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Identifying the Author's Purpose
Identifying the Author's Purpose
Lesson Plan
Identifying the Author's Purpose
This lesson gives students foundational skills needed to identify the author's purpose in a variety of texts. Use the lesson as a stand alone or as a pre-lesson to What Were They Thinking?
4th grade
Reading & Writing
Lesson Plan
Identify the Author's Purpose
Identify the Author's Purpose
Worksheet
Identify the Author's Purpose
Authors persuade, inform, and entertain through various types of writing! Students set out to identify the author’s purpose.
4th grade
Reading & Writing
Worksheet
Jazzy Bio Poems
Jazzy Bio Poems
Lesson Plan
Jazzy Bio Poems
Integrate reading, writing, and social studies in this lesson about famous jazz musicians! This lesson would fit perfectly in a unit about biographies or Black History Month.
4th grade
Reading & Writing
Lesson Plan
How to Cite Strong Evidence: Literary Response
How to Cite Strong Evidence: Literary Response
Worksheet
How to Cite Strong Evidence: Literary Response
These example literary responses model how to cite and explain evidence to support a claim.
4th grade
Reading & Writing
Worksheet
Detecting the Author's Purpose
Detecting the Author's Purpose
Worksheet
Detecting the Author's Purpose
Learners will categorize 12 different types of text according to why the author would write them, using the acronym PIE as a mnemonic device.
4th grade
Reading & Writing
Worksheet
Fact or Opinion Sentences
Fact or Opinion Sentences
Worksheet
Fact or Opinion Sentences
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 sentences.
4th grade
Reading & Writing
Worksheet
Glossary: Identifying the Author's Purpose
Glossary: Identifying the Author's Purpose
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Glossary: Identifying the Author's Purpose
Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson: Identifying the Author's Purpose.
4th grade
Reading & Writing
Worksheet
The Teal Pumpkin Project: Promoting Inclusivity
The Teal Pumpkin Project: Promoting Inclusivity
Worksheet
The Teal Pumpkin Project: Promoting Inclusivity
This Halloween-themed worksheet is designed to help students understand the goal of the Teal Pumpkin Project while also providing practice reading nonfiction and citing evidence in nonfiction texts.
4th grade
Reading & Writing
Worksheet
Vocabulary Cards: Identifying the Author's Purpose
Vocabulary Cards: Identifying the Author's Purpose
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Vocabulary Cards: Identifying the Author's Purpose
Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson: Identifying the Author's Purpose.
4th grade
Reading & Writing
Worksheet
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