{"product_id":"authors-purpose-activity-persuade-inform-entertain-email-reading-challenge","title":"Author's Purpose Activity - Persuade, Inform, Entertain Email Reading Challenge","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn this collaborative author's purpose activity, students become inbox investigators tasked with training a new AI email assistant that can’t reliably sort emails by their intended author’s purpose! Before they begin, the included presentation introduces the three types of author’s purpose: persuade, inform, and entertain. It also explores common features of each purpose, and teaches students how to determine an author’s primary purpose when more than one may be present. Then, it’s time to tackle the inbox! Students work collaboratively to analyze eight high-interest emails, determine each author’s primary and secondary purposes, and gather text evidence to support their decisions. Teams sort the emails under the correct purpose labels, record their evidence, and compete to earn the highest accuracy rating.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003chr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThis is included in a full-year program:\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\" style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'San Francisco', 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif; font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e→\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s2\" style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'San Francisco', 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif; font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.shop.prestoplans.com\/products\/the-ela-games-back-to-school-middle-high-ela-full-year-team-building-program\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s3\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe ELA Games Program\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003chr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'San Francisco', 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif; font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003eIncluded in This AI Inbox Author's Purpose Activity:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e➡️\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAI Inbox Author's Purpose Activity Teacher Instructions:\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003eA detailed teacher guide provides everything you need to successfully run the activity in your classroom. It includes clear step-by-step instructions, an overview of how the activity works, guidance for leading students through each stage of the challenge, and details for completing the lesson from start to finish.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003chr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e➡️\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAI Inbox Author's Purpose Activity Presentation Slides:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eUse the 24-slide PowerPoint presentation to guide your lesson on author's purpose. The presentation introduces writing meant to persuade, inform, or entertain, explores the common features of each author’s purpose, and teaches students how to determine a writer's primary purpose when more than one is present. Also included are a guided practice email, challenge instructions, and detailed answer slides for reviewing all eight emails as a class.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003chr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e➡️\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e8 Email Cards:\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003eStudents analyze eight high-interest emails about topics such as a pirate escape room, video games, a mischievous zoo monkey, dodgeball, time travel, a firefighter rescue, movie stunts, and a chocolate factory. Each email includes elements of more than one author's purpose, giving students the clues they need to determine the writer's primary goal while also recognizing secondary purposes.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003chr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e➡️\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e3 Author’s Purpose Sorting Headers:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eThree colorful sorting headers for Persuade, Inform, and Entertain are included for students to organize the email cards according to each author’s primary purpose. Teams place each email beneath the correct header as they work through the challenge, creating a visual representation of their final decisions.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003chr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e➡️\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor's Purpose Student Graphic Organizer:\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003eAs they examine each email, students record the author's primary purpose, cite text evidence that supports their choice, and identify any secondary purposes they notice using the included graphic organizer. 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