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5th - 8th Grade Author's Purpose Resources

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Identify the Author's Purpose
Identify the Author's Purpose
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Identify the Author's Purpose
Fourth Grade
Reading
Authors persuade, inform, and entertain through various types of writing! Students set out to identify the author’s purpose.
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Identify the Author's Purpose
Identify the Author's Purpose
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Identify the Author's Purpose
Authors persuade, inform, and entertain through various types of writing! Students set out to identify the author’s purpose.
Fourth Grade
Reading
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Soccer: Nonfiction Text
Soccer: Nonfiction Text
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Soccer: Nonfiction Text
Fourth Grade
Reading
This nonfiction text about soccer will help students to practice finding evidence to support the author's point.
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Soccer: Nonfiction Text
Soccer: Nonfiction Text
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Soccer: Nonfiction Text
This nonfiction text about soccer will help students to practice finding evidence to support the author's point.
Fourth Grade
Reading
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Should I Recycle This?: Nonfiction Text
Should I Recycle This?: Nonfiction Text
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Should I Recycle This?: Nonfiction Text
Fifth Grade
Reading
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.
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Should I Recycle This?: Nonfiction Text
Should I Recycle This?: Nonfiction Text
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Should I Recycle This?: Nonfiction Text
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.
Fifth Grade
Reading
Worksheet
The Reality of Zoos: Nonfiction Text
The Reality of Zoos: Nonfiction Text
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The Reality of Zoos: Nonfiction Text
Fifth Grade
Reading
This worksheet gives your students practice reading and analyzing informational text to explain the author’s claim and supporting reasons.
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The Reality of Zoos: Nonfiction Text
The Reality of Zoos: Nonfiction Text
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The Reality of Zoos: Nonfiction Text
This worksheet gives your students practice reading and analyzing informational text to explain the author’s claim and supporting reasons.
Fifth Grade
Reading
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Video Games: Nonfiction Text
Video Games: Nonfiction Text
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Video Games: Nonfiction Text
Fifth Grade
Reading
Use this worksheet to provide an engaging text for your students as they practice reading and analyzing an author’s claims.
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Video Games: Nonfiction Text
Video Games: Nonfiction Text
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Video Games: Nonfiction Text
Use this worksheet to provide an engaging text for your students as they practice reading and analyzing an author’s claims.
Fifth Grade
Reading
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Author’s Purpose Task Cards
Author’s Purpose Task Cards
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Author’s Purpose Task Cards
Third Grade
Reading
Learners will practice identifying the author's purpose in eight sample paragraphs, using text evidence to support their choice.
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Author’s Purpose Task Cards
Author’s Purpose Task Cards
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Author’s Purpose Task Cards
Learners will practice identifying the author's purpose in eight sample paragraphs, using text evidence to support their choice.
Third Grade
Reading
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Detecting the Author's Purpose
Detecting the Author's Purpose
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Detecting the Author's Purpose
Fourth Grade
Reading
Learners will categorize 12 different types of text according to why the author would write them, using the acronym PIE as a mnemonic device.
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Detecting the Author's Purpose
Detecting the Author's Purpose
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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.
Fourth Grade
Reading
Worksheet
Novel Discussion Guide for Parents
Novel Discussion Guide for Parents
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Novel Discussion Guide for Parents
Sixth Grade
Reading
Use this Novel Discussion Guide for Parents as a guide to invite your child into a book discussion about their latest reading!
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Novel Discussion Guide for Parents
Novel Discussion Guide for Parents
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Novel Discussion Guide for Parents
Use this Novel Discussion Guide for Parents as a guide to invite your child into a book discussion about their latest reading!
Sixth Grade
Reading
Worksheet
Graphic Organizer: Author’s Point of View
Graphic Organizer: Author’s Point of View
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Graphic Organizer: Author’s Point of View
Fourth Grade
Reading
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.
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Graphic Organizer: Author’s Point of View
Graphic Organizer: Author’s Point of View
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Graphic Organizer: Author’s Point of View
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.
Fourth Grade
Reading
Worksheet
Literary Nonfiction Response Prompt: Author’s Purpose
Literary Nonfiction Response Prompt: Author’s Purpose
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Literary Nonfiction Response Prompt: Author’s Purpose
Sixth Grade
Reading
Applicable to most nonfiction texts, this worksheet has students choose one of two writing prompts focused on determining and analyzing the author’s purpose in a nonfiction text.
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Literary Nonfiction Response Prompt: Author’s Purpose
Literary Nonfiction Response Prompt: Author’s Purpose
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Literary Nonfiction Response Prompt: Author’s Purpose
Applicable to most nonfiction texts, this worksheet has students choose one of two writing prompts focused on determining and analyzing the author’s purpose in a nonfiction text.
Sixth Grade
Reading
Worksheet
Point of View Graphic Organizer
Point of View Graphic Organizer
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Point of View Graphic Organizer
Fifth Grade
Reading
This graphic organizer can help students analyze a story, scenario, disagreement or controversy from multiple perspectives.
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Point of View Graphic Organizer
Point of View Graphic Organizer
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Point of View Graphic Organizer
This graphic organizer can help students analyze a story, scenario, disagreement or controversy from multiple perspectives.
Fifth Grade
Reading
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Comprehension Cards
Comprehension Cards
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Comprehension Cards
Fourth Grade
Reading
These printable cards give students the chance to practice using supporting evidence to identify an author’s claims.
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Comprehension Cards
Comprehension Cards
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Comprehension Cards
These printable cards give students the chance to practice using supporting evidence to identify an author’s claims.
Fourth Grade
Reading
Worksheet
Tennis: Nonfiction Text
Tennis: Nonfiction Text
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Tennis: Nonfiction Text
Fifth Grade
Reading
Use this high-interest text about sports to explore what point the author is trying to make.
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Tennis: Nonfiction Text
Tennis: Nonfiction Text
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Tennis: Nonfiction Text
Use this high-interest text about sports to explore what point the author is trying to make.
Fifth Grade
Reading
Worksheet
Flipchart: I SHAMPOO C
Flipchart: I SHAMPOO C
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Flipchart: I SHAMPOO C
Fifth Grade
Reading
Students complete a figurative language flip chart from the mnemonic device I SHAMPOO C.
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Flipchart: I SHAMPOO C
Flipchart: I SHAMPOO C
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Flipchart: I SHAMPOO C
Students complete a figurative language flip chart from the mnemonic device I SHAMPOO C.
Fifth Grade
Reading
Worksheet
The Story of the Amulet
The Story of the Amulet
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The Story of the Amulet
Fifth Grade
Reading
Students will identify the author’s purpose and strengthen their reading comprehension with the questions that follow the text.
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The Story of the Amulet
The Story of the Amulet
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The Story of the Amulet
Students will identify the author’s purpose and strengthen their reading comprehension with the questions that follow the text.
Fifth Grade
Reading
Worksheet
Interpreting a Great Poem
Interpreting a Great Poem
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Interpreting a Great Poem
Fifth Grade
Reading
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.
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Interpreting a Great Poem
Interpreting a Great Poem
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Interpreting a Great Poem
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.
Fifth Grade
Reading
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Author's Purpose Scavenger Hunt
Author's Purpose Scavenger Hunt
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Author's Purpose Scavenger Hunt
Fifth Grade
Reading
Challenge your students to find real world examples of the author’s purpose with this text-based scavenger hunt.
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Author's Purpose Scavenger Hunt
Author's Purpose Scavenger Hunt
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Author's Purpose Scavenger Hunt
Challenge your students to find real world examples of the author’s purpose with this text-based scavenger hunt.
Fifth Grade
Reading
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Author's Purpose: Sort It Out!
Author's Purpose: Sort It Out!
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Author's Purpose: Sort It Out!
Fifth Grade
Reading
Get your students moving with this interactive sorting game!
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Author's Purpose: Sort It Out!
Author's Purpose: Sort It Out!
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Author's Purpose: Sort It Out!
Get your students moving with this interactive sorting game!
Fifth Grade
Reading
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Glossary: Match Author's Point with Evidence
Glossary: Match Author's Point with Evidence
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Glossary: Match Author's Point with Evidence
Fifth Grade
Reading
Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson: Match Author's Point with Evidence.
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Glossary: Match Author's Point with Evidence
Glossary: Match Author's Point with Evidence
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Glossary: Match Author's Point with Evidence
Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson: Match Author's Point with Evidence.
Fifth Grade
Reading
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Vocabulary Cards: Match Author's Point with Evidence
Vocabulary Cards: Match Author's Point with Evidence
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Vocabulary Cards: Match Author's Point with Evidence
Fifth Grade
Reading
Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson: Match Author's Point with Evidence.
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Vocabulary Cards: Match Author's Point with Evidence
Vocabulary Cards: Match Author's Point with Evidence
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Vocabulary Cards: Match Author's Point with Evidence
Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson: Match Author's Point with Evidence.
Fifth Grade
Reading
Worksheet
Vocabulary Cards: Making Alliteration Accessible
Vocabulary Cards: Making Alliteration Accessible
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Vocabulary Cards: Making Alliteration Accessible
Fifth Grade
Reading
Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson: Making Alliteration Accessible.
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Vocabulary Cards: Making Alliteration Accessible
Vocabulary Cards: Making Alliteration Accessible
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Vocabulary Cards: Making Alliteration Accessible
Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson: Making Alliteration Accessible.
Fifth Grade
Reading
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Glossary: Making Alliteration Accessible
Glossary: Making Alliteration Accessible
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Glossary: Making Alliteration Accessible
Fifth Grade
Reading
Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson: Making Alliteration Accessible.
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Glossary: Making Alliteration Accessible
Glossary: Making Alliteration Accessible
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Glossary: Making Alliteration Accessible
Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson: Making Alliteration Accessible.
Fifth Grade
Reading
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Whose Side of the Story?
Whose Side of the Story?
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Whose Side of the Story?
Fifth Grade
Reading
Allow your students to explore how stories may change depending on the perspectives from which they're told. Interesting texts and a creative writing assignment make this quite the engaging lesson.
Lesson Plan
Whose Side of the Story?
Whose Side of the Story?
Lesson Plan
Whose Side of the Story?
Allow your students to explore how stories may change depending on the perspectives from which they're told. Interesting texts and a creative writing assignment make this quite the engaging lesson.
Fifth Grade
Reading
Lesson Plan
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