Who knew determining author's purpose could be turned into a game? Four teams compete to correctly identify the author's purpose for writing a series of passages.

Concepts

author's purpose, persuasion, informative writing, entertainment, explanatory writing, Persuasive Writing

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Additional Tags

english language arts

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Instructional Ideas

• Play the game a few times, mixing up teams so that learners have the opportunity to search for passages that fit each of the categories (inform, entertain, persuade, or explain)
• Hold a discussion afterward to talk about why certain passages fit in certain categories

Classroom Considerations

• While this is just a sample from a larger collection of curriculum resources, it is very good in and of itself

Pros

• The passages are included
• Provides instructions for how to set up and play the game

Cons

• None

Common Core

RI.6.6