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Reading Skill: Author’s Purpose Author’s purpose involves understanding why

the author includes certain information in the
passage. The author often provides facts or
details that show why certain information is
Complete the table with the correct phrases. included in the passage. However, the readers
must infer the author’s purpose for including
those facts or details.
Clues

1 Thanks to the Mount Kenya Elephant Underpass and Corridor, elephants in two separate areas .
can interact, and people aren’t in danger from elephants .

2 With thirty-eight underpasses and six overpasses, Banff Wildlife Crossings result in a lot less .
wildlife accidents on the highway.

3 Conservationists in Oslo, Norway, help bees fly safely over the city by placing feeding stations .

throughout the city.

Author’s Purpose

The author illustrates how wildlife corridors help animals survive .

thirty-eight underpasses in danger from elephants less wildlife accidents

in two separate areas help animals survive placing feeding stations

Unit 11 | Wildlife Corridors: Connecting the Dots