Week 3: Assignment #1 Backwards Design ELA Reading

Stage 1- Desired Results

Established Goals:  RI.6.6 Determine the author’s point of view or purpose in a text and explain how it is conveyed in the text.
Understandings: Students will understand that… Authors write to persuade, inform and entertain us. Authors write in 1st,2nd, and 3rd person. Point of view is based on facts. Their point of view may differ from the author.	Essential Questions How can the reader use the text to determine why the text was written? How can we use inductive reasoning to determine the author’s purpose? How do readers identify the author’s purpose in a text.
Students will know: To look for specific words or topics to determine the author’s point of view. What are pronouns and how effective they are. How to determine the author’s feeling?	Students will be able to: Determine the author’s point of view and distinguish how it is different from your own by looking strong details. Voice their own opinion and compare it to the author’s based on a specific topic. Convert 3rd person point of view to 1st person point of view by adding feelings and emotions.