Author’s Purpose

Not Porpoise!!!

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Author’s PurposeFirst, you need to know what purpose (not porpoise) is?

A purpose is the reason why someone does something.

Purpose:

For example, the purpose of having a car is so that you can drive from place to place.

The purpose of going to school is so that you can learn.

The purpose of feeling pain is so that your body knows that you are hurt or not feelingwell.

There are many, many different purposes (not porpoises) for things.

What is the purpose of these things?

1. smoke alarm2. fork3. baseball bat

But, what is author’s purpose?

Author’s purpose is the reason why the author

writes a story.

Authors write for three different reasons.

They are to persuade, inform and entertain.

You can remember P.I.E!

Persuade-

Inform-

Entertain-

What does each

purpose mean?

Persuade:When authors try to get you to do things, they are persuading you. They want you to think a certain way, do something or buy something.

Television commercials have the purpose of persuasion. They want you to buy something.

What is this author’s purpose?

They want you to buy Stompeez!

When you want to stay up late, you may persuade your parent to let you. You might

say something like, “Mom, I don’t have school tomorrow”. You may say, “I’ve been waiting to see this new movie for months”. You are giving your parent reasons why they should

let you stay up late to try to persuade them to let you.

How do you persuade?

Inform

What would you like to be informed about?

Information is all around you!

Inform – give information

You have just been to the doctor. Before you leave,

the nurse hands your parent some information

on paper and maybe a prescription. This paper

will inform you about how to get healthy.

Inform:Authors write because they want to give you

information about a topic.

We use these kinds of books in school to learn about different things. We read books about people, places and things. We read them to learn information about our world.

Authors write books to teach you things and so their purpose is to inform you. They are

giving you information.

History, Science, Math and Social Studies text books are all written

with the purpose of giving the reader information about a topic..

Fun Fact: Text written with the purpose of informing is also called Informational Text!

How do you know it is informational text?

Informational texts are non-fiction books!

These books can have:1. Photographs 2. Maps 3. Captions/Descriptions 4. Diagram with Labels5. Headings 6. Table of Contents7. Glossary 8. Index

Informational Video

What information is this video providing?

Authors write informational text to teach

What kinds of books have you read that are informational texts?

What topics would you like to learn about?

How can you find informational texts on your topic of interest?

Entertain

Authors sometimes just want to share stories so that others can enjoy them.

They want to share them with the world. The purpose is to entertain you.

Entertainment

• Author provokes feelings• May leave you wanting to see more• Wants you to enjoy the experience of

watching/reading/hearing the story• Gets your attention and tries to hold on to it• Keeps you interested

You watch videos or read books that are meant to entertain you all of the time.

How do you know that this is for entertainment?- How did the video

Make you feel?- Do you want to see more Shark Cat?

How did Shark Cat entertain you?

• Made us laugh and feel happy• Kept our interest • Made us want to see more of Shark Cat• We loved Shark Cat!

• This was very entertaining!

We entertain!

When you tell a story, you do it to entertain your friends or family. You want to share and you want your friends/family

to listen to you.

Books to Movies

• Sometimes a book is so entertaining that it is turned into a movie.

• Many movies that we watch today were first books.

What did we Learn about Author’s Purpose?

Authors write for three different reasons.

They are to persuade, inform and entertain.

You can remember P.I.E!

Persuade-

Inform-

Entertain-

REVIEW