📚 Part 1: Understanding Author's Purpose

Authors write to _____________, to _____________, or to _____________.

🔍 Part 2: Finding Evidence

💡 Part 3: Main Idea and Supporting Details

📖 Part 4: Genre Analysis

✍️ Part 5: Written Reflection

Sentence starters to help you:

• "I think the author wrote this text to _______ because _______."

• "One example from the text that shows this is _______."

• "The author uses words like _______ which shows _______."

🎯 Part 6: Quick Check

a) Authors can have more than one purpose in a single text. TRUE / FALSE

b) The main idea is always stated in the first sentence. TRUE / FALSE

c) Genre affects the language and structure an author uses. TRUE / FALSE

d) Evidence from the text helps support our understanding. TRUE / FALSE