This instructional guide podcast outlines strategies for middle school educators to help students identify and analyze an author’s intent within various texts. It highlights the importance of distinguishing between primary and secondary motivations for writing, such as the desire to educate, amuse, or convince an audience. Learners are encouraged to link these objectives to the author's personal viewpoint to help students recognize the difference between objective reporting and subjective bias. By evaluating specific language choices and missing information, students learn to determine if a writer successfully achieved their goals. Ultimately, these tools empower readers to move beyond basic comprehension toward a critical evaluation of style and perspective.

Hello Friends, In this video, I discuss the fundamental principals of PIE (Persuade, Inform, and Entertain). This is a video lesson to explain the Author's Purpose, and why it's so important to be able to identify the purpose in a text. See you in the space! Stevie

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In this mini conversational writing workshop, we will help you turn your ideas from sounding like a corporate robot to more human sounding. We will explore how to turn your writing into more human conversational when constructing any text. Tell me in the comments tell me how you will use these techniques to improve your writing going forward? The mindset shift starts now! Stevie!

A lot of us walked out of high school English feeling like we just didn't 'get it.' Whether it was struggling with an essay or feeling shamed by a red pen, that baggage sticks with you. This community and program is a judgment-free zone designed to help you leave that old classroom anxiety behind and finally master the communication skills you actually need as an adult."