Understanding Author's Purpose in Holiday Writing

This Thanksgiving-themed activity pack helps students distinguish between persuade, inform, and entertain in holiday writing.

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This Thanksgiving-themed activity pack helps students distinguish between persuade, inform, and entertain in holiday writing. Students analyze model texts, identify evidence of purpose, answer comprehension questions, and write their own text with a clear purpose.

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Students will identify whether a text is written to persuade, inform, or entertain.
Students will highlight evidence that reveals an author's purpose.
Students will explain how textual details support an author's purpose.
Students will write a Thanksgiving-themed text with a clear purpose.

Understanding Author's Purpose in Holiday Writing

See exactly what you’ll get

Clear goals. Useful learning.

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