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

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.

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.

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

Learners will categorize 12 different types of text according to why the author would write them, using the acronym PIE as a mnemonic device.

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

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.

Authors persuade, inform, and entertain through various types of writing! Students set out to identify the author’s purpose.