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The OC Blog asked: What is your best tip or trick for teaching author's purpose? I model taking one topic like lunch and writing a paragraph using all 3 purposes. For persuade I might write, "We should be able to have pizza every day for lunch because if it has veggies on it, it is healthy." For inform, "Our class goes to lunch at 11:40 a.m." And entertain, "One day at lunch, the craziest thing happened..." Then together we go through the writing and point out what words and strategies show what the purpose is. Then I let the students choose their own topics and write paragraphs with all 3 purposes they are not to label them, and do them in a random order. The students trade papers and identify each purpose. Sub Hub
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Not sure where I read it, but I use PIEpersuade, inform, entertain. On assessments, it tends to be a weakness for third graders, so we try to cover it a lot. Looking forward to better ideas! -Debbi W. PIE for sure!!! -Maria R. I do the PIE. Every author wants a piece of the PIE! I have a blackline master of a pie that we color, divide into thirds and label each piece. Then they get a copy to fold and glue into their reading interactive notebooks. Jennifer B.

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I briefly discuss inform and entertain and relate to fiction and non-fiction for first graders. Then, they work in groups to sort books into two categories, "inform" and "entertain". Then, one student from each group picks one book from each category and does a book walk for the class to explain why they put the book in that category. For the next few weeks, we add read alouds to a t-chart, inform/entertain. I make a photocopy of the book and tape it on the t-chart that is on the wall. A couple of weeks after we discuss different types of media and I use commercials and magazine adds to introduce persuade. We then discuss the PIE term. After a few days of exploring different examples of each purpose, I assess their knowledge by giving them old scholastic book club magazines and they cut out the cover and book description and sort out into the three categories. We continue to place book covers on our t-chart throughout the year to review. Eventually we do our own writing for each similar to the lunch example so that it is easy for them to compare and contrast the three purposes. Kristi D."

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Practice, Practice, Practice! I use an interactive ppt that I throw up on the smartboard. It's totally free to download! www.powerpointmaniac.com/reading/authorspurpose/authors-purpose-practice/ -P. Point Maniac I also use PIE, and it was the only way my 3rd graders could remember it last year and I'm using it with my first graders this year too. Jess L. Pie!!! And a sort with books. Melanie E.

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I agree with practice practice practice. We do Walk to intervention every day, where our entire grade level is levelized based on data... each teacher gets a different group every day for 30 minutes. We usually work on Author's Purpose for 12 days, so we each need to have 2 different lessons to teach during the 12 day rotation. By the end of the 12 days the kiddos have seen 12 different lessons on Author's Purpose, but it is NOT the end of the instruction...we continue to practice PIE for the rest of the school year. Near the end of the school year we did a lesson where we sorted all of our reading book stories from the year based on Author's Purpose. By the way, there are some lessons on the FCRR site on Author's Purpose. Michele H."

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readworks.org has some nice materials on author's purpose. You need a log in, but it's free. I think talking to kids about their own purpose for writing helps to build their idea of author's purpose, too. The readingwriting connection in use! -Amy L. I have the kids paste a picture on the front of a flip book. Then, they create a slogan or title to persuade, inform, and entertain--one on each flap. Best Practices 4 Teaching I don't have a magnificent teaching idea for author's purpose, but I found an awesome PowerPoint on Internet4classrooms.com for it. By the time they get it again in 5th grade, most pretty much have it down. Shannon C.

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I give my kids Goldfish crackers. They then have to write a paragraph either trying to persuade, inform, or entertain me about them. I usually get fabulous commercials, mini-reports on the nutritional values, and hilarious stories! -Cindy H. I have an author's purpose pointer on my website that works well if you post it and use it each time you read aloud and when you confer with students. Here's the direct link http://www.lauracandler.com/filecabinet/literacy/P DFRead/Authors_Purpose_Pointer.pdf -Teaching Resources

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