Identifying the Author’s Reasons in a Text Worksheet
Using Identifying the Author’s Reasons in a Text Worksheet, students explain the reasons the author gives for the boy to get Petey from his aunt.
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How to teach Author’s Purpose
Using Identifying the Author’s Reasons in a Text Worksheet, students explain the reasons the author gives for the boy to get Petey from his aunt.
Understanding the reason why an author wrote a text supports your students’ comprehension as they read. This worksheet gives your students a chance to figure out the author’s stance on a subject.
Students read, or listen to the teacher read, the passage below about Petey. Then, explain the reasons the author gives for the boy to get Petey from his aunt.
Other resources to use with this Identifying the Author’s Reasons in a Text Worksheet
If you are using this worksheet, your students are probably learning about author’s purpose.
Use this Author’s Purpose Sorting Activity as an additional resource for your students.
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 the reasons the author gives to support his or her ideas.
Be sure to check out more Author’s Purpose Resources.
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