YouTube Videos
Always preview videos to ensure they fit the needs of your students.
- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=skX6RnnIkuM&feature=related
- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gq5g3X6b38s&feature=related
PowerPoint slideshow
Always preview slideshows to ensure they fit the needs of your class.
- http://www.woodland.k12.mo.us/faculty/rgarner/Reading/Authors%20pur opse.htm
- http://www.authorstream.com/Presentation/ttravis-57266-Authors- Purpose-Reasons-Write-Strategy-Identify-Try-Sentences-Lets- Entertainment-ppt-powerpoint/
Interactive Websites
A variety of online interactive sites containing questions, games, and quizzes about author’s purpose.
http://www.studyzone.org/testprep/ela4/j/authorpurposep.cfm
- http://www.studyzone.org/testprep/ela4/h/authorpur.cfm
- http://www.harcourtschool.com/activity/trophies/rsr/build1/RR_e_4_20
_ae.htm
- http://www.quia.com/ba/72070.html
- http://www.bbc.co.uk/skillswise/words/reading/typesoftext/game.shtml
- http://www.bbc.co.uk/skillswise/words/reading/typesoftext/quiz.shtml
