Assignment for Instructional Strategy:Internet (TEDU-560)

1. Author’s Purpose
SOL 7.6

2. To Entertain
• If the author uses:
• humor
• colorful language
• a “conversational” tone
• well-developed characters
• interesting events

3. To Entertain
• Genres to look for:(FICTION)
• FOLKTALE DRAMA
• FABLE COMICS
• MYTH MAGAZINE
• POETRY
• NOVEL
• SHORT STORY

4. TO INFORM
• If the author uses:
• definitions
• instructions
• statistics
• a “teaching” tone
• main ideas and details

5. TO INFORM
• Genres to look for:(NONFICTION)
• TEXTBOOKS
• BIOGRAPHY
• MAGAZINE
• NEWSPAPERS
• ALMANAC, ATLAS
• ENCYCLOPEDIA

6. TO PERSUADE
• If the author uses:
• strong language
• an “arguing”tone
• opinions

7. TO PERSUADE
• LOOK FOR:
• SPEECHES
• ESSAYS
• ADVERTISEMENTS
• COMMERCIALS

8. An article that explains
why walking is healthful
exercise for people
over seventy; several
amusing anecdotes
included...

9. Answer:
• TO INFORM AND TO ENTERTAIN

10. A humorous poem
telling an ancient
terrapin’s conversation
with a young butterfly...

11. ANSWER:
• TO ENTERTAIN

12. An article describing
the habits and life cycle
of a terrapin.

13. ANSWER
• TO INFORM

14. A speech that summarizes
the housing problems that
senior citizens face and
urges people to care for
their aging parents in their
own homes.

15. ANSWER
• TO INFORM AND TO PERSUADE