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How to teach Author’s Purpose
Using Authors Purpose Matching Activity, studentsmatch the text to the Author’s Purpose activity card to explain why the author wrote the book.
Understanding the reason why an author wrote a text supports your students’ comprehension as they read. This activity gives them the opportunity to match the pictures to each reason why an author writes.
Match the text to the Author’s Purpose activity card.
Other resources to use with this Authors Purpose Matching Activity
If you are using this activity, your students are probably learning about author’s purpose.
Use this Author’s Purpose and Supporting Evidence Worksheet as an additional resource for your students.
Introduce this activity 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 activity individually or with a partner. Finally, students share about the authors and illustrators they learned about. Once finished, students continue their practice using the provided worksheet.
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