Introduction
What is the purpose of each of the following?
Match the purpose to the images below:
Pupose
- Persuade
- Entertain
- Inform
Following successful completion of this lesson, students will be able to...
- Determine the author's purpose.
Essential Questions
- How does purpose affect what and how an author writes?
- How would a composition be different if the purpose changed?
- How does the writing process change under various circumstances (e.g. timed writing, daily journals, research papers, etc.)?
Enduring Understandings
- Audience and purpose shape what and how an author writes.
The above objectives correspond with the Alabama Course of Study: ALEX CoS standards: 20, 31.
