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1. AUTHOR: A TRUE STORY
2. OBJECTIVES TODAY WE WILL….
Summarize an article
Identify author’s purpose
Use academic language: summarize, author’s purpose
3. VOCABULARY REVIEW Talented
Able to do something well
Single
Only one of something
Proper
Correct or right
Useful
Being of use
Excitement
Feeling of being happy because something good has happened or will happen
Acceptance
Agreement or way of saying yes to something
4. STRATEGY:Summarize Helps you understand what you have read because you have to figure out what the text is about, identify the most important ideas, and retell the ideas in your own words.
Identifying the main ideas and supporting details in a paragraph, passage, or selection can help you summarize.
Summarizing can help you figure out the author’s purpose.
5. SKILL: Author’s Purpose Author’s purpose is the reason an author writes something.
Authors write to
Entertain
Inform
Persuade
Knowing an author’s purpose can help you understand what you have read
6. PREVIEW & PREDICT When I say “Go”, take 1 minute to preview the illustrations.
Ask yourself:
Why do you think the author is writing this story?
On your index card, write your predictions. After we listen to the selection, we will see if your questions were answered.
7. FOCUS QUESTION Read to find out…
Why does the author decide to write children’s stories?
NOW…you will read along as we listen to….
8. AUTHOR: A True Story
9. Let’s Check our Predictions! Share with your criss-cross/shoulder partner your questions. Were they answered?
Do you know why the author decided to write children’s books?
TOMORROW WE WILL…
Use our “Author’s Purpose” chart to answer the Think and Compare questions on page 273.
10. SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT…. If you could write a book, what would it be about?