This identifying author's purpose worksheet has 3rd graders read a giraffe passage and decide whether the author wants to inform, persuade, or entertain. Answer key included for easy reading practice.

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

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.

Using this Reasons the Author Gives Worksheet, students explain the reasons the author gives for bowling being a fun and worthwhile sport.

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

Using this Purpose Worksheet, students tell why the author wrote any non-fiction text by using the question to guide their thinking.

Using this Support the Point Worksheet, students explain the reasons the author gives to support recycling.

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

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

Using this Identifying the Author and the Illustrator Worksheet, students write the names of the author and illustrator and explain how each person helps to tell the story.

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

Using RL.1.6 First Grade Common Core Lesson, students identify who is telling the story at various points in a text.

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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