Author’s purpose

1. Author’s purpose LA.910.1.7.2 Analyze the author’s purpose and/or perspective in a variety of texts to understand how they affect meaning.

2. Lesson 2 • Guided Practice

4. practice • Article: Texting May Be Taking a Toll • I will read the passage while you follow along.

5. Question 1 Which statement reveals Ms. Yager’s attitude towards texting in school? • a. “I can’t tell when it’s happening.” • b. “Ms. Yager recently gave an anonymous survey to 50 of her students; most said they texted during class.” • c. “Teachers are often oblivious.” • d. “There’s nothing we can do about it and I’m not going to take the time every day to try to police it.” • A states a fact, but does not show Ms. Yager’s attitude toward texting in school. • B once again does not address the teacher’s attitude. • C is not a statement that was made by Ms. Yager. • D is the correct answer. Ms. Yager realizes that because she feels nothing is done about it, she does not value the cell phone rule at her school.

6. Question 2 Read this sentence from the passage. Yet she said there was an element of hypocrisy in all this: her mother, too is hooked on the cell phone she carries in her purse. What was the author’s purpose in including this statement? • a. let the reader know Reina’s mother is a hypocrite • b. persuade Reina’s mother to allow Reina to have her phone back • c. reveal how parents are dependent on cell phones just like kids. • d. show that Reina’s mother is aware of her daughter’s texting habits. • “A” Reina may feel her mother is being a hypocrite, but that is not the statement the author is making. • “B” the statement isn’t related to Reina getting her phone back. • “C” is the correct answer. The author wants to show that teens and parents both have the same dependency on their phones. • “D” do not indicate that her mother is aware of Reina’s texting problems.