Authors Purpose Practice

A child’s letter to Santa asking for a bicycle because the child has been good all year

A recipe explaining how to make chicken salad sandwiches

The lyrics to a song written by popular music group, Mindful Behavior

The fourth novel in the Twilight series by Stephenie Meyer

A Garfield comic from the newspaper in which Garfield hates Mondays and likes lasagna

A brochure about how people shouldn’t shop at Walmart because they hurt local businesses

A map of the world, showing all continents,countries, and oceans

The story of a young man who learns to resist the influences of drugs and gangs

An encyclopedia entry about endangered animals and efforts to protect them

A speech by a politician asking for 90 minutes to be added to the school day

The instructions for the board game, Monopoly

The play Romeoand Juliet by William Shakespeare

A five paragraph essay where a student argues that people should recycle and not litter

A student’s book report about the fourth novel in the Twilight series

A note to a teacher where a student asks if her seat can be switched because of a conflict