Using Text Information to Support Point of View: 
Practice
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Remember: When we read, it is important for us to understand
"why the piece was written"

Carefully read each paragraph below and decide why the
author wrote this piece. Click on your choice below each question.

                    

 "Officer Buckle knew more safety tips than anyone else in Napville. Every time he thought of a new one, he thumbtacked it to his bulletin board."

This story is told in
Excerpt from Officer Buckle and Gloria by Peggy Rathmann, pg1
 

"That night as Pepita lay in bed, she thought and thought.  By morning she had decided what she would do."

This story is told in
Excerpt taken from Pepita Talks Twice by Ofelia Dumas Lachtman

"I liked this limo.  It was a good place to think and to drive around to see San Francisco. 
 I, Nate the Great, was thinking."

This story is told in

Excerpt taken from Nate the Great: San Francisco Detective by Marjorie Weinman Sharmat

"The next day, Allie and her father walked to the playground.  Allie loved the sound her new basketball made as she bounced it on the sidewalk.  As they passed the firehouse, they waved to Mr. Puchinsky, the fire captain."

This story is told in

Excerpt from Allie's Basketball Dream by Barbara E. Barber

 "Ma had a new baby on the way.  It was up to me.  I figured I could sell pies to the miners and fill up our money jar."

This story is told in

Excerpt from Boom Town by Sonia Levitin



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