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Introduce the concept of author’s purpose in fiction texts with this fun reading lesson! Students will discuss three examples of fictional texts to determine the purpose of each.

Author’s Purpose in Fiction Texts

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

Glossary: The Purpose of Fiction Texts

Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson Plan: The Purpose of Fiction Texts.

Vocabulary Cards: The Purpose of Fiction Texts

Do fish drive around from place to place? Have a fun storytelling adventure with your child and create an imaginative story to go with this picture.

Fish Story Starter

Why does someone write a story? Give your students the tools to find out the author's purpose! Use this as a stand-alone lesson or as an introduction to the Author’s Purpose in Fiction Texts lesson plan.

The Purpose of Fiction Texts

Children get creative with this fun, imaginative activity that combines an upcycled everyday household item with a few craft supplies.

Tissue Box Creatures

Metaphors are imaginative ways to describe something by comparing that thing to something else. With this worksheet, students will write a metaphor for each pair of given words.

Making Metaphors

Are your students hooking their readers? Use this creative and imaginative writing exercise that will bring student beginnings to life.

Let's Hook 'Em!

This lesson provides students with the opportunity to compare and contrast two athletes who have been instrumental in changing the world of women's sports.

Let's Compare and Contrast Nonfiction Texts!

Help your kindergarten students learn about comparing and contrasting nonfiction texts using this helpful Venn diagram.

Nonfiction Compare & Contrast

Students can use this versatile graphic organizer to order events in fiction or nonfiction texts.

Timeline Organizer

Use this resource to help your students formulate who, what, when, where, why, and how questions when reading fiction texts.

Organize Your Questions

In this lesson, students will look at picture clues to determine the topic of texts. ELs will build vocabulary and language skills by working with partners to discuss and represent texts using drawings. 

Sorting & Describing Books

In this activity, your class will examine nonfiction texts to determine an author's point, a supporting reason and two points of supporting evidence.

Author's Claim, Reasons, and Evidence

Want to get your kids thinking critically about what they're reading? This fruit-themed Venn diagram alternative will help students to compare and contrast two topics or books during or after reading nonfiction texts.

Fruity Compare & Contrast

Kids who are just starting to read longer texts may need some extra practice making mental pictures of text they read. Use this fun, short passage to help them practice visualizing and illustrating a scene.

Visualize the Scene

Guide students to get the most out of non-fiction texts by thinking about their previous knowledge, what they learn, and what they still want to know. When they finish, they can trim it to paste into a spiral-bound notebook.

Note-Taking from a Text

It's time to dig into some nonfiction books! In this lesson, students will practice identifying the main topic of nonfiction texts. This lesson can be used alone or with the How to Find the Main Idea lesson plan.

Main Topic

This lesson will help students understand multiple-meaning words through the use of artistic and theatrical representation! Use as a stand-alone activity or a support lesson for Let's Compare and Contrast Nonfiction Texts!

Multiple-Meaning Words

Help your EL students retell a story using a paragraph frame and transition words. This lesson can be used as a stand alone activity to reinforce comprehension of texts or used as a support lesson for Read and Retell a Classic. 

Retelling with Paragraph Frames

This lesson plan teaches students about Jean-Michel Basquiat and his life as a child. First, students will listen to a story and figure out the main topic and details. Next, students will be asked to think deeply about what it means to be an artist and some of the types of art they like to create. Perfect for first graders and second graders, the lesson Black Artists: Basquiat highlights reading informational texts and building vocabulary.

Black Artists: Basquiat

What’s the deal with all of those text features? Use this handy lesson plan to help your second graders answer that very question. 

How Many Features?

Children will draw an Easter picture, then write about their picture on the lines, in this sweet writing and drawing prompt.

Draw an Easter Picture

Kids practice narrative writing with this personal prompt.

Narrative Writing Prompt

Practice using a table of contents to find information and answer questions using this handy worksheet.

Table of Contents Mystery #1

How are plants’ traits affected by environmental factors? In this integrated science and reading lesson, students will use multiple sources to identify and determine how traits are influenced by the environment.


What’s Similar? What’s Different?

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

Where's the Evidence?

Students will be able to use and identify nonfiction text features. It can be a stand-alone lesson or a support lesson to the How Many Features? lesson plan.

Nonfiction Text Features

What does the word symbiosis mean? In this vocabulary quiz, kids define words from the story Symbiotic Relationships.

Symbiotic Relationships: Vocabulary Quiz

Have your students record new words they come across on this bookmark and jot down what they think they mean.

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