Read or Listen to the following stories and decide why the author wrote the story. 

Write a comment telling what story you READ or LISTENED to and IDENTIFY if the author wrote to...

ENTERTAIN

PERSUADE/CONVINCE

INFORM/TEACH

Be sure to explain why you think the story was to persuade, entertain, or inform.

You will need  the following username and password to access the stories.  Username: Cunningham   Password: thirdgrade

What Do Illustrators Do?  Wanda Gag, The Girl Who Loved to Draw       

                          By Eileen Christelow                                                 By Deborah Kogan Ray

Jack and the Beanstalk: 

The Boy Who Loved Words

Hey, Little Ant 

                          By: Phil and Hannah Hoose

     Twisters  by Kate Haden                           Free at Last by Angela Bull

Katie Kazoo Switcheroo                Little Dog Lost    

                       By Nancy Krulik                                                                       By Monica Carnesi

 Snakes Slither and Hiss           Corduroy Lost and Found  

                        By DK Publishing                                                   By Don Freeman