Authors Purpose Practice

An encyclopedia entry about endangered animalsand efforts to protect them

Astudent’s book report about the fourth novel in the Twilight series

Achild’s letter to Santa asking for a bicycle because the child has been goodall year

The play Romeoand Juliet by William Shakespeare

The instructions for the board game, Monopoly

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

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

The fourth novel in the Twilight series by Stephenie Meyer

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

The lyrics to a song written by popular music group, MindfulBehavior   

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

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

A Garfield comicfrom the newspaper in which Garfieldhates Mondays and likes lasagna

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

A recipe explaining how to make chicken saladsandwiches