LET’S TRY ONE
To plant a bean, fill a small pot with soil. Make a shallow hole, cover the seed and add water.
What is the main purpose?
To explain a process.
The ordered steps explain how to carry out a task.
Learning steps & teaching tips
Infer an author's main purpose from language and structure.
- Look at what the text asks the reader to know, feel or do.
- Work through the example. Explain how its evidence supports the answer.
- Try a new question; use the explanation to check your thinking.
Try it together
Make one new example with a partner. Identify the evidence for your answer before checking it together.
Look at what the text asks the reader to know, feel or do.