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3rd - 8th Grade Author's Purpose Worksheets

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

Identify the Author's Purpose

How is a train like a bird? Find out in this sixth-grade informational reading comprehension worksheet all about biomimicry!

Informational Reading Comprehension: Imitating Nature

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

Author’s Purpose Task Cards

Use this graphic organizer to give students an opportunity to practice identifying the central idea of a text using key details.

Taking Notes With Informational Texts: Central Idea and Key Details

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

Author’s Purpose: Multiple Choice

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

Use this high-interest text with your students to practice recognizing the author’s point of view. Students will determine the author’s viewpoint on the subject of the Titanic as they establish their own points of view.

Point of View Practice: Titanic

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

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

Novel Study: The One and Only Ivan: Discussion Guide #1

Ideal for fourth and fifth graders, this worksheet includes figurative language examples and definitions on the first page, and a second full page of questions and tasks that can be used to check for understanding.

Fall Figurative Language Task Cards

Students are asked to distinguish between first and third person narration as well as fiction or nonfiction writing.

First vs. Third Person Narration

Use this science-themed resource with your students to practice recognizing the author’s point of view in a text about life cycles. Students will determine the author’s viewpoint on the subject as they establish their own points of view.

Point of View Practice: Life Cycle of a Frog

Learn about what makes certain elements cooler than others in this chemistry-based informational reading passage!&nbsp;

Extended Informational Reading Comprehension: Extraordinary Elements

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!

Introduce readers to the poem &ldquo;When I Was One-and-Twenty&rdquo; by English poet A. E. Housman with this sixth-grade worksheet!&nbsp;

Analyzing Poetry: “When I Was One-and-Twenty” by A.E. Housman

This nonfiction text about soccer will help students to practice finding evidence to support the author&#39;s point.

Soccer: Nonfiction Text

Children will practice bringing excitement to their writing in this fun language and vocabulary worksheet.

Examples of Hyperbole! Part 2

Use this worksheet to encourage critical thinking and support students’ literacy development by asking questions before, during, and after reading.

Novel Discussion Guide for Teachers

This sample nonfiction text about basketball helps students to explore author's point of view.

Basketball: Nonfiction Text

Learn about facts vs. opinions in this reading comprehension worksheet. Kids will read two sets of text and decide which is fact and which is opinion.

Facts vs. Opinions

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

Video Games: Nonfiction Text

This worksheet gives your students practice reading and analyzing informational text to explain the author’s claim and supporting reasons.

The Reality of Zoos: Nonfiction Text

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.

Graphic Organizer: Author’s Point of View

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.

Should I Recycle This?: Nonfiction Text

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

Novel Study: The One and Only Ivan: Discussion Guide #2

Use this two-page graphic organizer to help students compare and contrast informational narratives from two different genres.

Comparing and Contrasting in Nonfiction: Biography, Autobiography, and Memoir

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

Point of View Graphic Organizer

Use these questions to encourage critical thinking and support literacy development as students read the first few diary entries of Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl.

Book Study: Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl: Discussion Guide #1 

Use this discussion guide to encourage thoughtful discussions about chapters 1&ndash;4 of Suzanne Collins&#39; The Hunger Games.&nbsp;

Novel Study: The Hunger Games: Discussion Guide #1

Encourage critical thinking and literacy skills with these discussion questions from the next part of R.J. Palacio&rsquo;s Wonder.

Novel Study: Wonder: Discussion Guide #3

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