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3rd Grade Author’s Purpose Activities

15 resources

3rd Grade Author’s Purpose Activities

15 resources

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Activity3rd GradeLet'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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Activity3rd 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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Activity3rd 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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Activity3rd GradeAuthor's Purpose Activity

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.

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Activity3rd 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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Activity3rd GradeReasons and Evidence Activity

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

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Activity3rd GradeAuthor Research Activity

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

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Activity3rd 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.

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Activity3rd 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.

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Activity3rd GradeFirsthand and Secondhand Accounts Activity

Using Firsthand and Secondhand Accounts Activity, students read both firsthand and secondhand accounts of the same event to describe the differences in the information provided.

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Activity3rd 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.

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Activity3rd 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.

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Activity3rd 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.

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Activity3rd GradePoint of View Activity

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

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Activity3rd GradeAuthors Purpose Picture Sorting Activity

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