Subject: ESL/ELL (English Language Learning)
Lesson Length: 30 - 45 mins
Topic: Author’s Purpose
Grade Level: 2, 6, 7
Standards / Framework:
Brief Description: In this lesson students will be able to determine the author’s purpose of a text.
Know Before You Start:
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You will need a variety of texts for students to read. These texts should have different purposes: to entertain, to inform, to persuade.
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This lesson can be used to reinforce the language to explain the author's purpose. Teachers can utilize Pixton comics to assess student understanding and ability to determine author’s purpose.
Hook: Read and discuss the sample comic. Share examples of different author’s purposes e.g., to entertain, to inform, to persuade.
Activity:
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Have students choose a text on their independent reading level.
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Have students create a Pixton comic that introduces the text and explains the author’s purpose.
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Encourage students to explain how they determined the author’s purpose within their comic.
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Extension: Encourage students to find three texts with different purposes and create a panel for each purpose e.g., to entertain, persuade, and inform.
Closure: Have students share their comics with the class or with a partner. Display the comics on a bulletin board as a reference.
Differentiation: Allow students to work with a partner as needed.
Resources:
- Comic to print or display: Comic.
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