Task, Audience, Purpose

If you are writing a report on sharks, your sources will mostly be found in which genre of writing?

• Informational 
• Narrative
• Opinion 
• Explanatory 

If you are writing a review of different movies in the same series, your writing most likely belongs to which genre of writing?

• opinion

• informational

• narrative

• explanatory

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.9

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RI.8.6

CCSS.RI.8.9

CCSS.RI.7.6

If you are writing a report on penguins, your sources will mostly be found in which genre of writing?

• informational

• narrative

• explanatory

• opinion

Which title most sounds like it belongs in the opinion genre?

• Cooking with Kids
• Why you Should Recycle
• Ten Crafts for Father's Day
• Woof Woof 

Which title most sounds like it belongs in the informational/explanatory genre?

• 100 Reasons to Drink Milk
• Folktales from Mexico
• Shakespeare: A Play 
• All About Mrs. Johnson 

Which title most sounds like it belongs in the opinion genre?

• "Why You Should Eat Your Vegetables"

• "Baking for Beginners"

• "The Turtle and the Whale"

• "Mission Impossible"

Define audience.

• the author's attitude towards the subject

• the person or group of people the writing is meant for

• the author's bias or point of view

• the main reason why the author produced a specific piece of writing

Define purpose.

• the author's attitude towards the subject

• the person or group of people the writing is meant for

• the author's bias or point of view

• the main reason why the author produced a specific piece of writing

Define tone.

• the author's attitude towards the subject

• the person or group of people the writing is meant for

• the author's bias or point of view

• the main reason why the author produced a specific piece of writing

What are the three reasons we write?
(Authors purpose for writing)

• Persuade, Inform, Electrify
• Perform, Infer, Entertain
• Persuade, Inform, Educate
• Persuade, Inform, Entertain

Tags

CCSS.RI.1.8