ELA.5.R.2.3
Description:
Purpose and Perspective
Analyze an author’s purpose and/or perspective in an informational text.
Maps to Reading Plus skills:
6A
Exemplars
6A: Recognizing Author's Intent
6A: Recognizing Author's Intent
Description:
Recognizing Author's Purpose
SeeReader
✓ standard met
Selection:
HiE-17
HiE-17
Grade level: 5
Word count: 1708 words
Author: Paul Lloyd
Synopsis: Once the Collyer brothers started collecting things, they never stopped.
Excerpt:
Stamps. Coins. Postcards. Dolls. You name it, and somebody somewhere probably collects it. Collecting everyday things is a very popular hobby all over the world. One reason it is so popular is that a person can choose to collect almost anything. Also, the cost can be as low or as high as you like, and it is a hobby that can be carried on right in the comfort of your own home. You can work on a collection no matter what time of day or night it is and no matter what the weather.
Question:
Why does the author begin the selection this way?
- to show how collecting things is very common
- to explain how rare items become valuable
- to argue that collecting things is a waste of time
- to tell how all people like the same things
Writing
✓ standard met
Writing prompt:
Give an example of a selection that was written for more than one reason. Explain what the reasons are.
Evaluator
Organization:
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