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Strategy – Identifying the author’s purpose
OBJETIVO:
Identificar el propósito del autor (identifying the auathor’s purpose) como una estrategia básica fundamental en la comprensión de un texto.
READING STRATEGY: THE AUTHOR’S PURPOSE
The purpose of the author, or the reason for writing, affects the content of what he/she writes. As a reader, you need to be able to identify and understand that purpose in order to critically evaluate what you are reading.
17.1. EXPLANATION: The author’s purpose
Activity: En la BITACORA escriba:
a) Las razones por las cuales el autor considera que hunting animals is bad:
b) Las razones por las cuales el autor considera que hunting animals is good:
Activity: En la BITACORA escriba:
a) Las razones por las cuales el autor considera que hunting animals is bad:
b) Las razones por las cuales el autor considera que hunting animals is good:
17.2. PRACTICE: The author’s purpose
Activity: En la BITACORA escriba el author's purpose de cada lectura:
a) The effects of smoking:
b) The bear and his family:
c) The Iroquois:
Activity: En la BITACORA escriba el author's purpose de cada lectura:
a) The effects of smoking:
b) The bear and his family:
c) The Iroquois:
17.3. IDENTIFYING the author’s purpose
Activity: En la BITACORA escriba el author's purpose de cada lectura:
a) Joe:
b) The giant panda:
c) The soda:
Activity: En la BITACORA escriba el author's purpose de cada lectura:
a) Joe:
b) The giant panda:
c) The soda:
17.4. PRACTICE IDENTIFYING the author’s purpose
Activity: En la BITACORA escriba el texto correspondiente a cada una de las siguientes palabras:
a) Entertain:
b) Inform:
c) Persuade:
Activity: En la BITACORA escriba el texto correspondiente a cada una de las siguientes palabras:
a) Entertain:
b) Inform:
c) Persuade:
17.5. GAME:
17.6. READING COMPREHENSION QUIZ
Activity: En la BITACORA escriba la respuesta de cada pregunta:
a) Who is the main character in the story?
b) What game is Stacy playing?
c) How often does Stacy hit home runs?
d) What does the team do when Stacy comes home?
e) How was Stacy probably feeling in the story?
f) What was the first event that happened?
g) Which of the following did Stacy do when she hit the ball?
h) What time of the day does this story take place?
i)Stacy hit the ball past the outfield fence
j) What is another word for "rushed"?
