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4th Grade Author’s Purpose Activities

10 resources

4th Grade Author’s Purpose Activities

10 resources

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Activity4th GradeReasons and Evidence Activity

In this reasons and evidence activity, 3rd to 5th grade students sort sports cards to match each point with its reasons and evidence. Answer key included.

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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.

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Activity4th GradeAuthor's Purpose Activity

This author's purpose activity has 2nd to 4th grade students sort 24 book cards by inform, entertain, or persuade. A practice page and an answer key are included.

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Activity4th GradeFirsthand and Secondhand Accounts Activity

This firsthand and secondhand accounts activity has students sort 24 account cards by who is telling the story. Built for 3rd to 5th grade, with a practice page and answer key included.

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Activity4th GradeComparing Points of View Activity

Children read short opinion texts, match each one to what the author thinks, and compare it with their own view in this 2nd to 4th grade reading game. Practice page and answer key included.

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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.

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Activity4th GradeAnimal Myth Busters Author's Purpose Activity

This animal myth busters author's purpose activity has 3rd to 5th grade students match reason cards to the points they support. An answer key is included, so checking the work is quick and easy.

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Activity4th GradePoint of View Activity

This point of view activity has 1st-4th grade students hold up Character or Narrator signs to show who is telling each scene. Fold-over cards check the clue words, and an answer key is included.

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Activity4th GradeWhose Point of View Compare and Contrast Activity

This whose point of view compare and contrast activity has 3rd-5th grade students sort 24 story cards as first or third person. A mat, recording sheet and practice page, with an answer key included.

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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.