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. 

Using this Identifying Author's Purpose Worksheet, students tell why the author wrote the passage about giraffes. 

Using RI.5.8 Fifth Grade Common Core Lesson, students explain how an author uses reasons and evidence to support particular points in a text, identifying which reasons and evidence support which point(s).

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

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

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

Using RI.3.6 Third Grade Common Core Lesson, students distinguish their own point of view from that of the author of a text.

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 Author's Purpose of Informational Text Worksheet, students tell what the author wants to answer, explain, or describe while reading an informational text. 

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

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

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

Using RI.2.6 Second Grade Common Core Lesson, students identify the main purpose of a text, including what the author wants to answer, explain, or describe

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

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.

Using Characters 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. 

Using RI.2.8 Second Grade Common Core Lesson, students describe how reasons support specific points the author makes in a text.