why do authors write? subject: language arts topic: author's purpose title: why do authors...

Why Do Authors Write?Subject: Language arts

Topic: Author's purpose

Title: Why Do Authors Write?

Grade(s): Fourth, Fifth and Sixth Grades

Intended learning outcomes:· Understand the reasons an author writes · Choose the reason an author wrote a specific piece of writing

Recommended usage: ·Whole group to teach or review reasons authors write

Author's Purpose

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Teachers' Notes:

This is a fun lesson for teaching students about author's purpose. On slide four, there is a reference to selecting a song to listen about why authors write. The intended link is for a great song available via iTunes for $0.99. Click below to go to iTunes store to purchase. Once downloaded, put in a file along with this lesson. Select the image on the top right of slide four, right click, link and select link to file. Browse where your file is on your computer and link to "object". Now when you select the image, the song with automatically start playing. Remember, the lesson SMART Notebook file and the song file have to be in the same folder in order for this to work well when selected.

Click here to go to iTunes store to purchase.


Print pages 8, 10 and 12 for students to use as graphic organizers after you have modeled this for them with pages 7, 9 and 11.

http://itunes.apple.com/us/album/songs-for-kids/id330080363

I wonder why authors want to write?

Task: Brainstorm reasons why authors write.

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FREE Pine Nuts in the Tree byKiki's House.

I write toINFORM

I write toPERSUADE

JOINTHE

MENSACLUB

TODAY

Click on me tolisten about otherreasons authors

write.

Author's Purpose

Task: Using the pen tool, record all the reasons mentioned in the song of why writers write.

Pick a Purpose

Informational

Task: pick a video that demonstrates the purpose about which you would like to learn more.

Roald Dahl

Entertainment

Persuasion

Patrick Henry

Martin Luther King Jr.


http://216.55.87.74/NDM/playProgramFromExternal.action?programID=46090&guid=11694762



http://216.55.87.74/NDM/playChapterFromExternal.action?programID=52159&startTime=00:17:09&endTime=00:22:13&guid=11694762

Task: Author Pairs

1. Working in teams of two, think of a topic you love and know a lot about.

2. Prepare to write a story about this topic.

3. Decide what the purpose of your story will be - informational, entertainment or persuasive.

4. Create a word list of words you think will be important to use when writing your story.

5. The words you choose should help your story better inform, entertain or persuade.

Author Pairs


Action Words that Make You Laugh

Funny or Humorous Names

Entertaining Events That Could Happen

Words That WouldMake an Entertaining Title

Silly Details ThatWould Make the Story

Interesting

THE TOPIC TREE

Task: After students have completed their brainstorming lists in pairs, copy this topic tree as many times as you have pairs who have chosen to write an entertaining story. Each pair records their topic on the Topic Line. Each pair completes their word tree in preparation for the entertaining story they will write.

TOPIC:

WRITING TO ENTERTAIN


Action Words that Make You Laugh

Funny or Humorous Names

Entertaining Events That Could Happen

Words That WouldMake an Entertaining Title

Silly Details ThatWould Make the Story

Interesting

THE TOPIC TREE

TOPIC:

WRITING TO ENTERTAIN


Action Words that Make You Think

Names that Sound Reliable

Events that Have Happened

Words That WouldMake Readers Want to Learn

Real Details ThatWould Make the Story

Interesting

THE TOPIC TREE

Task: After students have completed their brainstorming lists in pairs, copy this topic tree as many times as you have pairs who have chosen to write an informational story. Each pair records their topic on the Topic Line. Each pair completes their word tree in preparation for the informational story they will write.

TOPIC:

WRITING TO INFORM


Action Words that Make You Think


Events that Have Happened

Words That WouldMake Readers Want to Learn

Real Details ThatWould Make the Story

Interesting

THE TOPIC TREE

TOPIC:

WRITING TO INFORM


Action Words that Are Convincing


Events that are Believable

Words That MakeReaders Choose

Real Details ThatHelp the ReaderForm an Opinion

THE TOPIC TREE

Task: After students have completed their brainstorming lists in pairs, copy this topic tree as many times as you have pairs who have chosen to write a persuasive story. Each pair records their topic on the Topic Line. Each pair completes their word tree in preparation for the persuasive story they will write.

TOPIC:

WRITING TO PERSUADE


Action Words that Are Convincing


Events that are Believable

Words That MakeReaders Choose

Real Details ThatHelp the ReaderForm an Opinion

THE TOPIC TREE

TOPIC:

WRITING TO PERSUADE


Now that you have a purpose and a word bank of interesting words, you are ready to begin writing!

Remember, few authors get it right on the first try! Make sure you edit your work and ask others to edit your work as well. Enjoy your writing experience!


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