Student Name: Denise DeGaramo Date: February 16th, 2011
Lesson Grade Level: 3 Allocated Time: 1-2 days (30-45 min)
Content Area: Literacy Setting: Whole Class/Small Groups
Topic: Author’s Purpose Lesson Standards: 0-Not Observed 1-Beginning 2-Developing 3-Accomplished
Next Generation Sunshine State Standards
LA.A.2.2.2: The student identifies the author’s purpose in simple text.
LA.3.1.7.2: The student will identify the author’s purpose (e.g., to inform, entertain, or describe) in text and how an author’s perspective influences text.
LA.3.1.7.1: Identify a text’s features to establish a purpose for reading.
LA.A.2.2.3: The student recognizes when a text is primarily intended to persuade.
Instructional Objectives: 0-Not Observed 1-Beginning 2-Developing 3-Accomplished * TSW be able to tell what the author’s purpose is in their writing passage in a book, magazine, or letter. * TSW be able to give examples of persuasive, entertain or informational writing. * TSW be able to know the reason why the author is writing the passage.
Assessment: 0-Not Observed 1-Beginning 2-Developing 3-Accomplished * Informal observation through discussions and retelling of the examples by the students. * Student’s knowledge of the examples brought in. * Answers to the Grab Bag activity.
Materials and Equipment: 0-Not Observed 1-Beginning 2-Developing 3-Accomplished * Three types of Literacy (Informational, Entertainment, and Persuasive) * Newspapers (for Group Activity) * Scissors (for Group Activity) * Activity work sheets (Homework to do with parent(s) * Grab bag with different writing samples (do as a class) * Passage from Anne Frank’s Diary * Prior knowledge work sheet.
Vocabulary: * Inform,