Reading Activities:Here comes the Garbage Barge

Here comes the Garbage Barge

Written by Jonah Winter

Illustrated by Red nose studio 

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LO: We are learning to determine the author’s purpose.

Authors have many different reasons for writing. For example, an author might write to inform or explain something to the reader about a topic, to persuade someone to think about an idea or convince them to do something, or simply to tell an entertaining story. Sometimes it’s hard to identify the author’s purpose because there might be a little bit of everything in the story.

Authors don’t usually state a purpose, so you need to pay close attention to the details that

are given in the text in order to be able to determine the author’s purpose for writing.

THINK! What was the main reason this story was written? This will be the author’s purpose.

You need to find evidence in the story that would support the author’s purpose. List evidence under the appropriate purpose. Once you have completed this blog it with an explanation of what you have done and the story you have read!

	Persuade/convince	Inform	Entertain
Did the author describe real or imaginary characters? Places? Events?	The author was real and told us not to litter, the	Kamaea- The Story is to tell you to not litter and be independent	Kamaea -It was entertaining for me because it taught me a lesson.
Did the author try to make me laugh? (entertain)	Kamaea- Yes a small bit because t showed lots of garbage and it	It was not that funny	It was entertaining and a bit funny
Did the author tell me a story? (entertain or explain)	Kamaea- yes it told me about saving the world	The story is about rubbish	It was entertaining
Did the author try to teach me something? (inform)	Kamaea - Yes the author taught me not to litter around the world	Yes it did	It was good
Did the author try to change my opinion about something? (persuade)	Yes I loved the story and it teaches everyone not to litter	Yeah to not litter	It was good and I watched the whole video