1. Many authors write to entertain people and make them laugh.
2. Authors also write to persuade or convince their readers to believe in something.
3. Sometimes authors write to inform or teach you about something.
- Practice:
- Author's Purpose - Blue Willow - Practice the author's purpose and perspective skill using the text Blue Willow.
- Author's Purpose - Frindle - Practice the skill of author's purpose and perspective using the text Frindle.
- Author's Purpose - Little by Little - Practice the skill of author's purpose and perspective using the text Little by Little.
- Author's Purpose - Study Zone: Author's Purpose - Learn about author's purpose and practice.
- Author's Purpose - Study Zone: Identifying the Author's Purpose - Learn about author's purpose and practice.
- Author's Purpose - The Crowded House - Practice the author's purpose and perspective skill using the text The Crowded House.
- Author's Purpose - The Down and Up Fall - Practice the author's purpose and perspective skill using the text The Down and Up Fall.
- Author's Purpose - Turtle Bay - Practice the skill of author's purpose using the text Turtle Bay.
- Author's Purpose - Wild Shots, They're My Life - Practice the skill of author's purpose using the text Wild Shots, They're My Life.