[Free Registration/Login Required] With this lesson plan, students can learn how several authors can write about the same topic, but for different purposes.

What is autism? How does it affect behavior? Students will find evidence of the author's tone or purpose for writing the article, as well as hints that show evidence of opinion. Includes a video clip from the movie "Rainman", and an...

Identify the author's purpose in this ten-question multiple choice test.

An informative answer with links to more learning for the question, "What is author purpose?"

A ten-question multiple choice test over author's purpose and character point of view.

Sam Houston State University: Author's Purpose and Point of View: Posttest

Primary purpose questions ask us to identify why the author may have written the passage. As you read through the passage the first time, it's a good idea to always be asking yourself: "So what?" "What's the point?"

A slide show with nine slides explaining the author's purpose to persuade, inform, or entertain.

This Daily Teaching Tools lesson explains how to write a business letter to an author. It also provides a rubric.

Young scholars will read an article and determine the author's point and identify the reasons the author gives to support his or her point. This lesson requires analysis by the students and a great deal of higher-order thinking as they...

This lesson engages students in reading and research related to the Victorian Era. Students will analyze this time period's influence on the writings of Charles Dickens. Then students will analyze how today's authors incorporate social...

Reading comprehension terms (nonfiction) are included on this test. This test assesses the following words: topic, main idea, supporting details, summarizing, conclusion, point of view, author's perspective, author's purpose, details,...

This slideshow focuses on text structures for informational texts including how the author's purpose helps determine the organizational pattern to use and how the reader can use clues to identify the text structure used. Five...

[Free Registration/Login Required] Students read an advertisement and some background information and answer questions about comprehension, persuasive techniques, vocabulary, author's purpose, and more. Links to a paired text and paired...

A module where students analyze how the author uses text structure to emphasize key points or explanations in order to achieve the purpose for writing or point of view.

In this video segment from Nature, learn about cats. Consider the possibility that the cat may become the number one choice for pet owners.

This lesson focuses on denotation and connotation including the abilty to distinguish words according to their emotional or cultural meaning. Your ability to do so can help you understand the author's purpose or more about a character in...

This lesson focuses on prewriting including the purpose and characteristics of prewriting, prewriting strategies, the rhetorical context, and developing a working thesis statement. It also includes a slide show about author, audience,...

In this lesson, The Important Book by Margaret Wise Brown is used as a mentor text. Students will create an illustrated paragraph about a particular math topic. Students will use the mentor text and attempt to adapt the author's style to...

This lesson plan is based on Willie Nelson lyrics, and the PBS feature on him. It focuses on brainstorming and choral reading skills. In addition to the lesson plan, there is information on how to do guided reading and choral reading.

The primary purpose of this site is to present the text of the "Rubayyat of Omar Khayyam." In addition the site's author provides a description of Omar Khayyam's achievements in literature and mathematics. Site contains reference to...

Learn about figurative language and how to determine the figurative, denotative, and connotative meanings of words.