ENG1.ELAR.8.B
Analyze use of text structure to achieve the author's purpose.
English I · Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS) · TEKS 2017
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text structureauthorpurpose
Skills
- analyze (use of text structure) #dok3
- determine (how text structure helps achieve author's purpose) #dok3
Learning Targets
- I can identify the structure of a text. #dok1
- I can describe the author's purpose in a text. #dok2
- I can analyze how the author uses text structure to achieve a specific purpose. #dok3
Big Ideas
- Authors deliberately choose specific organizational structures in their writing to achieve their purposes.
- Analyzing a text's structure helps reveal how ideas and messages are conveyed.
Essential Questions
- How does the structure of a text influence the author's message?
- What choices do authors make when organizing their texts, and why?
- How can analyzing a text's structure deepen our understanding of its purpose?
- In what ways do different text structures support different authorial purposes?
- How does the effectiveness of a text relate to the organization the author has chosen?