7th Grade Unit 2

The reason the author has for writing. ( PIE- persuade, inform & entertain)

• Author's purpose

• Author's Purpose: Inform

• Author's Purpose: Entertain

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.9

CCSS.RI.7.6

CCSS.RI.7.9

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

The writer is trying to give you new information or teach you something. (textbook, newspaper)

• Author's Purpose: Inform

• Author's Purpose: Entertain

• Author's Purpose: Persuade

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.6

CCSS.RI.7.9

CCSS.RI.8.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

The author is trying to write something for the reader's enjoyment.

• Author's Purpose: Persuade

• Author's Purpose: Entertain

• Author's Purpose: Inform

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.6

CCSS.RI.7.6

CCSS.RI.7.9

CCSS.RI.8.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

Evidence from the reading selection that proves the answer to a question about the text.

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.1

CCSS.RI.7.1

CCSS.RI.7.8

CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RL.7.1

The most important point the author makes.Stated in a complete sentence and not just one word.

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

Is the most important idea about the topic that a writer or speaker conveys. It can be the central idea of an entire work or of just a paragraph. Often the main idea of a paragraph is expressed in a topic sentence

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

How the author feels about the subject the writers attitude towards the subject/topic he is writing about

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.6

CCSS.RI.7.9

CCSS.RI.8.6

CCSS.RI.8.9

CCSS.RL.7.6

How a character views events based on his or her experiences and emotions

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

A comparison of two things using "like" or "as"

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Personification

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

You were as brave as a lion.

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Personification

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3