BHS ELA Instructional Guide

Strategies to Support Teaching the Standard ●​ Determining Author’s Purpose Chart Question Stems and Prompts for Assessment

●​ What do you know about the author and what do you need to learn about the author? ●​ What references do you see in the text that relate to the author’s geographic location, identity or background, culture? ●​ What does the time period of the text tell us about the culture? ●​ How does the culture of the author impact the text? ●​ How would this text change if it were set in a different time period? ●​ How do you see the author’s identity in each text in their body of work? ●​ What common themes, topics, and messages are common among the author’s body of work that relate to the author’s background, culture, and identity. Additional Supports / Professional Resources

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