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Authors persuade, inform, and entertain through various types of writing! Students set out to identify the author’s purpose.

All authors write for a reason, be it to explain, entertain, or persuade their readers. In this activity, your students will consider the author’s purpose of a book of their choosing, then justify their answer.

This short nonfiction text will teach students about the ocean, and includes questions to help students identify the author’s point of view and purpose for writing the text by focusing on important vocabulary words that support the main idea.

Use this high-interest text with your students to practice recognizing the author’s point of view. Students will determine the author’s viewpoint on the subject of the Titanic as they establish their own points of view.

Students are asked to distinguish between first and third person narration as well as fiction or nonfiction writing.

Use this resource to give your students practice reading a short nonfiction passage and recognizing the author’s viewpoint about the topic. Then, they will pick out the text evidence that supports the author’s viewpoint.

This graphic organizer helps students work through a nonfiction text to help organize information about the author’s point, and the reasons and evidence used to support it.

This sample nonfiction text about basketball helps students to explore author's point of view.

Use this graphic organizer to give students an opportunity to practice identifying the central idea of a text using key details.

Use this science-themed resource with your students to practice recognizing the author’s point of view in a text about life cycles. Students will determine the author’s viewpoint on the subject as they establish their own points of view.

This informational text about a topic relevant to students can be used to help explain author’s claims and the reasons used to support them.

Use this two-page graphic organizer to help students compare and contrast informational narratives from two different genres.

Use this worksheet to provide an engaging text for your students as they practice reading and analyzing an author’s claims.

Learn about Eleanor Roosevelt, the groundbreaking first lady known for her humanitarian work and for being the first U.S.delegate to the United Nations in 1942.

Help your second grade students identify the author’s purpose as they answer questions about a nonfiction text.

This worksheet gives your students practice reading and analyzing informational text to explain the author’s claim and supporting reasons.

Learn about facts vs. opinions in this reading comprehension worksheet. Kids will read two sets of text and decide which is fact and which is opinion.

Use this resource with your students to practice recognizing the author’s point of view in a text about a major historical event. Students will read a passage about the Tsunami of 2004 and determine the author’s viewpoint as they establish their own point