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TN-ENGL-GR5-15623 · v2.2

Author's Purpose

Grade 5 · English · Comprehension · OCR

Grade

Grade 5

Subject

English

Topic

Comprehension

Subtopic

Author's Purpose

Curriculum

OCR

Difficulty

Core

Time

30 minutes

Total marks

46

Student name

Teacher name

Date

Learning objectives

  • Recognise author's purpose accurately in english contexts.
  • Explain the underlying rule of author's purpose in the student's own words.
  • Apply author's purpose to multi-step and unfamiliar problems.
  • Justify a chosen method and identify errors in another student's work.

Skills assessed

  • Fluency and recall
  • Method and setting out
  • Reasoning and justification
  • Problem solving in context
  • Self-assessment

Instructions

  1. Write your name, your teacher's name and the date in the header.
  2. Answer every question in the space provided. Continue on the back if needed.
  3. Show all working — method marks are awarded even when the final answer is wrong.
  4. Aim to finish in about 30 minutes.
  5. Complete the reflection box at the end before you hand the sheet in.

Warm-up

Bloom: Remember · 4 marks

Answer quickly. These check you are ready for the topic.

  1. 1.Circle one fact you already know about author's purpose.

    [1]
  2. 2.State one fact you already know about author's purpose.

    [1]
  3. 3.Circle one fact you already know about author's purpose.

    [1]
  4. 4.Name one fact you already know about author's purpose.

    [1]

Recall

Bloom: Remember · 4 marks

Complete from memory. No calculator, no notes.

  1. 1.Complete the key term used in author's purpose described here: item 1.

    [1]
  2. 2.Label the key term used in author's purpose described here: item 2.

    [1]
  3. 3.Complete the key term used in author's purpose described here: item 3.

    [1]
  4. 4.List the key term used in author's purpose described here: item 4.

    [1]

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Author's Purpose

Basic Practice

Bloom: Understand · 5 marks

Work through each item. Show the step you used.

  1. 1.Work out part 1 using the rule for author's purpose.

    [1]
  2. 2.Complete part 2 using the rule for author's purpose.

    [1]
  3. 3.Match part 3 using the rule for author's purpose.

    [1]
  4. 4.Work out part 4 using the rule for author's purpose.

    [1]
  5. 5.Identify part 5 using the rule for author's purpose.

    [1]

Guided Practice

Bloom: Understand · 8 marks

The first step is given. Finish the reasoning.

  1. 1.Complete the method for part 1. Step 1 has been started for you.

    [2]
  2. 2.Complete the method for part 2. Step 1 has been started for you.

    [2]
  3. 3.Continue the working for part 3. Step 1 has been started for you.

    [2]
  4. 4.Using the first step given, finish part 4. Step 1 has been started for you.

    [2]

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Author's Purpose

Independent Practice

Bloom: Apply · 10 marks

No scaffolding. Set out your full method.

  1. 1.Calculate part 1 on author's purpose without help.

    [2]
  2. 2.Determine part 2 on author's purpose without help.

    [2]
  3. 3.Solve part 3 on author's purpose without help.

    [2]
  4. 4.Work out fully part 4 on author's purpose without help.

    [2]
  5. 5.Determine part 5 on author's purpose without help.

    [2]

Challenge Questions

Bloom: Analyse · 9 marks

Harder items. Attempt every one, even partially.

  1. 1.Prove the statement in part 1 about author's purpose.

    [3]
  2. 2.Prove the statement in part 2 about author's purpose.

    [3]
  3. 3.Prove the statement in part 3 about author's purpose.

    [3]

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Author's Purpose

Real-life Application

Bloom: Apply · 6 marks

Use the skill in context. State units in your answer.

  1. 1.Apply a real english situation that depends on author's purpose.

    [3]
  2. 2.In context, work out a real english situation that depends on author's purpose.

    [3]

Reflection

Bloom: Create · 0 marks

Not marked. Answer honestly — this guides your next worksheet.

  1. 1.Record how confident you feel with author's purpose and what you will practise next.

    [—]
  2. 2.Reflect on how confident you feel with author's purpose and what you will practise next.

    [—]

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