Author’s Purpose

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Authors Purpose

• Comprehension Skill
• First Grade Unit 2 Week 5
• Created by Kristi Waltke

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• Lets Review

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• The main idea of a story is what the story is
  mostly about.

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Cause and Effect
The cause is the girl swings the club and hits
the ball.
The effect is the ball moves.

• A cause is something that makes something else
  happen.
• An effect is what happens.

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• The order that events take place is called
  Sequence. Words like first, next and last help
  readers figure out the order of events. Good
  readers pay attention to the order in which
  things happen.

Next close the sandwich.
First put the meat and cheese on the bread.
Last eat the sandwich.
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• The reason an author writes a story is called
  Authors Purpose.

Authors may write to explain something or give
information.
Authors may write to be funny or to entertain
readers.
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• Why did Eric Kimmel write The Big Circle?
• To tell a made up story about
• dinosaurs that lived long ago
• To give information about the
• life of the T Rex dinosaur

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• Why did Claire Daniel write Life in the Forest?
• To tell a made up story
• about bears in the forest
• To give information about
• plants and animals in the
• forest

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Thinking about an authors purpose will help you
become a super reader!