Authors Worksheets

In this book review worksheet, students read over the book review and answer the questions on the next page. The 12 questions are in true/false form.

In this book report template worksheet, students complete sentences, filling in the name of a favorite book, author, and brief summary. A reference web site is given for additional activities.

Find the author's purpose in this review instructional activity. Fourth graders read each of the three following paragraphs and decide whether the author's purpose is to persuade, inform, or entertain. You could use this activity as a class assignment or as homework to reinforce your literary lesson.

In this "book club" worksheet, students complete a sheet on a book they bring to the "book club." Students fill in basic information about the book, then information about characters, scenes, genre, etc.

In this brief review of Richard Horne's book 101 Things to Do Before You Die worksheet, learners read the review and answer true and false questions about it. Students choose 12 answers.

Celebrate International Children's Book Day using this resource. Learners complete activities, such as reading a passage, sequencing, unscrambling sentences, writing questions, conducting surveys, and writing. Students complete twelve activities related to International Children's Book Day.

Sixth graders find the author's purpose in this activity. After going through a passage about stolen animals, young readers circle the correct author's purpose and record evidence from the passage to support their choice. They complete a chart where they determine the author's purpose for three types of writing and record evidence of their choice.

Do authors write to inform, entertain, or persuade? Use this cute rap about a tortoise and a rabbit to explore author's purpose. Young readers circle the purposes, record the evidence they found, and use their ideas to complete a chart. You could extend this activity into a writing activity. 

Addressing both author's purpose and word choice, this fun worksheet reinforces many aspects of literary analysis. Four short answer questions about a piece of writing prompt middle schoolers to analyze a piece of writing, and a graphic organizer (shaped like an ice cream sundae) helps them dissect the structure of the piece. 

In this parts of a book worksheet, students look at sample pages of a title page, index, and table of contents. Students answer 5 questions about the information.