I am Agent Gray. I will help train you for your mission. The first thing we need to do is get you your Private Eye notebooks. Your teacher should have those. They look like this:
Now, you need to begin learning about your mission. Remember to use your Private Eye notebooks as you go!
There are four main purposes of writing that you need to learn about to complete your mission.
They are:
1. Writing to persuade
2. Writing to entertain
3. Writing to inform
4. Writing to describe
Here is your first website. Use it to answer
the first four questions in your
Private Eye Notebook:
Good job secret agents! Now lets learn about
the four different purposes of writing.
Click the link below to get started:
Persuasive Writing:
Persuasive writing tries to convince you of something. Some examples are:
Ads:
Trying to sell a product is a form of persuasive writing.
Articles:
People try to persuade you to do something through articles. Click the link below for an example:
Essays:
You might read or write an essay that is intended to change someone's mind on a topic. Click below for an example.
You might read or write an essay that is intended to change someone's mind on a topic. Click below for an example.
Entertaining Writing:
Entertaining writing is fun to read! Some examples are:
Fiction Books:
Fiction books can be entertaining and fun to read! What is your favorite fiction book?
Comics:
Comics are enjoyable and entertaining to read! They can be funny and silly. "Peanuts" is a popular comic strip:
Informative Writing:
Informative writing gives you information about a certain topic. It tells the facts without trying to persuade you of something.
Newspapers:
Newspapers tell facts about events:
Non-Fiction Books:
Non-fiction books inform the reader about different topics. Do you like non-fiction?
Biographies:
Biographies are a type of non-fiction books. They tell the facts about people's lives.
Descriptive Writing:
Descriptive writing is intended to make you see, hear and feel what the writer wants you to see, hear and feel. Descriptive writing uses vivid words to paint pictures and describe details about people, places, and events.
Descriptive Paragraphs:
Click on the link below to read some descriptive paragraphs.
Wow! You have done very well to learn the four purposes of writing! It's time for your first mission! Click on the picture of Osaka, Japan to head there and solve the writing problems!
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| Osaka, Japan |
