Author’s Purpose P.I.E.
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Author’s Purpose P.I.E.
📚 Learn: P.I.E.
WALT: We Are Learning To identify an author’s purpose and use evidence to justify our choice.
Success criteria: I can identify whether a text is written to Persuade, Inform or Entertain. I can use words and details from the text as evidence.
P.I.E. reminder:
P — Persuade: The author wants you to think, feel or do something.
I — Inform: The author wants to teach you facts or explain something.
E — Entertain: The author wants to amuse you or tell an enjoyable story.
Make me agree or take action.
Teach me something.
Make me enjoy the text.
✏️ Identify the Author’s Purpose
Read each text. Choose the author’s main purpose.
🔎 Justify Your Choice
Choose one text from Part 2. Write the purpose and explain how you know.
Sentence starters: “I think the author wants to…” “The words…” “This shows…”
Support: First underline words that give facts, opinions or clues about enjoyment. Then use the sentence starters to explain your thinking.
Extension: Write two sentences about the same topic: one to inform and one to persuade. Underline the words that make their purposes different.
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