Author's Purpose is a piece of P.I.E!
by Joanna Vega
(Quito, Ecuador)
I begin by actually baking a pie the night before. This seems to enlighten the senses, go figure, and kids are ready to listen.
A set of grade level samples (sets of 5, total of groups in total), are distributed and students are asked to read the articles. Then students are asked to move around the room looking for other students with the same writing sample.
Students then sit and discuss their writing piece looking for characteristics of text. Groups then share their findings. Teacher guides discussion to eventually focus on author's purpose--to persuade, inform or entertain.
We look at abbreviation and enjoy slices of pie while we brainstorm examples...i.e, commercials, billboards, documentaries, recipes, biographies..etc.
first-class | |
| Definition: | Very good; of the highest quality. |
| Synonyms: | excellent, fantabulous, splendid |
born in the purpleBorn into royalty. Purple is a color traditionally associated with royalty. |
Hola MohallaHola Mohalla is a three-day Sikh festival celebrated in Anandpur Sahib, Punjab, India, on the day after Holi, the colorful water-tossing springtime festival. Mock battles with ancient weapons are staged, and there are also exhibitions of traditional martial arts like archery and fencing. The important Sikh prophet, Guru Gobind Singh, started this fair sometime between 1680 and 1700. More... |
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For the strength of the Pack is the Wolf, and the strength of the Wolf is the Pack.
Rudyard Kipling (1865-1936) |
Today's topic: stalkstipe - A stalk or stem of a seaweed, fungus, or fern frond. More... cranberry - First crane berry, so named because the plant grows on a stalk that looks like a crane's neck. More... spire - In Old English, it meant "stalk" or "stem." More... stalk - In a car, the flexible arm holding the mounting by which a seatbelt is secured. More... |