Practical Cats by T.S.

Elliot. It opened on Broadway in 1982

and is the second-longest running show

in Broadway history. It has been

translated into 20 languages and was

made into a television video in 1998. Persuade

Inform ExpressEmotion or

Ideas

Entertain

chrnonolgical order

Determine Author’s Purpose

Cats is a musical composed by Andrew

Lloyd Webber and based on Old

Possum’s Book of Practical Cats by T.S.

Elliot. It opened on Broadway in 1982

and is the second-longest running show

in Broadway history. It has been

translated into 20 languages and was

made into a television video in 1998. Inform

Determine Author’s Purpose

People are motivated to give to

charities after a huge disaster strikes,

but this is too often just a band-aid.

People all over the world need our help

every day. Give to the charity of your

choice–regularly–and really solve

problems.

Persuade

Inform ExpressEmotion or

Ideas

Entertain

Determine Author’s Purpose

People are motivated to give to

charities after a huge disaster strikes,

but this is too often just a band-aid.

People all over the world need our help

every day. Give to the charity of your

choice–regularly–and really solve

problems.

Persuade

Inform ExpressEmotion or

Ideas

Entertain

opinion

Determine Author’s Purpose

People are motivated to give to

charities after a huge disaster strikes,

but this is too often just a band-aid.

People all over the world need our help

every day. Give to the charity of your

choice–regularly–and really solve

problems.

Persuade

Inform ExpressEmotion or

Ideas

Entertain

problem

Determine Author’s Purpose

People are motivated to give to

charities after a huge disaster strikes,

but this is too often just a band-aid.

People all over the world need our help

every day. Give to the charity of your

choice–regularly–and really solve

problems.

Persuade

Inform ExpressEmotion or

Ideas

Entertain

solution

Determine Author’s Purpose

People are motivated to give to

charities after a huge disaster strikes,

but this is too often just a band-aid.

People all over the world need our help

every day. Give to the charity of your

choice–regularly–and really solve

problems.

Persuade

Determine Author’s Purpose

“The time has come,” the Walrus said,

“To talk of many things:

Of shoes–and ships--and sealing wax

— Of cabbages—and kings

And why the sea is boiling hot—

And whether pigs have wings.”Persuade

Inform ExpressEmotion or

Ideas

Entertain

Determine Author’s Purpose

“The time has come,” the Walrus said,

“To talk of many things:

Of shoes–and ships--and sealing wax

— Of cabbages—and kings

And why the sea is boiling hot—

And whether pigs have wings.”Persuade

Inform ExpressEmotion or

Ideas

Entertain

main idea

Determine Author’s Purpose

“The time has come,” the Walrus said,

“To talk of many things:

Of shoes–and ships--and sealing wax

— Of cabbages—and kings

And shy the sea is boiling hot—

And whether pigs have wings.”Persuade

Inform ExpressEmotion or

Ideas

Entertain

details

Determine Author’s Purpose

“The time has come,” the Walrus said,

“To talk of many things:

Of shoes–and ships--and sealing wax

— Of cabbages—and kings

And why the sea is boiling hot—

And whether pigs have wings.”Persuade

Inform ExpressEmotion or

Ideas

Entertain

descriptive

Determine Author’s Purpose

“The time has come,” the Walrus said,

“To talk of many things:

Of shoes–and ships--and sealing wax

— Of cabbages—and kings

And why the sea is boiling hot—

And whether pigs have wings.”Entertai

n

Determine Author’s Purpose

My cat, Felix, ran away over the

summer. I know he was just a cat, but

he was also a friend—someone I could

always count on to welcome me home

and sit with me. I really miss him.

Persuade

Inform ExpressEmotion or

Ideas

Entertain

Determine Author’s Purpose

My cat, Felix, ran away over the

summer. I know he was just a cat, but

he was also a friend—someone I could

always count on to welcome me home

and sit with me. I really miss him.

Persuade

Inform ExpressEmotion or

Ideas

Entertain

fact

Determine Author’s Purpose

My cat, Felix, ran away over the

summer. I know he was just a cat, but

he was also a friend—someone I could

always count on to welcome me home

and sit with me. I really miss him.

Persuade

Inform ExpressEmotion or

Ideas

Entertain

fact

Determine Author’s Purpose

My cat, Felix, ran away over the

summer. I know he was just a cat, but

he was also a friend—someone I could

always count on to welcome me home

and sit with me. I really miss him.

Persuade

Inform ExpressEmotion or

Ideas

Entertain

opinion

Determine Author’s Purpose

My cat, Felix, ran away over the

summer. I know he was just a cat, but

he was also a friend—someone I could

always count on to welcome me home

and sit with me. I really miss him.

Persuade

Inform ExpressEmotion or

Ideas

Entertain

opinion

Determine Author’s Purpose

My cat, Felix, ran away over the

summer. I know he was just a cat, but

he was also a friend—someone I could

always count on to welcome me home

and sit with me. I really miss him.

Persuade

Inform ExpressEmotion or

Ideas

Entertain

emotion

Determine Author’s Purpose

My cat, Felix, ran away over the

summer. I know he was just a cat, but

he was also a friend—someone I could

always count on to welcome me home

and sit with me. I really miss him.

ExpressEmotion or

Ideas

Closing Activity

3. Name three of the four different purposes.4. What are two clues you can use to

determine an author’s purpose?5. Tell me one new thing you learned today.