TEKS Talk - SLA Authors Purpose image

Knowledge and Skills Statement

Author's purpose and craft: listening, speaking, reading, writing, and thinking using multiple texts. The student uses critical inquiry to analyze the authors' choices and how they influence and communicate meaning within a variety of texts. The student analyzes and applies author's craft purposefully in order to develop his or her own products and performances.

Distribuya varios ejemplos de textos de autores que son atractivos para los estudiantes de cuarto grado. Seleccione fragmentos de los textos que tengan una voz fácilmente reconocible. Pídales a los estudiantes que trabajen en grupos para escoger uno de los textos que se proveyeron y que compartan ejemplos de lenguaje en el texto que contribuyen a la voz.


Further Explanation

Este ejemplo requiere que los estudiantes entiendan que la voz se refiere a la forma distintiva en que un escritor expresa ideas con respecto a estilo, forma, contenido y propósito. Los estudiantes deben poder examinar las formas en que un autor usa el lenguaje para ayudar a crear la voz de una obra escrita.

Voice refers to the distinctive way in which a writer expresses ideas with respect to style, form, content, and purpose. Students are expected to be able to examine (in writing or orally) how an author uses language to help create the voice of a written work. For example, an author’s use of literary devices such as hyperbole or rhyme determines the voice conveyed in a piece of writing. The rhythmic and whimsical voice of Dr. Seuss’s books provides an example of this.

Research

Fisk, C., & Hurst, B. (2003). Paraphrasing for comprehension. The Reading Teacher, 57(2), 182+. Retrieved from https://link.galegroup.com/apps/doc/A109218181/PROF?u=tea&sid=PROF&xid=5259f22e. 

Summary: This article on paraphrasing identifies the author's voice as the starting point for students when learning how to paraphrase. The authors provide a step-by-step process for paraphrasing, including how to identify the author's voice.