Author’s Purpose of Informational Text Worksheet
Using this Author’s Purpose of Informational Text Worksheet, students tell what the author wants to answer, explain, or describe while reading an informational text.
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How to teach Author’s Purpose
Using this Author’s Purpose of Informational Text Worksheet, students Identify the main purpose and tell what the author wants to answer, explain, or describe while reading an informational text.
Understanding the reason why an author wrote a text supports your students’ comprehension as they read. This worksheet gives them the opportunity to explain the reason why an author writes.
Choose an informational text to read. Think about the author’s purpose for writing the passage. Identify the main purpose and tell what the author wants to answer, explain, or describe.
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Introduce this worksheet by listening to the Have Fun Teaching Author’s Purpose Song. Next, students share what they know about author’s purpose. Then, students complete the worksheet individually or with a partner. Finally, students share about the authors and illustrators they learned about. Once finished, students read other books to determine the reason why the author wrote it.
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