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Author’s Purpose to Entertain Flipbook Template

  • Updated

    Updated:  03 Apr 2025

Help students explore the Author’s Purpose to Entertain with this engaging and interactive flipbook.

  • Editable

    Editable:  Google Slides

  • Non-Editable

    Non-Editable:  PDF

  • Pages

    Pages:  1 Page

  • Curriculum
  • Years

    Years:  2 - 5

Curriculum

teaching resource

Author’s Purpose to Entertain Flipbook Template

  • Updated

    Updated:  03 Apr 2025

Help students explore the Author’s Purpose to Entertain with this engaging and interactive flipbook.

  • Editable

    Editable:  Google Slides

  • Non-Editable

    Non-Editable:  PDF

  • Pages

    Pages:  1 Page

  • Curriculum
  • Years

    Years:  2 - 5

Help students explore the Author’s Purpose to Entertain with this engaging and interactive flipbook.

Author’s Purpose to Entertain Flipbook Template

This easy to print and assemble Author’s Purpose to Entertain Flipbook is a fantastic hands-on activity that will have your students breaking down a text written to entertain and analyse it’s key elements in a clear and structured way. The flipbook format makes learning fun while reinforcing important reading comprehension skills.

What’s included?

  • A cut-and-assemble flipbook with flaps for an interactive learning experience
  • Writing prompts to guide students in analyzing an entertaining text
  • Sections for students to record:
    • The goal of the chosen text
    • Clues that show it was written to entertain
    • Examples from the text that support the author’s purpose

How to Use This Author’s Purpose Activity in the Classroom

This versatile and engaging flipbook template can be used to introduce or practise analysing a piece of text where the author’s purpose is to entertain in a clear way. Here is an example of how you could use this flipbook activity in the classroom:

  • Introduce author’s purpose and discuss why authors write to entertain
  • Have students cut out and assemble the flipbook following the easy instructions
  • Assign a text and have students analyse its purpose using the prompts
  • Use as a fun English group activity, independent work, or guided reading exercise

Download and Use this Author’s Purpose to Entertain Activity Today!

This Author’s Purpose to Entertain Flipbook is a fantastic way to get students thinking critically about texts while making learning interactive and engaging!

Use the dropdown menu to choose between the easy to print PDF version or the editable Google Slide version of this resource.


This resource was created by Lindsey Phillips, a teacher and a Teach Starter Collaborator.


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