Tens of thousands of young people across the United States walked out of school on Wednesday, March 14, 2017 to demand action on gun violence. Their message was that their futures were being stolen from them [by inaction on gun violence]. The walkout was one of the biggest student protests since the Vietnam era in the 1960s and 1970s.
Answer in Do Now Notebook:
Was this paragraph written to:
a. Persuade
b. Inform
C. Entertain
Opening: Yesterday we learned how to determine main idea the author's purpose in a piece of informational text. Today I want to show you how readers determine the author’s purpose of an informational text. I want to show you how to PIE your way through identifying the AUTHOR'S PURPOSE FOR WRITING THE TEXT.
Work Session: Read Mini Lesson and Guided Practice of Author’s Purpose P.I.E. Chart
Worksheet and IDENTIFY THE AUTHOR'S PURPOSE AS TO: PERSUADE, INFORM, or ENTERTAIN
Independent Practice:
◦Read: Women Who Spoke Up Activity and Annotate the Text using Coding Skill learned this week.
After reading answer the questions below on a sheet of paper.
DIRECTIONS: Answer the Questions Below.
- What main idea is the author trying to convince readers to agree with?
- How does the author’s choice of words influence how readers think about the topic?
- How does the author’s choice of facts or examples influence how readers think about the topic?
- What does the author want to accomplish in this text?
Short Constructed Response:
- What is the central idea of the text? Can you summarize the central idea using key supporting details? Cite a fact. Cite an opinion.