Author's Purpose - PIE 1

Introduction
1. Call students to rug.
2. Ask students, “Why do you think authors write the stories/books they write for us to read?”
3. Explain to students that every story or book has a purpose – it’s called the Author’s Purpose.
4. On chart paper, draw a pie and write Author’s Purpose.
5. Get ideas from students for purposes in writing a story.
6. Lead them to Persuade, Inform, Entertain
                Students should have already learned about nonfiction texts and opinion writing
7. Make three columns that spell PIE (label each letter as appropriate purpose in writing)
Lesson
8. Ask students what they think the definitions of each are and have a small discussion on all three.
                Persuade: To convince the reader of certain idea or topic
                Inform: To teach or give the reader information on a topic
                Entertain: To keep the reader engaged through enjoyment
9. Ask students what types of writings would go in each category
                Persuade: commercial, ad, persuasive speech
                Inform: biography, menu, manual, recipe book
                Entertain: read aloud books, jokes
10. Make a list of different types of ice creams that the students call out – make sure there is a wide variety.
11. Send students back to seats.
Activity
12. Pass out paper to students. Have them fold it into three columns. Label columns as Persuade, Inform, Entertain.
13. Explain the activity to students:
                In each column, you are going to write about your favorite ice cream. In the Persuade column, you are going to write 5-7 sentences convincing someone that your ice cream is the best. In the Inform column, give all the information you can about your favorite ice cream (color, taste, ingredients, texture, etc.), and in the Entertain column, write an entertaining story about a time when you ate your favorite ice cream (maybe even write a story through the perspective of the ice cream)
14. Give students about 20 minutes to complete the assignment.
Closing
15. Call students back to the floor and share aloud.
16. Review with students the three different types of purposes and what each type are.
 

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