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2nd Grade Author’s Purpose Resources

33 resources

2nd Grade Author’s Purpose Resources

33 resources

Activity
Activity2nd GradeAuthor Research Activity

Using Author Research Activity, students explore books written by a single author to discuss opinions and ideas of that author.

Video
Video2nd 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
Activity2nd 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.

Activity
Activity2nd 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.

Activity
Activity2nd 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
Activity2nd 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
Worksheet2nd GradeMaking a Point with Support Worksheet

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

Activity
Activity2nd GradeWhy Was it Written? Author's Purpose Activity

Using Why Was it Written Author's Purpose Activity, students identify if the author wrote a text in order to answer, explain, or describe.

Worksheet
Worksheet2nd GradeSupporting the Point Worksheet

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

Activity
Activity2nd GradePoint of View Activity

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

Activity
Activity2nd GradeAuthors Purpose Picture Sorting Activity

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

Worksheet
Worksheet2nd GradeAuthor's Purpose of Informational Text Worksheet

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.

Common Core Lesson
Common Core Lesson2nd GradeRL.2.6 Second Grade Common Core Lesson

Using RL.2.6 Second Grade Common Core Lesson, students acknowledge differences in the points of view of characters, including by speaking in a different voice for each character when reading dialogue aloud.