Author's purpose and craft: listening, speaking, reading, writing, and thinking using multiple texts. The student uses critical inquiry to analyze the authors'
choices and how they influence and communicate meaning within a variety of
texts. The student analyzes and applies author's craft purp...
Author's purpose and craft: listening, speaking, reading, writing, and thinking using multiple texts. The student uses critical inquiry to analyze the authors'
choices and how they influence and communicate meaning within a variety of
texts. The student analyzes and applies author's craft purposefully in order to
develop his or her own products and performances. The student is expected to:
(1) discuss the author's purpose for writing text;
(A) discuss how the use of text structure contributes
to the author's purpose;
(B) discuss with adult assistance the author's use of
print and graphic features to achieve specific purposes;
(C) discuss how the author uses words that help the
reader visualize; and
(D) listen to and experience first- and third-person texts.
