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

Differentiating between facts and opinions is a key fourth grade skill to master and is helpful in identifying the author’s purpose in a text. Use this activity to give your students extra practice differentiating between these two kinds of sentence

This worksheet contains relevant classroom topics that provide a bridge for identifying differences in point of view.

Learners will practice identifying the author's purpose in eight sample paragraphs, using text evidence to support their choice.

Applicable to most nonfiction texts, this worksheet has students choose one of two writing prompts focused on determining and analyzing the author’s purpose in a nonfiction text.

Authors use sensory language to make their writing more descriptive. Have your students consider the words authors use to create specific moods in this fun pumpkin-themed worksheet!

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.

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

Students complete a figurative language flip chart from the mnemonic device I SHAMPOO C.

Use this worksheet to help students identify personified nouns and their respective verbs.

Get your students moving with this interactive sorting game!

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.

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.

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

Learners will review a definition for each type of author's purpose, then sort nine sentences according to these criteria.

Learners will categorize 12 different types of text according to why the author would write them, using the acronym PIE as a mnemonic device.

Identifying the author’s purpose is as easy as P-I-E with the right mnemonic device!

This graphic organizer can help students analyze a story, scenario, disagreement or controversy from multiple perspectives.

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.