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1st - 7th Grade Author's Purpose Resources : Page 3

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

Ada Lovelace Biography

Use this resource with your students to practice recognizing the author’s point of view in a text about a major historical event. Students will read a passage about the Tsunami of 2004 and determine the author’s viewpoint as they establish their own point

Point of View Practice: The Tsunami of 2004

Challenge your students to consider the author's intention of a piece of writing. Ask your students to read Rudyard Kipling's poem, "If-" and answer the questions about the author's intent.

Interpreting a Great Poem

After reading the last sections of Pam Mu&ntilde;oz Ryan&rsquo;s novel Esperanza Rising, engage your students in a discussion with these questions!

Novel Study: Esperanza Rising: Discussion Guide #4

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.

The Author’s Viewpoint vs. My Viewpoint

Have students compare and contrast&nbsp;fictional and historical accounts with this seventh-grade reading comprehension worksheet!

Compare and Contrast: Fictional and Historical Accounts

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.

Literary Nonfiction Response Prompt: Author’s Purpose

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson: Identifying the Author's Purpose.

Glossary: Identifying the Author's Purpose

Use this worksheet to provide an engaging text for your students as they practice reading and analyzing an author’s claims.

Video Games: Nonfiction Text

This graphic organizer helps students work through a nonfiction text to help organize information about the author’s point, and the reasons and evidence used to support it.

Graphic Organizer: Author’s Point of View

Use this high-interest text about sports to explore what point the author is trying to make.

Tennis: Nonfiction Text

Get your child reading ready with this worksheet, which will support your child's reading skills by helping him to identify emotions.

Emotional Vocab! Learning Mood Words

After finishing Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry by Mildred D. Taylor, readers reflect on the major elements of the story with these writing prompts.

Novel Study: Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry: Post-Reading Response Prompts

Use these discussion questions to engage students in thoughtful dialogue as they read chapters 9-12 of Pam Mu&ntilde;oz Ryan&rsquo;s novel Esperanza Rising!

Novel Study: Esperanza Rising: Discussion Guide #3

Use this discussion guide to support readers&rsquo; comprehension of chapters 12&ndash;15 and the epilogue of William Kamkwamba&rsquo;s The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind.

The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind: Discussion Guide #4

From the topic of roller coasters to the topic of spinach, this kid-friendly worksheet guides a student in comparing their opinion to the opinions of the fictional character named “Jimmy.”

Exploring Point of View: What Do You Think?

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.

Fall Figurative Language Task Cards

Encourage critical thinking and support literacy development by asking questions as students read chapters 5-8 of A Night to Remember by Walter Lord.

Book Study: A Night to Remember: Discussion Guide #2

When writing a story, adjectives make the story more colorful. This worksheet trains students to enhance sentences by adding descriptive adjectives to their writing.

Make it Descriptive

After reading the next few chapters of Pam Mu&ntilde;oz Ryan&rsquo;s&nbsp;Esperanza Rising, engage students in discussion with this two-page guide!

Novel Study: Esperanza Rising: Discussion Guide #2

After completing the novel A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L&rsquo;Engle,&nbsp;students reflect on the major themes and events of the story with these post-reading response prompts.

Novel Study: A Wrinkle in Time: Post-Reading Response Prompts

This worksheet contains relevant classroom topics that provide a bridge for identifying differences in point of view.

Through the Eyes of a Teacher

Authors use sensory language to make their writing more descriptive. Have your students consider the words authors use to create specific moods in this fun pumpkin-themed worksheet!

Moody Words

Get plenty of practice with alliteration by identifying and creating alliterative sentences.

Identifying Alliteration, Descriptive Adjectives, and Nouns

Get your students moving with this interactive sorting game!

Author's Purpose: Sort It Out!

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson: Match Author's Point with Evidence.

Glossary: Match Author's Point with Evidence

After completing the novel Anne of Green Gables by Lucy Maud Montgomery, students reflect on the major themes and events of the story with these post-reading response prompts.

Novel Study: Anne of Green Gables: Post-Reading Response Prompts

Students will identify the author’s purpose and strengthen their reading comprehension with the questions that follow the text.

The Story of the Amulet

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.

Author’s Purpose: The Princess and the Pea

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson: Shifting Points of View.

Glossary: Shifting Points of View

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