My students gained so much confidence and really grasped author's purpose after this unit! They are able to complete these skills with more challenging texts. This is the most engaging way to teach central idea, devices, and author's purpose!If you're looking to refresh or teach author's purpose and literary elements and devices, this is the unit for you!I love teaching this in the beginning of the year or in between novels.For each Disney Short, students learn and analyze the author's purpose f