Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS):
2.3.C*
establish purpose for reading selected texts and monitor comprehension, making corrections and adjustments when that understanding breaks down (e.g., identifying clues, using background knowledge, generating questions, re-reading a portion aloud)
Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS):
2.13*
Students analyze, make inferences and draw conclusions about the author's purpose in cultural, historical, and contemporary contexts and provide evidence from the text to support their understanding. Students are expected to identify the topic and explain the author's purpose in writing the text.
2nd Grade Reading - Purposes for Reading Lesson
Author's Purpose
When authors write, they have a specific purpose in mind. They want a text to affect the reader in some way. This is known as the author’s purpose. Authors write texts for many different purposes.
Reading Purpose
When people read, they have a purpose in mind. People choose the books or passages they want to read for a reason. This may be to learn, enjoy, or understand.
These are common types of author’s purposes:
Teach: has steps in a process and directions
Entertain: uses humor, narration, tells a story, etc.
Inform: uses mainly facts and information
Persuade: tries to get the reader to believe, think, feel, or do something
2nd Grade Reading - Purposes for Reading Lesson