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Author's Purpose Lesson 1: To Entertain 2
Author's Purpose Lesson 1: Identifying an Author’s Purpose 3
Author's Purpose Lesson 1: Identifying Author’s Purpose in a Newspaper 4
Author's Purpose Lesson 2: To Inform 2
Author's Purpose Lesson 2: Identifying an Author’s Purpose - Part 2 3
Author's Purpose Lesson 2: Categorizing Texts According to Author’s Purpose 4
Author's Purpose Lesson 3: To Persuade 2
Author's Purpose Lesson 3: Distinguishing the Author’s Purpose 3
Author's Purpose Lesson 3: Changing an Author’s Purpose 4
Leaf by Leaf: Autumn Poems Lesson 4: Author’s Purpose 5
Rosa Parks: My Story Lesson 3: What’s the Author’s Purpose? 6
The Lost Garden Lesson 3: What’s the Author’s Purpose? 6
Words with Wings: A Treasury of African-American Poetry and Art Lesson 4: Author’s Purpose 5

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