Activities to Reinforce the Author’s Purpose (Pick one from each category) Share with Ms Johnson as you complete them. Ideas for Writing to Inform
Write a letter telling about the routine of their day.
Create a description of an item found in a catalog or magazine…or in the classroom!
Make a brochure containing facts about a subject being studied (history, science, math, etc.).
Create a recipe and outline the steps needed to make the food.
Write a news story about something happening in the school or the community.

Ideas for Writing to Persuade
Create a radio advertisement encouraging people to buy a product.
Write a speech encouraging people to vote for you for class president.
Work with a partner and create a skit about a salesperson trying to sell a reluctant buyer something.
Write an essay about something you would like to see changed and why it should get done.
Write a review of a book encouraging someone to read it.

Ideas for Writing to Entertain
Write a funny story.
Create a joke book.
Describe an event that made you laugh.
Write a funny poem about an animal.
Write a short story from the perspective of an inanimate object in the classroom (i. e. – the stapler, the dry erase markers, etc.).

1. read the following excerpt from franklin d. roosevelt's "fireside chat 19":

on the other side of the picture, we must learn also to know that guerilla warfare against the germans in, let us say serbia or norway, us; that a successful russian offensive against the germans us; and that british successes on land or sea in any part of the world strengthen our hands.

remember always that germany and italy, regardless of any formal declaration of war, consider themselves at war with the united states at this moment just as much as they consider themselves at war with britain or russia. and germany puts all the other republics of the americas into the same category of enemies. the people of our sister republics of this hemisphere can be honored by that fact.  

the true goal we seek is far above and beyond the ugly field of battle. when we resort to force, as now we must, we are determined that this force shall be directed toward ultimate good as well as against immediate evil. we americans are not destroyers — we are builders.

analyze the effectiveness of this excerpt. how does it function within the speech as a whole? how does the structure of the excerpt to convey the speech's purpose and key points? support your argument with evidence from the speech. (10 points)

i would say the correct answer is not concrete.

pretty sure it is d hope this