Power point I made so that my students could have a visual of what I was teaching.

1. Our learning Goal
• At the end of this lesson, we will be able to…
–Determine an author’s
purpose and perspective in
a text.

2. Our Learning Objectives
We will:
• Analyze the author’s purpose and/or
perspective (p.o.v.) in a variety of text.
•Identify author’s bias in a text.
•Identify and determine an author’s central
idea.
•Reveal a bias in your writing by selecting
details and using specific word choice.

3. Continue tracking your progress…
Author’s Purpose –
Author’s Point of View

4. Building Academic Vocabulary
BAV
BAV
AUTHOR’S PURPOSE
AUTHOR’S PERSPECTIVE
SENSORY LANGUAGE
AUTHOR’S BIAS
TONE
SUMMARIZE
CENTRAL IDEA

5. Vocabulary in Context
(Multiple Meanings)
• Mean
• Charge
• Rest
• Ear (of corn)
• Spring
• Light

6. Reading Strategies
• Annotation
• Clarifying-Three Column
Notes
Focus Writing Traits
• Ideas
• Voice

7. VOICE

8. Use these words to identify the
TONE.

9. Trait of IDEAS

10. Before, During, After Reading
• CODE the Text.
• Identify lines where you feel you can “hear” the author’s
VOICE.
• Identify figurative language and sensory language.
• Identify author’s purpose.
• Identify words/details the author uses that illustrate her point
of view and/or bias towards the desert.

11. I’m in Charge of Celebrations
Byrd Baylor

12. Byrd Baylor was born in San Antonio, Texas, and went to schools in Tucson,
spent time on West Texas ranches and in Sonora (Mexico) gold mining
camps. Today, she lives outside Arivaca, Arizona, near the Arizona-Mexico
borderline in high Sonora desert surrounded by Enchanted mountains and
canyons and arroyos.
Her books have become classics in their own time for children, parents, and
teachers. Some of her books are: Desert Voices, Everybody Needs a Rock,
Hawk, I’m Your brother, The Table Where Rich People sit, the Desert is
Theirs, and The Other Way to Listen. Her works have received numerous
awards, including ALA Notable Book awards and Caldecott Honor
Book awards.
Baylor lives in an adobe house that does not have electricity, but it does have
three manual Typewriters.
Baylor writes: “I have written 25 or so children’s books, a novel, lots of essays
and articles, all of them relating in some way to my passion for the desert
southwest, its landforms and its plants and animals and people, and always
its power.”

13. Before, During, After Reading
• CODE the Text.
• Identify lines where you feel you can “hear” the author’s
VOICE.
• Identify figurative language and sensory language.
• Identify author’s purpose.
• Identify words/details the author uses that illustrate her point
of view and/or bias towards the desert.

14. Figurative Language
Simile : A comparison between two
unlike things using like or as.
Metaphor : A comparison between two
unlike things without using like or as.
Personification: Uses language that
gives human traits to an animal, object,
or idea.

15. Using Your Senses
• Writers use descriptive details that appeal to the senses—
to bring their memories to life.
• Use your imagination to put yourself in the scene, and think
about what you can taste, touch, see, smell, and hear.

16. Journal Entry:
• Write about your home.
• Include details/words that show your point of
view and/or bias.
• Guiding Questions:
– Do you enjoy being at home?
– Do you feel safe?
– Do you want to be there?

17. Complete

18. I Am a Native of North America
By Chief Dan George

19. About the Selection
• In this essay, Chief Dan George recalls the
traditional ways of life of his people.
• He questions certain contemporary values and
choices and sadly anticipates the eventual
vanishing of the culture.
• He pleads for love and tolerance as the only
hope for a peaceful future.

20. Identify the tone(s).Use words and quotes from the text. Make the Bubble
Map Thinking Map.

21. Rate your current understanding of the learning goal:
Author’s Purpose –
Author’s Point of View