Florida Center for Reading Research: Text Analysis: Persuade, Inform, Entertain Sort

A lesson plan in which students read short texts and sort them according to purpose: persuade, inform, entertain, and explain. Materials are included. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.CCRA.R.6

A lesson plan in which students read a text and use a graphic organizer to make inferences. Materials are included.

A lesson plan in which students use graphic organizers to compare and contrast topics within a text. Materials are included.

A lesson plan in which students play a game to cover words on a game board by making inferences. Materials are included.

A lesson plan in which students play a game by covering places on a board while making inferences. Materials are included.

A lesson plan in which students play a football card game by determining if sentences are facts or opinions. Materials are included.

A lesson plan in which students work with a partner to write facts and opinions on different word cards. Materials are included.

A lesson plan in which students play a game where they move around a board by determining if statements are facts or opinions. Materials are included.

A lesson plan in which students look at different books, write their titles, and sort them according to whether they are fiction or nonfiction. Materials are included.

Why do authors write? Practice determining the author's purpose with a categorizing activity. Learners sort twelve short passages into three categories: persuade, inform, and entertain.