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

These printable cards give students the chance to practice using supporting evidence to identify an author’s claims.

Use this worksheet to help students identify personified nouns and their respective verbs.

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson: Identifying the Author's Purpose.

Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson: Identifying the Author's Purpose.

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

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 sentence