Author’s Purpose: Group and Individual/Problem Solving and Thinking Tasks with Related Common Core State Standard

Know:  (Reading Standards for Informational Text)

(Craft and Structure)

6.  Identify the main purpose of a text, including what the author wants to answer, explain, or describe. 

Understand:  (Principles)

Use your knowledge of previously read stories to identify the author’s purpose for stories.

Do:  (Task)

Complete a list of entertaining, information, and persuasive stories to identify the author’s purpose in stories.

Complete a 3- column chart that identifies the author’s purpose for previously read stories by analyzing the main purpose of texts.