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Author's Grab Bag
This strategy helps students identify an author's purpose. An author's purpose may be to entertain, inform, persuade or describe.
- The teacher collects various writing samples from a number of sources (newspaper articles, captions with photo, comics, advertisements, etc.) and laminates them. There should be many examples of each type of author's purpose.
- The laminated writing samples are placed in a grab bag.
- The students take turns pulling writing samples out of the bag and identifying the author's purpose. The students should be able to explain their answer.
Reference
Reading FCAT Ideas from Pinellas County Teachers, Grades K-5, April 1998, p. 22.
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