This Identifying the Author and the Illustrator Worksheet helps 1st Grade readers name who wrote the words and who drew the pictures, with an answer key included so checking work takes seconds.

Using this Where the Wild Things Are Worksheet, students describe the title, author, and illustrator of Where the Wild Things Are.

Using Why Was it Written Author's Purpose Activity, students identify if the author wrote a text in order to answer, explain, or describe.

Using Author and Illustrator Activity, studentsname the author and illustrator of a text and define the role of each in presenting the ideas or information in a text.

Using Finding the Author and Illustrator Activity, students define the role of an author and illustrator using the definition cards.

Using Authors Purpose Picture Sorting Activity, students identify the reasons an author gives to support points in a text.

Using Authors Purpose Matching Activity, studentsmatch the text to the Author's Purpose activity card to explain why the author wrote the book.

Using Supporting Details in the Text Worksheet, students explain the reasons the author gives for the girl to get Pal from her grandma.

Using Let's Give Some Support Activity, students describe how reasons support specific points the author makes in a text.

Using Miss Rumphius Point of View Worksheet, students read Miss Rumphius by Barbara Clooney to determine who says the lines from the story.

Using this Amelia Bedelia Author and Illustrator Worksheet, students describe the title, author, and illustrator of an Amelia Bedelia book.

Using this Guess Who Point of View Activity, students identify their partner's "secret narrator" as the partner reads a text card.

Using this Supporting the Point Worksheet, students read an information text to determine the reasons why the author wrote the piece.

Using this Chicka Chicka Boom Boom Authors Worksheet, students describe what authors do to tell their story.

Using thisAuthor's Purpose Song, students will remember the three reasons why author's write using this catchy animated song.

Using this Author's Purpose Activity, students read and sort story idea cards to determine the author's purpose as to inform, entertain, or persuade.

This Author and Illustrators Worksheet has 1st graders name the author and illustrator of any picture book, tell what the words and pictures add, and draw a favorite page.

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.

Using Author's Purpose Sorting Activity, students identify the reasons an author gives to support points in a text.

This RL.1.5 First Grade Common Core Lesson includes RL.1.5 Worksheets, RL.1.5 Activities, RL.1.5 Assessment, and RL.1.5 Poster.