Search 5th Grade Reading Literature Identifying the Author's Purpose Educational Resources

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

This discussion guide helps readers reflect on chapters 1–38 of The One and Only Ivan.

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

BOOM! This worksheet is full of all kinds of sound-based words, from creaks to squeaks.

Engage your students with discussion questions as they read the last part of Katherine Applegate’s The One and Only Ivan.

Engage your students with discussion questions as they read the second part of Katherine Applegate’s The One and Only Ivan.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Get your students moving with this interactive sorting game!

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

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.

Use these discussion questions to engage students in thoughtful dialogue as they read chapters 9-12 of Pam Muñoz Ryan’s novel Esperanza Rising!

After reading the last sections of Pam Muñoz Ryan’s novel Esperanza Rising, engage your students in a discussion with these questions!

After reading the next few chapters of Pam Muñoz Ryan’s Esperanza Rising, engage students in discussion with this two-page guide!

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

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