7th Grade ELA Review: Author's Purpose

A story about a family trying to stick together and survive through the Great Depression in the Midwest in the 1930s.

• persuade

• inform

• entertain

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.W.7.3A

A section in a history book describing the conditions and causes of the Great Depression in the Midwest in the 1930s.

• persuade

• inform

• entertain

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RI.7.3

An instructional booklet describing how to operate a smart phone.

• persuade

• inform

• entertain

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.W.7.2D

An article where the author argues that an iPhone is better than an Android phone.

• persuade

• inform

• entertain

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.6

CCSS.RI.7.8

A poem about why the iPhone is the greatest consumer electronic device ever made.

• persuade

• inform

• entertain

Tags

CCSS.W.7.1A

CCSS.W.7.1B

CCSS.W.7.4

The story of a young athlete who takes steroids and his life and future fall apart.

• persuade

• inform

• entertain

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.1

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RI.7.3

CCSS.RI.7.6

CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.W.7.1A

CCSS.W.7.2A

A medical report describing the effects of steroids on the human body.

• persuade

• inform

• entertain

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.1

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.7.6

CCSS.RI.7.8

A speech written by a professional athlete listing the negative effects of steroids and urging young athletes to not use steroids.

• persuade

• inform

• entertain

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.6

CCSS.RI.7.8

CCSS.SL.7.4

CCSS.W.7.1B

CCSS.W.7.2D

A booklet containing the school rules and the consequences for violating those rules.

• persuade

• inform

• entertain

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.W.7.2A

CCSS.W.7.2D

A story written about a young boy who moves to a new school and is bullied, but he gains self-confidence by joining a sports team and learns to stand up for himself.

• persuade

• inform

• entertain

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.W.7.3A

CCSS.W.7.3B