Students examine how authors use language by examining purpose, figurative language, voice, and more.
Author's Craft unit contains 4 learning experiences.
Learning Experiences (Lessons) in Author's Craft Each learning experience takes about 45 minutes to teach in the device-enabled classroom.
Author’s Purpose
Students review author’s purposes—to persuade, to inform, and to entertain. Then, they read an article and identify the author’s purpose for writing the text and the text features that were added to improve comprehension. Next, they examine different text structures that can be used in informational writing. Finally, they analyze a persuasive text.
Figurative Language
Students learn about figurative language that authors use to make their writing more entertaining and to enhance the images readers make in their minds as they read. They identify and write their own extended metaphors, and also identify authors’ uses of imagery.
Author’s Voice, Mood, and Tone
Students learn about tone and mood and how authors develop a voice and choose words to enhance tone and mood in texts. Then, they read some texts and identify the tone and mood. Finally, students write their own stories and develop the tone and mood.
Rhetorical Devices and Logical Fallacies
Students learn about figurative language that authors use to make their writing more entertaining and to enhance the images readers make in their minds as they read. They identify and write their own extended metaphors, and also identify authors’ uses of imagery.
