[Free Registration/Login Required] A three-lesson plan unit on author's purpose. In the first lesson plan, students practice identifying the author's purpose as to entertain, to persuade, or to inform. In the second lesson plan, students use graphic organizers to identify the author's purpose as well as evidence from the text. The third lesson plan teaches students to distinguish the purpose of texts on the same topic that have written by different authors. All texts and student handouts for this lesson plan are available with free login.