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The Purpose of Fiction Texts

Why does someone write a story? Give your students the tools to find out the author's purpose! Use this as a stand-alone lesson or as an introduction to the Author’s Purpose in Fiction Texts lesson plan.
This lesson can be used as a pre-lesson for the Author’s Purpose in Fiction Texts lesson plan.
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This lesson can be used as a pre-lesson for the Author’s Purpose in Fiction Texts lesson plan.

Objectives

Academic

Students will be able to determine author’s meaning in fiction texts.

Language

Students will be able to use key vocabulary and comprehension skills to discuss the purpose of fiction texts.

Introduction

(1 minutes)
  • Explain that today students will be discussing the purpose of a short story.
  • Define purpose as the reason why something is done.