Welcome!Language Arts

Ms. Marek

Monday-Tuesday, January 30-31, 2012

Independent Reading

Retrieve your library book

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Schedule

• Quiz on FRIDAY – review vocab• Tuesday: Watch Florida Primary on TV!

Monday Purpose / AudienceTuesday Purpose / AudienceWednesday Argument / PositionThursday Argument / PositionFriday Quiz / Celebrations!

Election Vocabulary Review

Campaign Candidate Caucus Convention Delegate Front-runner Nominee: political party Polls Primary

You will have a quiz next FRIDAY – February 3

OBJECTIVE

SWBAT analyze author’s purpose for writing a text and determine author’s intended audience.

Think*Write*Share*

Who is the target audience for this commercial?

NEWT AD! How do you know?

– Be specific– Use quotations (direct evidence)

Author’s Purpose

Persuade - to convince the reader to follow the writer’s opinion. – Does the author want me to do something?

Inform - to state facts about a particular subject– Does the author want me to know something?

Entertain - to humor, excite or just to bring about an emotion from the reader– Does the author want me to laugh?

Process Steps (Revised)

1. Who is the intended audience?

2. What details are identified facts?

3. Are the facts intended to provide knowledge or to entertain the reader?

4. Are the facts being used to convince the reader of something?

5. Identify opinions and personal testimonies for those opinions. 

Readers identify an authors purpose for writing by following these steps and answering the questions below:

What is the purpose?

Ex.1: Most experienced drivers would agree that while it is more exhilarating to ride a motorcycle than to drive an automobile, it is foolish to think that this leads to careless driving and, therefore more accidents, deaths, and injuries occur to motorcycle riders than car drivers.

1. Who is the intended audience? 2. What facts are identified facts?3. Are the facts intended to provide knowledge or to

entertain the reader?4. Are the facts being used to convince the reader of

something? 5. Identify opinions and personal testimonies for those

opinions. 

PERSUADE

What is the purpose? Ex.2: Every fourth of July, Ralph invites his whole

family to stay on the lake and make up a jeg. They called new dances jegs. They danced, pranced and usually did a little shake. They stuck out one leg and gave it a wiggle, aunt Lilly was so big hers started to jiggle. They moved the one leg and Jim said it was a cranky jeg. The 5 year old little brother stood up and said no it’s the stanky leg.

1. Who is the intended audience?

2. What facts are identified facts?

3. Are the facts intended to provide knowledge or to entertain the reader?

4. Are the facts being used to convince the reader of something?

5. Identify opinions and personal testimonies for those opinions. 

ENTERTAIN

What is the authors purpose? Ex. 3: There are nine historically Black Greek letter

organizations that make up the National Pan-Hellenic Council. Collectively, these organizations are referred to as "The Divine Nine." Each of these fraternities and sororities is rich in history - ties to one or more of these organizations may be found in many college-educated Black families in the United States.

1. Who is the intended audience? 2. What facts are identified facts?3. Are the facts intended to provide knowledge or to entertain the

reader?4. Are the facts being used to convince the reader of something? 5. Identify opinions and personal testimonies for those opinions.

INFORM

Purpose and Audience Read excerpt one from President Obama’s State

of the Union Address Everyone should have 4 post-its on their desk at

this point. Answer the following questions on your stick

notes and place notes in your notebook:

1. Who is the intended audience? How doe you know? Provide evidence!

2. Are the facts intended to provide knowledge or to entertain the reader?

3. Are the facts being used to convince the reader of something

4. Identify opinions and personal testimonies for those opinions. 

Purpose and Audience Read excerpt two from President Obama’s State

of the Union Address Everyone should have 4 more post-its on their

desk at this point. Answer the following questions on your stick

notes and place notes in your notebook:

1. Who is the intended audience? How doe you know? Provide evidence!

2. Are the facts intended to provide knowledge or to entertain the reader?

3. Are the facts being used to convince the reader of something

4. Identify opinions and personal testimonies for those opinions. 

REMINDERS

READ READ READ!

Start thinking about a book you

want to read.

READ READ READ!