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Underline details that may help you figure out the author’s purpose(s). Then answer the questions!  \nPassage \\#1: How are guide dogs trained to help people?  \nIf you’ve ever seen a dog walking next to someone who couldn’t see very well, it is likely that the dog was a guide dog. Guide dogs, while they are animals, have extremely important jobs. These dogs help people who are blind or who have visual impairments stay safe as they go through their everyday lives. It’s not easy to get a job as a guide dog; they go through months of training!  \nStep 1: The Early Months  \nGuide dogs start their training very young.  \nMost puppies are just a few weeks old when they begin! When they are puppies, they are raised by volunteers who take care of them and teach them basic obedience skills, such as:  \n- how to walk on a leash  \n- how to be house-trained  \n- how to sit, stay and come  \n- how to stay calm in crowds and among other animals  \nThe volunteers are encouraged to take the puppies to many different places, like stores, restaurants, parks and more so that they get used to all different environments. Puppies stay with their volunteer families until they are about twelve months old.  \nStep 2: Guide Dog School  \nAfter they’ve spent a year with their volunteer family, guide dogs are sent to guide dog school. This school teaches them the specific skills they need to become a guide dog. They are taught by professional trainers who help them learn how to:  \n- walk without getting distracted  \n- stop at curbs and before stairs  \n- avoid obstacles  \n- recognize dangers like holes in the ground  \nAt guide dog school, they are also taught a skill called “intelligent disobedience.” This helps train the dogs to know when not to follow commands if doing so would be unsafe. For instance, if their owner commands them to walk forward but there is traffic coming, the dog will stay still to protect them.  \nThe amount of time that dogs stay in guide dog school varies, but many are there for about a year. Not all dogs pass guide dog school, but those dogs are still able to become other kinds of helpers or even just great pets.  \nWhat is the author’s main purpose? Circle one.  \nPersuade Inform Entertain  \nWhy did you choose this purpose? Explain with evidence from the text!  \n\n|  |\n| --- |\n|  |\n|  |\n\nPassage \\#2: The Backpack that…Talked??  \nIt was a field trip day for the entire fourth grade at Baker Elementary School. All of the students and chaperones were waiting outside to board the buses so they could go to the Boston Science Museum. Every student had been instructed to bring a backpack packed with a notebook, a pencil, a snack and a water bottle.  \n\n| Micah’s backpack had ripped last week, so his mom had found him a new one at a thrift store over the weekend. Thrift stores sell clothes and other items that people once owned but no longer want. His mom loves finding good deals at thrift stores all over the city.\u003Cbr>Usually Micah likes what his mom picks out, but this time he wasn’t so sure. This new backpack was bright red, huge and had a zipper across the front of it that looked kind of like a mouth. He didn’t care too much though—as long as the backpack could hold his things, he was happy. Little did he know that this backpack would do a lot more than that!\u003Cbr>It all started on the school bus. Micah was sitting next to his friend, Rosie, when he thought he heard her whisper,“Are we almost there yet?”\u003Cbr>“What did you say?” he asked Rosie.\u003Cbr>“I didn’t say anything!” Rosie said, surprised.\u003Cbr>“Oh! Umm, okay,” Micah muttered. Then he thought to himself,“Where did that come from?”\u003Cbr>When the","cbCaieH53QY6oHQt","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaieH53QY6oHQt","pdf",210334,"English","# Author’s purpose\n## Passage #1: Guide dogs training\n## Passage #2: The Backpack that…Talked??","[{\"question\":\"What are the three author’s purposes students use on this worksheet?\",\"answer\":\"The worksheet focuses on Persuade, Inform, and Entertain.\"},{\"question\":\"What is the author’s main purpose question asking students to do for Passage #1?\",\"answer\":\"Students choose the main purpose and must identify it by using details from the text.\"},{\"question\":\"How does the worksheet ask students to support their answers?\",\"answer\":\"Students underline evidence in the passages and explain their choices using information from the text.\"}]","Author’s Purpose - Grade 4 Reading Worksheet | PDF",1791792054,18]