Last Friday, students explored the meaning of "author's purpose" and considered purpose in The Giver, the "Shamwow!" infomercial, and an article on drones that they had read during our reading of The Giver. Overall, they identified three main purposes of writing: to persuade, to inform, and to entertain (remembered by the acronym PIE). Students are now working in groups to create posters and radio ads aligned with a secret purpose. Presenters will see how effectively they communicated their purpose as audience members attempt to guess at it. Finally, students will be thinking about the author's purpose in their nonfiction books, as well as the author's perspective: is it objective or biased and how do you know?
Students will be reviewing prepositions and prepositional phrases this week in preparation for a quiz on Thursday. Quizlets to review and practice are linked below, and students can use their class activity sheets from last week as well. Finally, students will be treated to a new vocabulary list later this week!
Homework:
Monday: nonfiction reading log #1 due tomorrow!
Tuesday-Friday: read; log work (next log due Monday 3/18)
Tuesday-Wednesday: review for preposition quiz (use quizlets and class activity sheets from last week)
Preposition Quizlet #1
Preposition Quizlet #2
