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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.
3rd grade
Reading & Writing
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Author's Purpose
Author's Purpose
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Author's Purpose
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.
3rd grade
Reading & Writing
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Novel Study: The One and Only Ivan: Discussion Guide #1
Novel Study: The One and Only Ivan: Discussion Guide #1
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Novel Study: The One and Only Ivan: Discussion Guide #1
This discussion guide helps readers reflect on chapters 1–38 of The One and Only Ivan.
3rd grade
Reading & Writing
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Author’s Purpose: Multiple Choice
Author’s Purpose: Multiple Choice
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Author’s Purpose: Multiple Choice
Identifying the author’s purpose is as easy as P-I-E with the right mnemonic device!
3rd grade
Reading & Writing
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Finding the Purpose
Finding the Purpose
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Finding the Purpose
Help your second grade students identify the author’s purpose as they answer questions about a nonfiction text.
3rd grade
Reading & Writing
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Author’s Purpose Sort: It’s as Easy as Pie!
Author’s Purpose Sort: It’s as Easy as Pie!
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Author’s Purpose Sort: It’s as Easy as Pie!
Learners will review a definition for each type of author's purpose, then sort nine sentences according to these criteria.
3rd grade
Reading & Writing
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Novel Study: The One and Only Ivan: Discussion Guide #4
Novel Study: The One and Only Ivan: Discussion Guide #4
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Novel Study: The One and Only Ivan: Discussion Guide #4
Engage your students with discussion questions as they read the last part of Katherine Applegate’s The One and Only Ivan.
3rd grade
Reading & Writing
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Novel Study: The One and Only Ivan: Discussion Guide #2
Novel Study: The One and Only Ivan: Discussion Guide #2
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Novel Study: The One and Only Ivan: Discussion Guide #2
Engage your students with discussion questions as they read the second part of Katherine Applegate’s The One and Only Ivan.
3rd grade
Reading & Writing
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