R.ELAR.6.A
Identify and analyze the audience, purpose, and message of the text.
Reading I, II, III (One-Half to Three Credits). · Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS) · TEKS 2017
Standard Unwrapping
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Skills
- identify (the audience, purpose, and message of a text) #dok1
- analyze (the audience of the text) #dok2
- analyze (the purpose of the text) #dok2
- analyze (the message of the text) #dok2
- explain (how the audience, purpose, and message interact within a text) #dok3
Learning Targets
- I can identify the audience, purpose, and message in a text. #dok1
- I can analyze who the intended audience is in a text. #dok2
- I can analyze the author's purpose in writing a text. #dok2
- I can analyze the message that the author is conveying in a text. #dok2
- I can explain how understanding the audience, purpose, and message affects my interpretation of the text. #dok3
Big Ideas
- Understanding a text requires analyzing for whom it was written, why it was written, and what central message it conveys.
- Authors make intentional choices about audience, purpose, and message that shape every aspect of a text.
Essential Questions
- How can I determine the intended audience of a text?
- What clues help identify the author's purpose in writing?
- How do I distinguish the main message in a text from supporting details?
- Why does understanding the audience and purpose matter to my interpretation of a text?
- How are the audience, purpose, and message connected within a text?