TEKS Based Lesson Plan
Subject: 3rd Grade Reading
Weeks: 4th Nine Weeks Group 3
Unit of Study: Establish Purpose
Essential Questions:
• How do we establish the purpose of the story we are reading?
• How can an author persuade a reader?
• In what ways do authors make connections with readers?
TEKS/Essence Statements:
Figure 19: Reading/Comprehension Skills. Students use a flexible range of metacognitive reading skills
in both assigned and independent reading to understand an author’s message. Students will continue to
apply earlier standards with greater depth in increasingly more complex texts as they become selfdirected, critical readers. The student is expected to: (A) establish purposes for reading selected texts
based upon own or others’ desired outcome to enhance comprehension;
Critical Skills/Postsecondary Goals:
This section needs to be completed based on the students in your class.
Instruction/Classroom Activities:
Small Group Instruction:
The teacher will introduce 3 new vocabulary word cards to the class and describe each one for the
students. Can have picture representations for each if needed.
Authors write for many reasons. Some of the following are:
Entertain means to amuse someone.
to entertain
fictional stories, comics, poems, jokes, riddles
Inform means to give someone information about something
to inform
news reports, research papers, encyclopedias, school newsletters, instructions,
pamphlets from health clinics, maps, timelines, schedules, charts, graphs
Persuade means to try to convince someone to think the same way you do.
to persuade
advertisements, newspaper editorials, junk mail, posters
The teacher will then have an example of each to pass around for the student- a fictional book, a recipe,
and an advertisement. Show each example one at a time and discuss with the class what the purpose of
each type is. Pass each around so the students can see and touch each example.
Next have the teacher pull up the website below. Review the types of purposes and read the following
examples and have the students decide if it is to entertain, to inform, to persuade
http://www.studyzone.org/testprep/ela4/h/authorpur.cfm
Pull up the next website and play the game with the class. Ask each student one at a time and have the
student try to shoot the basketball by using the wireless keyboard. May have picture representations of
the 3 types of purpose to help the students choose.
http://eclassroom.110mb.com/4thEnglish/hoops/AuthPurposehoop.html
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TEKS Based Lesson Plan
Stations/Centers:
• Computer station- United Streaming video: A Closer Look at the Authors Purpose
• Computer station- YouTube video: Authors Purpose from Comprehension Learning upgrade
• Computer station- YouTube video: Reading Comprehension- Authors Purpose First Grade
• Writing station- copy/ trace vocabulary words
• Matching center- match types of text to authors purpose
Individualized Communication Planning: This section needs to be completed based on the
individualized communication needs of the students in your class.
Differentiated Tasks:
Level 3
The student will determine
what the author’s purpose for
many different types of text.
Level 2
The student will match picture
representations of the author’s
purpose to many different types
of text.
Level 1
The student will experience the 3
different types of text for each of
the 3 author’s purpose.
Materials/Resources:
• Vocabulary word cards and/or picture representation for each vocabulary word
• 2 websites
• United streaming video
• YouTube video
• Paper and pencil
• Many different types of texts
• Vocabulary word cards or picture representations
Assessment Strategies: This section needs to be completed based on the strategies appropriate for the
students in your class.
IEP Connections: This section needs to be completed based on the IEPs documented in the students’
ARDs in your class.
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