Author's Purpose & Point of View Review

Do you remember what author's purpose is and why it is important in reading and writing?

• Yes, I totally remember!

• Uh... I think I remember?

• I forgot why it's important.

• ...We learned about that?!

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CCSS.RI.6.9

CCSS.RI.7.6

CCSS.RI.7.9

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CCSS.RL.8.6

How confident do you feel in your understanding of Point of View?

• I'm very confident.

• I kinda know what it means.

• I remember talking about it but can't explain it.

• I have no idea what that is.

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CCSS.RL.1.6

CCSS.RL.5.6

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Author's purpose is...

• When a person knows that their purpose in life is to write.

• The reason why the reader is reading.

• To be funny.

• The reason why the author is writing.

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CCSS.RI.7.6

CCSS.RI.7.9

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

Which option below is one of the 4 purposes of writing that we've talked about in class?

• Inform

• Perform

• Transform

• None of the above

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CCSS.RI.7.6

CCSS.RI.7.9

CCSS.RI.8.9

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

"First I went to the grocery store to get eggs and milk. Then I mixed all the ingredients in a bowl to make the batter. Then I poured the batter into the pan and bake for 30 minutes." What is the purpose of this excerpt?

• Entertain

• Transform

• Describe

• Teach

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CCSS.RI.7.6

CCSS.RI.7.9

CCSS.RI.8.6

CCSS.RI.8.9

CCSS.RL.7.6

Inform, entertain, describe, and ______ are the main purposes we've talked about in class.

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CCSS.RI.7.6

CCSS.RI.7.9

CCSS.RI.8.9

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

Check all the options that would likely have a purpose of "entertain."

• A children's movie

• A voting flier

• The menu at a Chinese restaurant

• A poem

• Directions for how to play a board game

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CCSS.RI.6.6

CCSS.RI.7.6

CCSS.RI.7.9

CCSS.RI.8.9

CCSS.RL.7.6

In one sentence, why is author's purpose important to pay attention to when you're reading?

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CCSS.RI.6.9

CCSS.RI.7.6

CCSS.RI.7.9

CCSS.RI.8.9

CCSS.RL.7.6

P.O.V. stands for:

• Person of Value

• Paragraph Overview

• Point of View

• Portrait View

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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

Point of view is defined as:

• The direction the character is facing

• The perspective from which the author is telling the story

• How the author and narrator might see things differently from each other.

• How a person sees something

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CCSS.RL.1.6

CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6