7th and 8th Grade Author's Purpose Resources

Use this graphic organizer to give students an opportunity to practice identifying the central idea of a text using key details.

Learn about what makes certain elements cooler than others in this chemistry-based informational reading passage! 

Use this worksheet to encourage critical thinking and support students’ literacy development by asking questions before, during, and after reading.

Use this Novel Discussion Guide for Parents as a guide to invite your child into a book discussion about their latest reading!

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

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.

Read and analyze an excerpt adapted from “The Wreck of the Golden Mary” by Charles Dickens with this reading comprehension worksheet!