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Author’s Purpose Resources

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Activity
ActivityKindergartenAuthors Purpose Picture Sorting Activity

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

PreschoolSupporting Details in the Text Worksheet

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

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Activity2nd 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
Activity2nd GradeReasons and Evidence Activity

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

Worksheet
WorksheetPreschoolAmelia Bedelia Author and Illustrator Worksheet

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

Worksheet
Worksheet3rd GradeSupport the Point Worksheet

Practice finding reasons with this support the point worksheet for 3rd grade. Students read a short recycling article, answer questions about the author's point, and use evidence. An answer key is included.

Worksheet
Worksheet1st GradeAuthor and Illustrators Worksheet

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.

Activity
ActivityPreschoolAuthors Purpose Sorting Activity

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

Video
Video1st GradeAuthor's Purpose Song (MP3)

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

Activity
Activity1st 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.

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Activity1st 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.

Worksheet
WorksheetKindergartenMaking a Point Worksheet

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

PreschoolIdentifying the Author's Reasons in a Text Worksheet

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.

Common Core Lesson
Common Core Lesson2nd GradeRI.2.8 Second Grade Common Core Lesson

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

Worksheet
Worksheet4th GradeWho's Talking Now Worksheet

The Who's Talking Now Worksheet gives 4th graders three short stories about one windy morning, told by three different narrators, plus an answer key for quick checking of point of view work.

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Worksheet2nd GradeReasons the Author Gives Worksheet

This Reasons the Author Gives Worksheet has 2nd Grade students read a short text about bowling and name the reasons the author gives for the point being made. Includes an answer key.

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ActivityKindergartenLet's Give Some Support Activity

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

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Activity1st 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.

Worksheet
WorksheetKindergartenSupporting the Point Worksheet

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

Worksheet
Worksheet1st 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.