Author's Purpose
Kindergarten45 min
Learning Objective
I can tell why an author wrote a book: to teach me, make me laugh, or tell me a story.
Lesson Flow
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Practice
7 questions • Short answer
Exit Ticket
“If you read a book that teaches you how to build a birdhouse, is the author's purpose to persuade, inform, or entertain? If you read a book that is a funny story about a family of bears, is the author's purpose to persuade, inform, or entertain? If you read a book that tries to convince you that dogs are better than cats, is the author's purpose to persuade, inform, or entertain?”
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