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This short nonfiction text will teach students about the ocean, and includes questions to help students identify the author’s point of view and purpose for writing the text by focusing on important vocabulary words that support the main idea.

BOOM! This worksheet is full of all kinds of sound-based words, from creaks to squeaks.

This worksheet will help your child understand what similes are, and she'll even get to use her imagination to write some of her own!

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

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.

Children read about Ada Lovelace, whose ideas are still used in computing today, in this biography worksheet.

Use these task cards with your students to practice reading short passages and help them determine the 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.

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.

In this reading and writing worksheet about the poem “A Nation’s Strength” by William Ralph Emerson, students will use their understanding of figurative language to identify and define metaphors and difficult vocabulary.

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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.

Use this resource to give your students practice reading a short nonfiction passage and recognizing the author’s viewpoint about the topic. Then, they will pick out the text evidence that supports the author’s viewpoint.

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 sentences.

Students will set out to categorize different types of text using the author's purpose as a guide.

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

Students will read an adaptation of the classic story "The Princess and the Pea" by Hans Christian Andersen. Then they'll seek to determine the author’s purpose and explain their reasoning.

When your students read this exaggerated tale, they will find a ton of hyperboles!

Similes are all around us—sometimes you just need a little context to know how to decipher them! This lighthearted story about a twisted ankle contains two hidden similes. Can your students find them?

Use this resource to practice identifying the author’s purpose of short texts.