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This activity helps students practice identifying whether an author wrote to inform, persuade, or entertain. It includes short explanations, vocabulary, matching and sorting practice, two auto-graded checks (multiple choice and short answer), partner work, and two open-ended prompts where students explain their thinking or create a short multimedia response. Use short mentor texts or book excerpts during class reading to model how to find clues for the author's purpose. To use: model one example with a whole-group read-aloud and think-aloud showing how you pick clues (words that give facts, happy or funny tone, or words that try to convince). For the partner activity, prepare simple short texts or printed ads and a few index cards. For the open-ended paragraph question, a strong answer names the purpose, cites at least two clear clues from the text (words, facts, tone), and explains how those clues point to the purpose. For the multimedia Show It, a high-quality submission clearly shows the purpose and points to specific examples or a short demonstration (e.g., acting a persuasive ad or showing facts in an informational poster). Teachers will mark those open responses correct/incorrect based on presence of purpose plus supporting evidence.