ELAR 3.10
Author's purpose and craft: listening, speaking, reading, writing, and thinking using multiple texts. The student uses critical inquiry to analyze the authors' choices and how they influence and communicate meaning within a variety of texts. The student analyzes and applies author's craft purposefully in order to develop his or her own products and performances. The student is expected to:
- (1) explain the author's purpose and message within a
text;
- (A) explain how the use of text structure contributes to the author's purpose;
- (B) explain the author's use of print and graphic features to achieve specific purposes;
- (C) describe how the author's use of imagery, literal and figurative language such as simile, and sound devices such as onomatopoeia achieves specific purposes;
- (D) identify the use of literary devices, including first- or third-person point of view;
- (E) discuss how the author's use of language contributes to voice; and
- (F) identify and explain the use of hyperbole.
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Valentine's Day - 3rd Grade English Worksheets
Review and practice a wide range of grammar skills with a pack of printable 3rd grade writing worksheets.
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Metaphors Worksheet
Practice identifying and using metaphors with this differentiated metaphors worksheet.
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Simile and Metaphor Self-Portrait Worksheet
Teach students about similes and metaphors by asking them to describe... themselves!
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Human Histories: World Explorers – Comprehension Worksheet
A free comprehension worksheet paired with an informational text about world explorers.
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Protecting Native Plants and Animals – Comprehension Worksheets
Build comprehension skills and learn about human impact on ecosystems with a reading passage and worksheets.
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Sweet Hearts Fact and Opinion - Valentine's Day Activity
Practice sweet reading skills on Valentine’s Day with a set of Sweetheart Fact and Opinion task cards.
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Sequence an Information Text – Cut and Paste Worksheets
Use these informational text examples to teach your students about sequencing facts in a logical order.
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Author's Purpose Anchor Chart
A poster highlighting the three main reasons an author writes a piece of text - to persuade, to inform, to entertain.
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What's the Author's Purpose? - Sorting Activity
A sorting activity to help students identify the author’s purpose for a piece of text.
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Author’s Purpose Sorting Activity
Use this author’s purpose sorting activity to teach your students the difference between persuasive, informative and narrative writing.
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Onomatopoeia Words - Vocabulary Display
Display a fun onomatopoeia word wall in your classroom with printable cards containing onomatopoeia examples.
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Types of Figurative Language - Worksheet
Practice identifying and creating examples of figurative language with this printable worksheet.
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Author's Purpose Teaching Presentation
Teach your students to identify the author’s purpose in a text with a teaching presentation.
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Author's Purpose Graphic Organizer
Organize ideas and context clues that support the author's purpose from your assigned texts.
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Onomatopoeia Poster
A poster providing a definition and examples of onomatopoeia.
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First, Second, and Third Person Narration Posters
A set of three posters and a title page examining first, second, and third person narration.
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Find Word Meaning in Context Poster
A poster highlighting how to find word meaning in context when reading a piece of text.
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Martin Luther King, Jr. Reading Activity Pack
Apply a range of reading comprehension strategies to learn about Martin Luther King, Jr.
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Text Structures Slide Deck
An editable text structure instructional slide deck to use when teaching text structures to your students.
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Text Structures Sorting Activity
A set of 24 text structure cards to use in a sorting or scoot activity.
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Figurative Language Sorting Activity
Explore figurative language in context with this set of 28 sorting cards.
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What Does It Really Mean? - Hyperbole Task Cards
Identify and interpret hyperboles used in sentences.
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Alliteration Poster For Young Students
A poster to use with young students when teaching alliteration.
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Sequencing Activity - Stop Polluting The Ocean (Opinion Text)
A sequencing task using an opinion text.
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Author's Purpose - Sorting Worksheet
A teaching resource to help teach your students about author's purpose.
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Figurative Language Anchor Charts
Display the types of figurative language with a set of printable figurative language anchor chars.
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Simile Poster (Primary)
Show your students an example of a simile using this colorful classroom display poster.
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Point of View Task Cards - Beginner Set
Use these colorful, fun task cards to help your beginning reader identify first, and third-person point of view (POV)
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Figurative Language Task Cards
Practice working with figurative language with this set of 12 task cards.
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Alliteration Brainstorming Template
Use this brainstorming template to practice using the sound device alliteration.
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Author's Purpose SORT IT!
Analyze 24 text examples and determine which of the 5 purposes of writing each of the sorting cards belongs to.
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Sensory Chart Graphic Organizer
A graphic organizer for students to use when categorizing sensory details.