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• What is Author's Purpose?
• P.I.E.E. (persuade, inform, explain, entertain)
• Persuade
• Inform
• Explain
• Entertain
• Let's Practice! (4 slides, 1 for each, students guess the purpose of the sentences)
• You Try! (4 slides, 1 for each, students click to watch a video and then fill out the organizer on the slide stating the purpose they chose and the evidence)

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Set 1:

• Theme
• Character Feelings & Traits
• Story Elements
• Folktales

Set 2:

• Main Idea
• Context Clues
• Nonfiction Text Features 1
• Author's Purpose

Set 3:

• QAR
• Genre
• Sequencing
• Making Inferences

Set 4:

• Poetry
• Making Predictions
• Fiction vs Nonfiction
• Compare and Contrast

*Not Yet Bundled* Nonfiction Text Features 2