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Activity 1.
Classroom definition Your definition
Sentence using the word Picture
Classroom definition Your definition
Sentence using the word Picture
Activity 2.
An author writes for many reasons. An author may give you facts or true
information about a subject. Some authors write fiction stories or stories that are not true.
They write these stories to entertain you. Other authors may write to persuade or to try to
get you to do something.
Directions:
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A*T#O+S P*POS! 'S TO,
persuade
inform
entertain
-. 't was a glorious morning in Alabama. The sun was shining through the trees. Alan
couldn+t wait to find his fishing pole and call his friend Sam to go fishing. They had a
great time on these early morning fishing trips. They too. their dogs with them and the
dogs would swim in the la.e while they fished. 't was so funny to watch those dogs
paddle around the la.e.
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Classroom definition Your definition
Sentence using the word Picture
1. The Slim2O23atic will cause you to loose pounds and inches from your body in one
month. This ama4ing machine helps you to e5ercise correctly and provides an easy video
to show you the proper way to e5ercise. Send 678.99 and begin e5ercising today.
&hat is the author+s purpose of this writing/ 0000000000000000000000000000

:. The *nderground ailroad was a secret organi4ation which helped slaves escape to
freedom. 3any slaves were able to escape because of the conductors and station masters.
The northern states were $ree states and slaves were free once they arrived in the north.
Secret codes and signals were used to identify the conductors and station masters.
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Activity 3.
No need to write for this one jst !lay the online
matching game"
Activity #.
Author+s Purpose and Point of ;iew
Post test
-. &hat is it called when the author e5presses his opinions and views/
a. entertainment
b. point of view
c. clima5
1. All of the following are three main reasons why an author writes a story< !=C!PT to
a. inform.
b. persuade.
c. entertain.
d. to ma.e sure the reader enjoys what he or she is reading.
'dentifying the author+s purpose. ead the following passages and answer the >uestions.
:. %isa always loo.ed forward to the fall because of the #arvest $estival. Of course< she
loved the rides< but she really enjoyed the shows. This year would be the best. %isa had a
special opportunity to perform in the talent show.
The author+s purpose is to
a. entertain.
b. persuade.
c. inform.
d. create a mysterious mood.
?. &hat do you do with aluminum cans/ "o you throw them in the trash< or do you
recycle when you are finished with them/ At the rate we are filling our landfills< we will
not have anywhere else to put our trash. 'f you recycle< you will help the environment.
The ne5t time you throw away your Co.e can< thin. about putting it in a recycling bin.
Your effort will help save your community.
The author+s purpose is to
a. entertain.
b. persuade.
c. inform.
d. create a mysterious mood.
8. Tomatoes were once considered poisonous. Some brave people finally too. a bite of a
tomato< and they survived. (ow< we use tomatoes in our salads and sandwiches. "o you
ever use tomato sauce or .etchup/ These products are made of tomatoes. 'f it weren+t for
these brave individuals< you might not be able to enjoy .etchup with your french2fries.
The author+s purpose is to
a. entertain.
b. persuade.
c. inform.
d. create a mysterious mood.
@. The impressive eagle is a national symbol in the *nited States for patriotism and
freedom. Aecause the bald eagle was once hunted for sport< it is on the verge of
e5tinction. 'f you .ill a bald eagle< you can go to jail. *nfortunately< the bald eagle still
maybe become e5tinct.
The author+s purpose is to
a. entertain.
b. persuade.
c. inform.
d. create a mysterious mood.
7. 3ost people thin. that gorillas are mean< but actually they are shy. 't seems that such a
huge animal with very large teeth would be aggressive. #ollywood movies help convey
this image of the scary< ferocious gorilla. 'n fact< gorillas only attac. if they are provo.ed.
#owever< gorillas usually don+t have to fight other animals because of their impressive
si4e.
The author believes that
a. )orillas are misunderstood as vicious animals.
b. )orillas are mean animals.
c. )orillas don+t li.e other animals.
d. )orillas communicate well with other animals.
B. This was Cathy+s first baby2sitting job. She was so e5cited< but she was really nervous.
Cathy+s parents made her attend a baby2sitting wor.shop before she could baby2sit her
neighbor+s five2year2old son< 3atthew. Cathy .new this was a lot of responsibility< but
she thought she was ready. Cathy marched confidently to 3atthew+s house and waved
goodbye to 3atthew+s parents. 't seemed as soon as his parents left< 3atthew fell and hit
his chin on the coffee table. &ithout panic.ing< she remembered what she learned in her
baby2sitting class and applied first2aid.
The author wants to show that
a. 3atthew should not run in the house.
b. Cathy is ready to baby2sit.
c. Cathy needs to attend more baby2sitting wor.shops.
d. Coffee tables can be dangerous.
92-D . Ted< the school reporter< interviewed both candidates for the school election. 'n his
column on the school election< he printed his interview with the two candidates. The
following selections were ta.en out of the school newspaper.
-st letter. "o you want the best class president for your school/ 'f so< please vote for
3arco odrigue4. ' am a responsible candidate who will wor. hard to ma.e our school a
better place. ;ote for 3arco this coming Tuesday.
1nd letter, &e need a change at our school. ' am the person for this job. ' am an honor
student who is involved in many different activities. ' .now ' can ma.e a difference. ;ote
for me< and our school will be even better. Candice Par.
9. Ted mentioned the two candidates in his article because
a. he thought Candice Par. was a better candidate.
b. he was friends with 3arco.
c. his teacher told him to.
d. he wanted to give both candidates an e>ual opportunity.
-D. Ted believes that
a. 3arco should be the president.
b. Candace should be president.
c. all students should vote.
d. the students should .now the candidates+ views.
Activity $.
Political cartoon
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Activity %.
1. What is the athor&s !r!ose for writing this article?
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2. Who is the targeted adience for this article?
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3. 'ow do yo (now who this is written for? )ive e*am!les +langage,
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Activity ..
1. Which two commercials did yo watch?
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2. What is the athor&s !r!ose here?
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3. Who are these advertisements aimed at?
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Activity /.
0ead the article and answer the following1
1. Who is this article a2ot?
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2. What ha!!ened in the article?
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3. Where did it ta(e !lace?
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%. Who is the targeted adience for this article? 'ow do yo (now?
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0ead the article and answer the following1
1. Who is this article a2ot?
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2. What ha!!ened in the article?
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3. Where did it ta(e !lace?
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%. Who is the targeted adience for this article? 'ow do yo (now?
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1. Who is the main character of this story? __________________
2. What is the 2asic !lot? +what ha!!ens?-
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3. 5escri2e the main character. 6se e*am!les from the story to
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Activity 11.
1. What is the athor&s !r!ose in writing this 2log?
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2. What do yo notice a2ot the style of writing? +grammar, !nctation,
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Activity 12.
0ead the 2log and all seven res!onses. 7hen answer the following1
1. What is this article a2ot?
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2. What is 2eing !ro!osed in the article?
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$. What was the original athor&s !r!ose for writing this article?
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%. What the !r!ose of the !eo!le who res!onded to the original 2log?
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.. Who is the targeted adience for this article? 'ow do yo (now?
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/. What do yo notice a2ot the langage 2eing sed +words, grammar,
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Using Land Wisely
A very important world problem 2 in fact< ' am inclined to say it is the most important of
all the great world problems which face us at the present time 2 is the rapidly increasing
pressure of population on land and on land resources.
't is not so much the actual population of the world but its rate of increase which is
important. 't wor.s out to be about -.@ per cent per annum net increase. 'n terms of
numbers this means something li.e forty to fifty2five million additional people every
year. Canada has a population of twenty million 2 rather less than si5 months+ climb in
world population. Ta.e Australia. There are ten million people in Australia. So< it ta.es
the world less than three months to add to itself a population which peoples that vast
country. %et us ta.e our own crowded country 2 !ngland and &ales, forty2five to fifty
million people 2 just about a year+s supply.
Ay this time tomorrow< and every day< there will be added to the earth about -1D<DDD
e5tra people 2 just about the population of the city of Yor..
' am not tal.ing about birth rate. This is net increase. To give you some idea of birth rate<
loo. at the seconds hand of your watch. !very second three babies are born somewhere in
the world. Another babyE Another babyE Another babyE You cannot spea. >uic.ly
enough to .eep pace with the birth rate.
This enormous increase of population will create immense problems. Ay A.". 1DDD<
unless something desperate happens< there will be as many as 7<DDD<DDD<DDD people on
the surface of this earthE So this is a problem which you are going to see in your lifetime.
&hy is this enormous increase in population ta.ing place/ 't is really due to the spread of
the .nowledge and the practice of what is coming to be called "eath Control. You have
heard of Airth Control/ "eath Control is something rather different. "eath Control
recogni4es the wor. of the doctors and the nurses and the hospitals and the health
services in .eeping alive people who< a few years ago< would have died of some of the
incredibly serious .illing diseases< as they used to be. S>ualid conditions< which we can
remedy by an improved standard of living< caused a lot of disease and dirt. 3edical
e5aminations at school catch diseases early and ensure healthier school children.
Scientists are at wor. stamping out malaria and other more deadly diseases. 'f you are
seriously ill there is an ambulance to ta.e you to a modern hospital. 3edical care helps to
.eep people alive longer. &e used to thin. seventy was a good ageF now eighty< ninety< it
may be< are coming to be recogni4ed as a normal age for human beings. People are living
longer because of this "eath Control< and fewer children are dying< so the population of
the world is shooting up.
'magine the position if you and ' and everyone else living on earth shared the surface
between us. #ow much should we have each/ 't would be just over twelve acres 2 the sort
of si4e of a small holding. Aut not all that is useful land which is going to produce food.
&e can cut out one2fifth of it< for e5ample< as being too cold. That is land which is
covered with ice and snow 2 Antarctica and )reenland and the great fro4en areas of
northern Canada. Then we can cut out another fifth as being too dry 2 the great deserts of
the world li.e the Sahara and the heart of Australia and other areas where there is no
.nown water supply to feed crops and so to produce food. Then we can cut out another
fifth as being too mountainous or with too great an elevation above sea level. Then we
can cut out another tenth as land which has insufficient soil< probably just roc. at the
surface. (ow< out of the twelve acres only about four are left as suitable for producing
food. Aut not all that is used. 't includes land with enough soil and enough rainfall or
water< and enough heat which< at present< we are not using< such as< for e5ample< the
great Ama4on forests and the Congo forest and the grasslands of Africa. #ow much are
we actually using/ Only a little over one acre is what is re>uired to support one human
being on an average at the present time.
(ow we come to the ne5t point< and that is< the haves and the have2nots amongst the
countries of the world. The standard share per person for the world is a little over twelve
acres per headF potentially usable< about four acresF and actually used about -.- acre. &e
are very often told in Aritain to ta.e the *nited States as an e5ample of what is done or
what might be done. !very little American is born into this world with a heritage of the
home country< the continental *nited States< of just about the world average 2 about
twelve acres. &e can estimate that probably some si5 acres of the total of twelve of the
American homeland is cultivable in the sense ' have just given you. Aut the amount
actually used 2 what the Americans call +improved land+ in crops and pasture on farms 2 is
three and a half acres. So the Americans have over three times the world average of land
on which to produce food for themselves. On that land they produce more food than they
actually re>uire< so they have a surplus for e5port.
(ow suppose we ta.e the *nited States+ great neighbour to the north< Canada. !very
Canadian has -?D acres to roam around in. A lot of it is away in the fro4en north< but
there is still an enormous area of land in Canada waiting to be settled and developed. The
official figure is twenty2two acres. The Canadians use at the moment four acres< and they
too have a large food surplus available for e5port.
(ow turn to our own country. 'ncluding land of all sorts< there is just over one acre per
head in the *nited Cingdom of )reat Aritain and (orthern 'reland. That is why we have
to be so very careful with it. #ow much do we actually use/ Gust over half an acre to
produce food 2 that is as farm land. The story is much the same if you separate off
(orthern 'reland and Scotland and just ta.e !ngland and &ales. 'n this very crowded
country< we have only D.B acres per head of land of all sorts to do everything with which
we need. That is why we have to thin. so very carefully of this problem.
'ndia< with 1.8 acres per head< has considerably more land than we have in this country.
(ot all of it is usable for food production. Aut there is land which could be reclaimed by
modern methods< that is being tac.led at the present time. The crucial figure is the actual
area in agricultural use 2 three2>uarters of an acreE The yields from this land are low<
methods of production are primitive< and that is why the 'ndians are so very near the
starvation level for almost every year of their lives. Aut they are not as badly off where
land is concerned as Gapan.
The Gapanese figures are the same as our own country in overall land 2 -.- acres per
person 2 but it is a very mountainous country with volcanoes< and so much less is
cultivable. %ess than a fifth of an acre 2 D.-7 of an acre 2 is under cultivation. You see at
once the tremendous land problem which there is in Gapan.
There is a great variation< of course< in the intensity with which land is used. 'n the
*nited States they are e5travagant in the use of land and ta.e< perhaps< twenty times as
much to feed one person as in Gapan. You may tal. about the Gapanese agriculture being
twenty times as efficient as the American< but that raises a lot of >uestions.
The intensive cultivation characteristic of Gapan uses every little bit of land and only the
barren hillsides are not re>uired. 3uch of the agriculture is based on rice. The farm
wor.ers plant by hand every individual rice plant< and this .ind of intensive cultivation
enables the Gapanese to support seven persons per acre.
Ay contrast< thin. of the ranch lands in (orth and South America< with animals ranging
over immense tracts of land. A diet of beef and of mil. is e5travagant of land F in other
words< it ta.es a lot of land for the number of calories produced. 'n this sense it is less
efficient than the Gapanese rice2growing agriculture. Aut not everyone li.es eating rice.
&here the sea is concerned< we are scarcely< at the present time< out of the old Stone
Age. 'n the Stone Age< the people simply went out< .illed wild animals 2 if they were
luc.y 2 and had a good mealF if they were unluc.y they just went hungry. At the present
day< we do almost the same thing in the sea< hunting wild fish from boats. 'n the future<
perhaps< we shall cultivate the seaF we shall grow small fish and fish spawn in tan.s< ta.e
them to the part of the ocean where we want them< let them grow to the right si4e< and
harvest them. This is not fantasy< because< at the present time< fish are being cultivated
li.e that in ponds and tan.s in 'ndia< and various parts of the $ar !ast so that the people
there have a supply of protein. There is a great development possible.
A lot of things are going to happen in the ne5t fifty years. 't is enormously important to
increase the yield of grain plants and a great deal has happened through the wor. of the
geneticists in the last few years. $or instance< there has been an enormous world increase
in the production of what Americans call corn Hmai4e to usI due to the development of
new strains. Throughout agriculture geneticists are improving plants to get higher yields.
$rom + *sing %and &isely+ "iscovery H)ranada Television< -9@-I
1. The world's population is increasing because
the number of babies born every year is about -.@ per cent of the total population.
the birth rate is about -.@ per cent higher than the death rate.
the birth rate is going up by about -.@ per cent per annum.
the death rate is going down by about -.@ per cent every year
2. !orty to fifty"fi#e million
is e>ual to about -.@ per cent of the world+s population.
is the number of people in the world today.
is the number of babies born every year.
is the number of additional people in Canada every year.
$. The author mentions the different populations of %anada& 'ustralia& and (ngland
and Wales in order to
show how small those countries are.
show how thic.ly those countries are populated.
emphasi4e the low rate of increase of world population.
emphasi4e the high rate of increase of world population.
). This is a problem which you are going to see in your lifetime. This sentence
shows that
the author hopes to be alive in A.". 1DDD.
the author is tal.ing to fairly young people.
the author believes that the people of this generation will live a long time.
the author is fairly young.
*. +y Death %ontrol& the author means
a rather different .ind of Airth Control.
control of the world+s population.
the prevention or cure of diseases.
the spread of .nowledge in the world.
,. Two things ha#e made people li#e longer. These are
medical care and better living conditions.
the spread of malaria and the increase in population.
Airth Control and "eath Control.
medical e5aminations at school and s>ualid conditions in hospitals.
-. The land that is suitable for agriculture in the whole world is
just over twelve acres per head.
about one2third of the total land available.
only a little over one acre per head.
about one2fifth of the total land available.
.. The United /tates is a good e0ample of what is done or what might be done with
culti#able land because
the Americans have much more than the world average of land
they are producing a great deal of food on very little land.
the land they have is roughly the world average and they are producing more food
than they need for themselves.
they have improved their land by ranching.

1. 2fficial statements show that& in %anada& twenty"two acres per head is

the land that is used.
the land that they have.
the land that is waiting to be settled and developed.
the land that can be used.
13. 4n 4ndia
everyone cultivates three2>uarters of an acre.
everyone cultivates 1.8 acres.
the total area that is cultivated wor.s out to 1.8 acres per head.
the total area that is cultivated wor.s out to three2>uarters of an acre per head.
11. 4n the United /tates they are e0tra#agant in the use of land and ta5e& perhaps&
twenty times as much to feed one person as in 6apan This is because
an American eats twenty times as much as a Gapanese.
Americans waste a lot of land as a result of their primitive methods of cultivation
Americans produce things that re>uire a lot of land.
Americans are twenty times as rich as the Gapanese.
12. The author points out the similarity between
fishing in the Stone Age and hunting at the present time.
fishing at the present time and hunting in the Stone Age.
fishing at the present time and cultivation in the Stone Age.
fishing at the present time and cultivation in the future.
1$. The author points out that in 4ndia and #arious parts of the !ar (ast
fish are reared in ponds and tan.s.
ponds and tan.s are used for cultivating land.
fish are supplied with protein to ma.e them grow >uic.ly.
fish are harvested with tan.s.
1). 7eneticists are helping to increase food production
by developing plants which yield more grain.
by finding ways of cultivating the sea.
by improving the grain after it is produced.
by finding ways of cultivating more land.
1*. The author seems to thin5 that
the problem of land is not very serious.
the problem of land can be solved by removing "eath Control.
the problem of land should be solved by reducing the population
the problem of land is serious but can be solved.
1. The world's population is increasing because
the number of babies born every year is about -.@ per cent of the total population.
the birth rate is about -.@ per cent higher than the death rate.
the birth rate is going up by about -.@ per cent per annum.
the death rate is going down by about -.@ per cent every year
2. !orty to fifty"fi#e million
is e>ual to about -.@ per cent of the world+s population.
is the number of people in the world today.
is the number of babies born every year.
is the number of additional people in Canada every year.
$. The author mentions the different populations of %anada& 'ustralia& and (ngland
and Wales in order to
show how small those countries are.
show how thic.ly those countries are populated.
emphasi4e the low rate of increase of world population.
emphasi4e the high rate of increase of world population.
). This is a problem which you are going to see in your lifetime. This sentence
shows that
the author hopes to be alive in A.". 1DDD.
the author is tal.ing to fairly young people.
the author believes that the people of this generation will live a long time.
the author is fairly young.
*. +y Death %ontrol& the author means
a rather different .ind of Airth Control.
control of the world+s population.
the prevention or cure of diseases.
the spread of .nowledge in the world.
,. Two things ha#e made people li#e longer. These are
medical care and better living conditions.
the spread of malaria and the increase in population.
Airth Control and "eath Control.
medical e5aminations at school and s>ualid conditions in hospitals.
-. The land that is suitable for agriculture in the whole world is
just over twelve acres per head.
about one2third of the total land available.
only a little over one acre per head.
about one2fifth of the total land available.
.. The United /tates is a good e0ample of what is done or what might be done with
culti#able land because
the Americans have much more than the world average of land
they are producing a great deal of food on very little land.
the land they have is roughly the world average and they are producing more food
than they need for themselves.
they have improved their land by ranching.

1. 2fficial statements show that& in %anada& twenty"two acres per head is

the land that is used.
the land that they have.
the land that is waiting to be settled and developed.
the land that can be used.
13. 4n 4ndia
everyone cultivates three2>uarters of an acre.
everyone cultivates 1.8 acres.
the total area that is cultivated wor.s out to 1.8 acres per head.
the total area that is cultivated wor.s out to three2>uarters of an acre per head.
11. 4n the United /tates they are e0tra#agant in the use of land and ta5e& perhaps&
twenty times as much to feed one person as in 6apan This is because
an American eats twenty times as much as a Gapanese.
Americans waste a lot of land as a result of their primitive methods of cultivation
Americans produce things that re>uire a lot of land.
Americans are twenty times as rich as the Gapanese.
12. The author points out the similarity between
fishing in the Stone Age and hunting at the present time.
fishing at the present time and hunting in the Stone Age.
fishing at the present time and cultivation in the Stone Age.
fishing at the present time and cultivation in the future.
1$. The author points out that in 4ndia and #arious parts of the !ar (ast
fish are reared in ponds and tan.s.
ponds and tan.s are used for cultivating land.
fish are supplied with protein to ma.e them grow >uic.ly.
fish are harvested with tan.s.
1). 7eneticists are helping to increase food production
by developing plants which yield more grain.
by finding ways of cultivating the sea.
by improving the grain after it is produced.
by finding ways of cultivating more land.
1*. The author seems to thin5 that
the problem of land is not very serious.
the problem of land can be solved by removing "eath Control.
the problem of land should be solved by reducing the population
the problem of land is serious but can be solved.