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How was writing first invented? Find out by reading this delightful story by Rudyard Kipling, "How the First Letter was Written."

How the First Letter was Written

This engaging lesson teaches students about the famous author Faith Ringgold. Students will explore two pieces of literature, comparing and contrasting story elements, then write opinion pieces to illustrate which book they liked best.

Author Study: Faith Ringgold

In this worksheet, kids will learn about the author's perspective, an essential component of nonfiction comprehension.

Author Inferences and Quotes as Proof

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

Detecting the Author's Purpose

Familiarity with different types of texts is an important part of the first grade reading curriculum. In this worksheet, kids read Christina Rossetti's famous poem, "Caterpillar" and then answer questions about what they read.

Caterpillar

Students will answer who, what, when, where, when, why, and how questions after reading a story by Rudyard Kipling.

Reading Comprehension: How the First Letter Was Written

Students will use sentence frames to cite quotes from nonfiction texts.

Cite an Author with Introductory Phrases

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.

Author's Purpose

Learn about Carl Sagan, an American astronomer, cosmologist, astrophysicist, astrobiologist, and author.

Carl Sagan Biography

Children are introduced to author, activist, and poet Maya Angelou in this historial heroes worksheet.

Historical Heroes: Maya Angelou

Use this high-interest text about sports to explore what point the author is trying to make.

Tennis: Nonfiction Text

This Shakespeare biography, written for kids, teaches young readers, writers and thespians all about the literary giant.

Shakespeare Biography

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

Identify the Author's Purpose

Reading comprehension strategies, such as identifying the main idea, help students focus on how to determine what the author is trying to say.

Reading Corner: Main Idea & Details Part 1

Play author with this creative writing and comprehension exercise! Your child will learn all about inference, or drawing conclusions based on what they&#39;ve read.

What Happened Next?

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

Author’s Purpose: Multiple Choice

This short fictional text can be used to help students determine words and phrases the author uses to help the reader figure out the central message of the story.

Emily's Turtle

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

Analyze the impact an author&rsquo;s words can have on the meaning and tone of a text with this excerpt from Louisa May Alcott&rsquo;s classic novel <em>Little Women</em>.

Targeted Reading Skills Practice: Word Choice in Little Women

Your students will love reading this classic fable as they seek to determine the author’s purpose and differentiate fiction from nonfiction.

Author’s Purpose: The Ant and the Grasshopper

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

Author's Purpose Scavenger Hunt

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

Author’s Purpose Sort: It’s as Easy as Pie!

Good readers make inferences using story details and their own background knowledge to figure out information that isn't provided by the author. Help your students practice making inferences using quotes from their reading with this graphic organizer.

Inferring with Quotes

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson Plan: Using Picture Walks to Examine the Author's Purpose.

Glossary: Using Picture Walks to Examine the Author's Purpose

Use this resource with your students to practice looking at pronouns in sentences to determine the point of view narration. Your students will be challenged to create new sentences written in first person.

Point of View Pronouns

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

Making inferences is a critical skill for young readers to master, as it helps them look beyond the words on the page to figure out the author&#39;s message. Use these simple sentences to get your students started in making their own inferences!

Make Your Own Inferences

Use this resource to support your students in discussing and writing a first person narrative. They will read a paragraph written as a third person narrative, and they will describe it as a first person narrative using a graphic organizer.

Point of View Practice: Two Misbehaved Moths

Children learn how to spot the protagonist and supporting characters in a work of fiction.

Protagonists and Supporting Characters

Learners work on their evidence-based reasoning skills in this engaging nonfiction comprehension worksheet.

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