reading assessment

Assessment: I can evaluate writers’ purposes and consider how they have used structure and language to suit these purposes. (Eg: I can make decisions about why the writer has written a piece of writing and how they have used particular structures and words to meet the purpose.)

Name:      Choose 3 out of the following texts:  

World’s Largest Artificial Sun	The World will end, said the cat	Mossie
Laundry Folding Robot	Fallen Leaves	Can giant pumps help refreeze the Artic

L5 Author’s Purpose follow up	I can describe the author's purpose in relation to structure and language choices in a text and give relevant evidence (eg vocabulary used)	I can compare and contrast differences in the author's purpose in relation to structure and language choices between different texts.
Text: Laundry Folding Robot	The author’s purpose is information. The specific language/ structure choices that the author has made to support their purpose are technical language and the article is not organised because there is no intro and there is information everywhere.	Specific language choices in the 3 texts:	Structure of the 3 texts:
		Similarities There is a lot of technical and descriptive language	Similarities There is a lot of information in every text
Text: World's Largest Artificial Sun	The author’s purpose is Information The specific language/ structure choices that the author has made to support their purpose are Technical and descriptive language and it is kind of organized.
Text: Can giant pumps help refreeze the Artic	The author’s purpose is persuasive The specific language/ structure choices that the author has made to support their purpose are technical and descriptive language and it is pretty organised.	Differences Not much difference	Differences Organisation is different in each text.

Text: Sneaky Venus Flytraps Use Prey For Nutrients And Energy

Level 5 - Authors’ Purpose Map
I can describe the author’s purpose in a text	I can identify several features of the author’s purpose The author’s purpose is… The point of view is… The intended audience is...	I can identify several features of the author’s purpose; and explain giving relevant examples and evidence. What does it say in the text to show you that: this is the author’s purpose this is the point of view this is the intended audience
The author’s purpose is… P? I? E?	Information	1.The fact that the Dionaea muscipula, or Venus flytrap, feeds on unsuspecting insects. 2.University of Freiburg in Germany has uncovered that the crafty plants use the proteins extracted from their prey, not just for nutrients, but also as an alternative source of energy. 3.the plants jump-start the digestive process using energy from photosynthesis
The point of view is…	Third person	1.The researchers, who published their findings in the scientific journal 2.However, scientists thought the prey only provided the plant with essential nutrients like nitrogen and phosphorous 3.The scientists believe the large amount of energy required to break down the insect’s proteins cannot be supplied by traditional photosynthesis alone.
The intended audience is...	Intermediate school, high school, young adults and over.	1. Mostly has the word University. 2.Technical language for high school. 3.
	I can generalise about the author’s point of view Overall this text was informative because it had information about the plant.