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

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.

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.

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