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Author's Purpose

Students will be able to identify author's purpose as Persuade Inform or Entertain. Students will also be able to identify clues in the text to support the purpose.

Rubric Code: FA446A

By bsmarion

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Subject: English

Type: Assessment

Grade Levels: K-5

Author's Purpose A reason the author writes.
	Good 3 pts	Fair 2 pts	Poor 1 pts
Determines Author's Purpose Students identifies that author writes to Persuade, Inform, or Entertain.	Good I can independently identify the Author's Purpose for writing the text.	Fair I can identify the Author's Purpose for writing the text with scaffolding (help).	Poor I was unable to identify the Author's Purpose for writing the text.
Identifies Different Reasons The students can give clues from the text to support the author's purpose for the text.	Good I was able to clearly identify 3 or more clues to support the author's purpose in the text.	Fair I was able to clearly identify 2 clues to support the author's purpose in the text.	Poor I was able to identify 1 clue to support the author's purpose in the text.