Author's Purpose
What are the three main author’s purposes?
Persuade, Inform, Entertain
What is the first step in the writing process
Pre-Writing
Identify the subject: The cat ran across the street.
The Cat
Fragment or complete sentence? Explain your answer
Running down the hallway.
Fragment (no subject doing the action).
A text that explains how something works is written to ______.
Inform
Which step comes after pre-writing
Drafting
Identify the subject in the sentence: My friends are singing loudly.
My friends
Maria finished her homework early.
Complete Sentence
Has a subject and verb
You’re reading an article urging students to recycle more. What is the author’s purpose?
Persuade
Changing ideas, adding details, and reorganizing paragraphs happen during which step?
Revising
Which word is the verb? I am mad at my sister.
am
Fragment or complete sentence? Because it was raining.
dependent clause
because
You're reading a "how-to" on making a PB&J
Inform
Checking for spelling, punctuation, capitalization, and grammar happens during which step?
Editing
Which word is the verb? The teacher collected the notebooks
Collected
What is it? fragment, sentence, dependent clause, run-on
My sister baked cookies we ate them immediately.
Run-On
A novel tells the story of a girl who gets lost in the woods and must find her way home. The events, characters, and plot are all fictional. What is the author’s purpose?
Entertain
Jasmine turns in her polished final draft, then prepares a slideshow and practices how she will stand, speak, and engage the audience when she shares her writing. What stage of the writing process is she working on?
Publishing & Presenting.
True or False: Every fragment is missing both a subject and a verb.
False. A fragment may be missing either a subject or a verb.
This type of sentence error happens when two complete thoughts are pushed together with no correct punctuation or connection.
Run-On