Authors Purpose

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Authors Purpose

• 3rd Grade, Language Arts
• Mary Ruebusch
• McCurdy School

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Objective This activity is intended to let
students see what an author may be thinking
while writing a poem.
Activity Students will read the poem and the
authors notes. They will answer in journals.
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Procedure 1. Read the poem and author notes. 2.
Answer questions in a journal. 3. Discuss answers.
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Sun Tag

• The Wind and the Sun
• Played tag all day.
• The Sun was it,
• The Wind ran away.

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Authors Notes

• When I was writing this poem I was thinking
  about the weather principle of high and low
  pressure. I wanted to describe how the heat from
  the Sun causes the wind to blow.
• continued

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When I write poetry I like to personify my
subject. Including at least one rhyme is also
important to me.
Personify to make an object like a person
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Think about the poem.Why do you think the author
called this poem Sun Tag?
Write in your journal.
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Write in your journal.Why did the poet write
this poem?
What weather principles was the author
thinking about?
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What is personified in this poem?How is it
personified?
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Think of another example of personification.
Write in your journal.
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