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

Students will note details of theme between two fiction texts and summarize their analysis.

Students will note features of theme between two fiction texts and summarize their analysis.

Use this graphic organizer to analyze a common topic and theme between fiction texts.

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

Learners compare two fiction stories for characters, setting, and plot in this reading comprehension worksheet.

Your students will love reading this classic fable as they seek to determine the author’s purpose and differentiate fiction from nonfiction.

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.

One of the most popular genres is fiction. Learn what this genre is, who some of its most famous authors are, and try to write some yourself!

Use this activity with your students to compare themes between fiction texts.

This worksheet challenges students to compare and contrast information found in fiction and nonfiction texts.

Use this organizer to draw comparisons between problems and solutions in fiction texts.

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

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

Students make sense of literary elements like protagonists and challenges while drawing comparisons between fiction texts.

Visual and multimedia elements in fiction texts enhance the reader’s experience. Character perspectives, use of language, and creative text physical features bring stories to life!

Help your second grade students identify the author’s purpose as they answer questions about a nonfiction text.

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.

You may not realize how many beloved books and award-winning movies are historical fiction. Get a taste of historical fiction and try writing some yourself.

Challenge your students to find real world examples of the author’s purpose with this text-based scavenger hunt.

Children are invited to create their own works of fan fiction with this inventive worksheet template.

Children compare and contrast two texts with an eye toward setting in this reading comprehension worksheet.

Learn to separate fact from fiction with this comparative worksheet.

Help your preschooler separate fact from fiction in this comprehension worksheet.