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4th Grade Author’s Purpose Resources

21 resources

4th Grade Author’s Purpose Resources

21 resources

Worksheet
Worksheet4th GradeMiss Rumphius Point of View Worksheet

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

Worksheet
Worksheet4th GradeInformational Text Graphic Organizer Worksheet

This Informational Text Graphic Organizer Worksheet gives 4th graders one landscape page to record genre, author's purpose, key vocabulary, and important facts from any nonfiction text — a reusable, no-prep way to build stronger reading comprehension.

Worksheet
Worksheet4th GradeWho Is Talking Now Worksheet

Using Who Is Talking Now Worksheet, students write which character is telling the story by making inferences based on what the text says.

Worksheet
Worksheet4th GradeWho's Talking Now Worksheet

Using Who's Talking Now Worksheet, students write which character is telling the story by making inferences based on what the text says.

Common Core Lesson
Common Core Lesson4th GradeRL.4.6 Fourth Grade Common Core Lesson

Using RL.4.6 Fourth Grade Common Core Lesson, students compare and contrast the point of view from which different stories are narrated,including the difference between first and third-person narrations.

Activity
Activity4th GradeGuess Who Point of View Activity

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

Activity
Activity4th GradeMy Point of View Activity

Using My Point of View Activity, students distinguish their own point of view from that of the narrator or those of the characters.

Worksheet
Worksheet4th GradeWho's Talking Worksheet

Using Who's Talking Worksheet, students write which character is telling the story by making inferences based on what the text says.

Common Core Lesson
Common Core Lesson4th GradeRI.4.8 Fourth Grade Common Core Lesson

Using RI.4.8 Fourth Grade Common Core Lesson, students explain how an author uses reasons and evidence to support particular points in a text.

Activity
Activity4th GradeEvidence Olympics Authors Purpose Activity

Using this Evidence Olympics Authors Purpose Activity, students try to earn a gold medal during Evidence Olympics by reading a passage and finding evidence to support an author's point.

Activity
Activity4th GradeReasons and Evidence Activity

Using this Reasons and Evidence Activity, students identify the reasons and evidence a speaker provides to support particular points.

Worksheet
Worksheet4th GradeCharacters Voice and Point of View Worksheet

UsingCharacters Voice and Point of View Worksheet, students keep track of different types of voice characters use to show their point of view in a story.

Worksheet
Worksheet4th GradeAuthor's Point and Supporting Evidence Worksheet

With our Author's Point and Supporting Evidence Worksheet, the teacher will supply the students with a text, whether it be a passage or a book. The students

Activity
Activity4th GradeWhose Point of View Compare and Contrast Activity

Using this Whose Point of View Compare and Contrast Activity, students identify whether a story is being told in a first- or third-person POV, while comparing and contrasting the two.

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Activity4th GradeAnimal Myth Busters Author's Purpose Activity

Using Animal Myth Busters Author's Purpose Activity, students read animal myths to explain how an author uses evidence to support points in a text.

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Activity4th GradeFirsthand and Secondhand Accounts Activity

Using Firsthand and Secondhand Accounts Activity, students read both firsthand and secondhand accounts of the same event to describe the differences in the information provided.

Activity
Activity4th GradeComparing Points of View Activity

Using Comparing Points of View Activity, students distinguish their own point of view from that of the author of a text.

Activity
Activity4th GradeLooking at the Character's Viewpoints Activity

Using Looking at the Character's Viewpoints Activity, students acknowledge differences in the points of view of characters to gain a different perspective.

Activity
Activity4th GradePoint of View Activity

Using Point of View Activity, students identify who is telling the story at various points in a text.

Common Core Lesson
Common Core Lesson4th GradeRI.4.6 Fourth Grade Common Core Lesson

Using RI.4.6 Fourth Grade Common Core Lesson, students compare and contrast a firsthand and secondhand account of the same event or topic.