Read Works
Read Works: Fourth Grade: Three Lesson Unit: Author's Purpose
[Free Registration/Login Required] A three-lesson unit on author's purpose where students learn to identify author's purpose, categorize texts according to author's purpose, and change author's purpose by rewriting a text. With free...
Texas Education Agency
Texas Gateway: Analyze Texts With Similar/different Author's Purpose
[Accessible by TX Educators. Free Registration/Login Required] This lesson focuses on being able to identify the author's purpose in a specific text. Specifically, it's about looking at several authors' works on the same topic and...
University of South Florida
Fcat Express: Author's Purpose
Site provides extensive assistance in preparing 4th grade students for Florida Comprehensive Assessment Test. This section focuses on identifying the author's purpose.
E Reading Worksheets
E Reading Worksheets: Author's Purpose Scavenger Hunt
Identifying author's purpose scavenger hunts are included on this tutorial site. Students will scan their textbooks and find different purposes that are addressed in different sections of them.
Read Works
Read Works: Grade 2: Three Lesson Unit: Author's Purpose
[Free Registration/Login Required] A series of three lesson plans designed to teach learners to identify author's purpose including to entertain, to inform, and to persuade. Lessons are based on the books The Adventures of Taxi Dog by...
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Read Works: Author's Purpose 3rd Grade Unit
[Free Registration/Login Required] A three-activity unit on author's purpose. In the first activity, students practice identifying the author's purpose as to entertain, to persuade, or to inform. In the second activity, students use...
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E Reading Worksheets: Author's Purpose: Reading Test 2
A ten-question quiz on identifying whether an author's purpose is to persuade, inform, or entertain the reader. Students are asked to type an explanation for each answer. Results can be printed, saved, or emailed.
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E Reading Worksheets: Author's Purpose: Reading Test 3
A ten-question quiz on identifying whether an author's purpose is to persuade, inform, or entertain the reader. Students are asked to type an explanation for each answer. Results can be printed, saved, or emailed.
University of South Florida
Fcat Express: Author's Purpose
Some author's purpose teaching ideas from a standardized test preparation site (Fourth Grade Reading Florida Comprehensive Assessment Test). Aligned to Florida standards, four ideas are provided including "Author's Grab Bag," "Author's...
University of South Florida
University of South Florida: Fcat Express: Author's Purpose Activity
Practice identifying author's purpose by recognizing the purpose in titles, understanding the difference between fact and opinion, and identifying the purpose of various forms of writing.
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E Reading Worksheets: Author's Purpose Test
An multiple-choice quiz on identifying an author's purpose.
TES Global
Blendspace: Author's Purpose
An eleven-part learning module with links to images and videos to use while learning to identify an author's purpose.
Texas Education Agency
Texas Gateway: Analyze Texts With Similar/different Purposes
[Accessible by TX Educators. Free Registration/Login Required] This lesson is about being able to identify the author's purpose in a specific text. Specifically, it's about looking at several authors' works on the same topic and...
Texas Education Agency
Texas Gateway: Explain the Controlling Idea, Purpose, and Distinguish Details
[Accessible by TX Educators. Free Registration/Login Required] In this lesson, students will learn how to pinpoint the controlling idea, which not only identifies the main idea, but also answers questions about the author's goal or...
Read Works
Readworks: Reading Lesson 3: To Persuade
This lesson focuses on identifying text evidence that shows that the author's purpose is to persuade. Draw a conclusion about what the author is trying to persuade the reader to do or think. Text, worksheet, and chart are provided.
ReadWriteThink
Read Write Think: Nonfiction Pyramid
A printable pyramid for use with nonfiction texts while students identify the main ideas and supporting details within a text. Students also determine author's purpose and key vocabulary words. Directions on how to use this type of...
E Reading Worksheets
E Reading Worksheets: Tone Worksheets and Lessons
This learning module provides remediation and extra practice with identifying an author's tone. Reinforcement for understanding author's tone is provided through the five different worksheets and a mini-lesson. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.CCRA.R.4
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E Reading Worksheets: Genre Worksheets
This learning module provides remediation with identifying genre of books and various texts. Practice with capitalizing nouns is provided with through worksheets, an online site, and a video tutorial. .
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Rhetorical Analysis of "So This Was Adolescence"
This PDF lesson plan prepares students for multiple portions of the AP Language and Composition exam (specifically, the multiple choice section and the rhetorical analysis prompt) by analyzing a brief text which students will be able to...
Big Learners
Biglearners.com: ccss.ela literacy.ri.1.8 : First Grade English Language Arts
Here is a collection of our common core aligned worksheets for core standard RI.1.8. A brief description of the worksheets is on each of the worksheet widgets. Click on the images to view, download, or print them. All worksheets are free...