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Common Core Author's Purpose Resources : Page 3

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.

The Author’s Viewpoint vs. My Viewpoint

Help your second grade students identify the evidence behind the author’s purpose.

Where's the Evidence?

After completing the novel Anne of Green Gables by Lucy Maud Montgomery, students reflect on the major themes and events of the story with these post-reading response prompts.

Novel Study: Anne of Green Gables: Post-Reading Response Prompts

When your students read this exaggerated tale, they will find a ton of hyperboles!

The Day I Saved the World!

After reading the last sections of Pam Mu&ntilde;oz Ryan&rsquo;s novel Esperanza Rising, engage your students in a discussion with these questions!

Novel Study: Esperanza Rising: Discussion Guide #4

Children read about Ada Lovelace, whose ideas are still used in computing today, in this biography worksheet.

Ada Lovelace Biography

These printable cards give students the chance to practice using supporting evidence to identify an author’s claims.

Comprehension Cards

After completing the novel The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan, give students a chance to reflect on the major themes and events of the story with these response prompts!&nbsp;

Novel Study: The Lightning Thief: Post-Reading Response Prompts

Use these discussion questions to engage your readers and support their comprehension of chapters 18&ndash;23&nbsp;of Lois Lowry&rsquo;s The Giver.

Novel Study: The Giver: Discussion Guide #4

Encourage critical thinking and support literacy development by asking questions as students read chapters 5-8 of A Night to Remember by Walter Lord.

Book Study: A Night to Remember: Discussion Guide #2

From the topic of roller coasters to the topic of spinach, this kid-friendly worksheet guides a student in comparing their opinion to the opinions of the fictional character named “Jimmy.”

Exploring Point of View: What Do You Think?

After finishing Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry by Mildred D. Taylor, readers reflect on the major elements of the story with these writing prompts.

Novel Study: Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry: Post-Reading Response Prompts

Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson: Describe Sensory Details.

Vocabulary Cards: Describe Sensory Details

This graphic organizer helps your students examine descriptive adjectives and nouns.

T-Chart: Descriptive Adjectives and Nouns

Use this discussion guide to support readers&rsquo; comprehension of chapters 12&ndash;15 and the epilogue of William Kamkwamba&rsquo;s The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind.

The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind: Discussion Guide #4

Use this final discussion guide to support readers&rsquo; comprehension of chapter 15 through the end&nbsp;of Linda Sue Park&rsquo;s A Long Walk to Water.

Novel Study: A Long Walk to Water: Discussion Guide #3

Get plenty of practice with alliteration by identifying and creating alliterative sentences.

Identifying Alliteration, Descriptive Adjectives, and Nouns

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson Plan: The Purpose of Fiction Texts.

Glossary: The Purpose of Fiction Texts

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson: Making Alliteration Accessible.

Glossary: Making Alliteration Accessible

Challenge your students to find real world examples of the author’s purpose with this text-based scavenger hunt.

Author's Purpose Scavenger Hunt

When writing a story, adjectives make the story more colorful. This worksheet trains students to enhance sentences by adding descriptive adjectives to their writing.

Make it Descriptive

Challenge your students to consider the author's intention of a piece of writing. Ask your students to read Rudyard Kipling's poem, "If-" and answer the questions about the author's intent.

Interpreting a Great Poem

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson: Match Author's Point with Evidence.

Glossary: Match Author's Point with Evidence

Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson: Making Alliteration Accessible.

Vocabulary Cards: Making Alliteration Accessible

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson: Shifting Points of View.

Glossary: Shifting Points of View

Students will identify the author’s purpose and strengthen their reading comprehension with the questions that follow the text.

The Story of the Amulet

Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson Plan: Using Picture Walks to Examine the Author's Purpose.

Vocabulary Cards: Using Picture Walks to Examine the Author's Purpose

Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson: Poetic Personification.

Vocabulary Cards: Poetic Personification

Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson: Shifting Points of View.

Vocabulary Cards: Shifting Points of View

Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson: Match Author's Point with Evidence.

Vocabulary Cards: Match Author's Point with Evidence

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