Updated: 26 Apr 2023
A teaching resource to help teach your students about author's purpose.
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Grades: 2 - 5
Identify the main purpose of a text, including what the author wants to answer, explain, or describe.
Discuss the author's purpose for writing text;
Discuss how the use of text structure contributes to the author's purpose;
Explain the author's purpose and message within a text;
Explain how the use of text structure contributes to the author's purpose;
Explain the author's purpose and message within a text;
Explain how the use of text structure contributes to the author's purpose;
Explain the author's purpose and message within a text;
Analyze how the use of text structure contributes to the author's purpose;
A teaching resource to help teach your students about author's purpose.
Use this teaching resource when students are learning to identify the author’s purpose for a piece of text.
In this worksheet, students cut out different types of texts and sort them under the headings entertain, persuade, and inform.
Identify the main purpose of a text, including what the author wants to answer, explain, or describe.
Discuss the author's purpose for writing text;
Discuss how the use of text structure contributes to the author's purpose;
Explain the author's purpose and message within a text;
Explain how the use of text structure contributes to the author's purpose;
Explain the author's purpose and message within a text;
Explain how the use of text structure contributes to the author's purpose;
Explain the author's purpose and message within a text;
Analyze how the use of text structure contributes to the author's purpose;
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