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Interacting in Meaningful ways: writing with Purpose
Learning Target
• Write short literary and informational texts collaboratively and independently.
When identifying the author’s purpose for writing a text, it is helpful to think about the role, audience, format, and topic of the text. Review your annotations and notes on Travels with Charley and use them to complete the RAFT graphic organizer.
aCTIVITY 2.7
ROLE
AUDIENcE
FORMAT
TOPIc
Quick Conversation
Share your work with your partner. Compare your ideas about the role, audience, format, and topic to determine the author’s purpose.
Next, read aloud the last sentence of the story:
I wonder why we think the thoughts and emotions of animals are simple.
Discuss the sentence. What does it tell you the author’s conclusion is about animals? Record notes from your discussion.
I think the role was because .
I agree/disagree with who the audience is because .
Based on , I think .
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Will you please explain that?
Language
resources
expository writing: writing that delivers information and usually includes a main idea with supporting details
role: how the author is connected to the story audience: who the author is writing for
format: the kind of writing the author has produced such as a story or poem
topic: the subject of what the author has written about
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