2.10.A
ELA2nd Grade
The Standard
discuss the author's purpose for writing text
Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills for English Language Arts and Reading
Teacher's field guide
What This Standard Means
What Students Need to Do
- Students decide why a writer created a text. They explain their choice using clues from the words, pictures, and text features.
What Mastery Looks Like
- Students identify whether a text aims to inform, entertain, or persuade. They support their answer with a detail such as facts, story events, opinions, or action words.
Common Misconceptions
- Students may name the topic instead of explaining why the author wrote about it. They may assume every story entertains and every nonfiction text informs, without checking clues.
How to Assess It
- Exit ticket: Read, “Our playground needs more shade so children can play safely.” Circle inform, entertain, or persuade, then underline one supporting clue.
Lesson moves
Ways to Teach It
Sort picture books, advertisements, and directions into labeled hoops, then place a sticky note on each text naming one clue.
After a read-aloud, ask, “What did the writer want us to know, feel, or do, and which words show that?”
Play Purpose Detective by drawing text cards, naming each purpose, and earning a point for citing an exact clue.
Compare a cereal box, a library poster, and a party invitation to decide what each writer wants the reader to do.
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