This document contains a table of contents for a reading workbook. It lists various reading skills and concepts that will be covered, including author's purpose, point of view, characters, and comprehension strategies. Author's purpose can be to persuade, entertain, or inform readers. Examples are provided of texts that might have different purposes, such as a historical text meant to inform or a product review intended to persuade. The table of contents outlines the titles and page numbers for various lessons and activities covering these essential reading topics.

1. Table of Contents - READING
• 10-19-15 P.I.E. – Author’s Purpose – pg. 9

2. Author’s Purpose
Persuade -
author is trying
to convince the
reader to believe
a certain way
Entertain - author holds
your attention with laughter,
enjoyment, suspense, etc
Inform - the
author is trying
to teach the
reader or give
information

3. PIE Practice – Persuade, Inform, Entertain
• A story about a family trying to stick together
and survive through the Great Depression in
the Midwest in the 1930s
• A section in a history book describing the
conditions and causes of the Great Depression
in the Midwest in the 1930s
• An article where the author argues that an
IPOD music player is better than a ZUNE

4. Reader’s Table of Contents
DATE TITLE PAGE #
9/9/15 Reading Goals 1
9/9/15 Word Splash - Comprehension 2
9/11/16 Real vs. Fake Reading 3
9/18/15 The Dot 4
9/25/15 Figurative Language 5
9/28/15 Do Now – Figurative Language 6
10/7/15 Do No Idiom 6
10/7/15 Point of View – Karen & Eddie 7
10/12/15 POV – Triangle 8
10/19/15 PIE – Author’s Purpose 9
10/21/15 CHARACTER 10
10/21/15 Traits, Feelings & Motives 11