This lesson includes a ppt. slideshow which includes definitions, examples, and 6 practice  problems to check students’ understanding. Students will learn the acronym PIE to remember the three reasons--Persuade, Inform and Entertain.

I created this activity to help students learn to identify the author’s purpose. This activity is meant to help students see the completed strategy while asking them to analyze what is going on. This allows the students to pick apart the completed strategy in order to better understand it. This activity should be completed before asking students to identify the author’s purpose of an entire passage. When talking about author’s purpose use the acronym PIE (persuade, inform, and entertain). This is an engaging way to practice SOL 4.6b.

This video is part of the Continue to Know with WHRO TV series. Watch Andrew Sytsma teach about how to write a thesis statement and organize supporting details.