Google author's purpose and there are tons of resources about authors persuading, informing, and entertaining, but that's pretty much it. We all know that authors write text for many more reasons than these three. Why are there instructions included with your DVR player? Why do we follow recipes? What about a travel brochure or a bumper sticker? These are just a few more purposes not included in P.I.E.
A little over 2 years ago, I attended the International Reading Association's Conference in Orlando. I had the great pleasure of listening to Carrice Cummins give a lecture on text structure. This was an eye-opening lecture. I learned many interesting things about how students comprehend. It revealed to me that we, as teachers need to have an in-depth understanding of the benchmarks and how they are all tied together. She provided us with a great chart about author's purpose. This chart first taught us that an author's purpose is closely related to the genre. Once the genre is determined, then you look into what type of text it is. If a student can do this, it narrows down the type of purpose. It really makes it so much easier.
I have incorporated these teachings into my latest resource. This 20 slide PowerPoint provides you with an easy mini-lesson to teach your students how to identify the author's purpose. As with most of my products, it incorporates collaborative strategies, interactive journals, and even quick games to address comprehension issues early on and keep your students engaged. In the end, it guides your students to create their own expository piece of text with an identifiable purpose. What resources do you use to teach author's purpose? Check out this one here: http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Authors-Purpose-is-More-Than-Just-PIE-1074196 and let me know how it compares.
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