ELAR 5.10
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) analyze how the use of text structure contributes to the author's purpose;
- (B) analyze 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 metaphor, and sound devices achieves specific purposes;
- (D) identify and understand the use of literary devices, including first- or third-person point of view;
- (E) examine how the author's use of language contributes to voice; and
- (F) explain the purpose of hyperbole, stereotyping, and anecdote.
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Should Smartphones Be Allowed in Class? Comprehension Worksheets
Decide if cellphones should be allowed in class and boost comprehension skills with a reading passage and comprehension test.
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Metaphors Worksheet
Practice identifying and using metaphors with this differentiated metaphors worksheet.
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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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4th Grade Writing Worksheets: Tornado Text-Based Writing
Enhance your students' comprehension, vocabulary, and writing skills using 4th Grade writing worksheets and a high-interest reading passage about Tornadoes.
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Figurative Language Sorting Activity
Explore figurative language in context with this set of 28 sorting cards.
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Sensory Chart Graphic Organizer
A graphic organizer for students to use when categorizing sensory details.
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Westward Expansion Reading Comprehension Worksheet
Build reading comprehension skills with a Westward Expansion reading passage and assessment.
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Springtime Blooms – Comprehension Task
An article about springtime blooms and festivals paired with a comprehension task.
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The History of Red Ribbon Week - 4th Grade Reading Worksheet
Use this History of Red Ribbon Week reading comprehension worksheet to teach your students the story behind the celebration.
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The Olympic Games - Reading Comprehension Task
Encourage students to apply a range of comprehension and writing skills when finding out interesting fun facts about the Olympics with a printable reading comprehension worksheet pack.
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Discover the amazing inventor of the Black Box In-Flight voice recorder with a printable reading comprehension activity.
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Learn about different plants' behavioral, structural, and physiological adaptations with printable plant adaptation worksheets.
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Organizational Patterns – Sorting Activity
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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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A Thinker Like Me Poem - Comprehension Worksheet
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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 Languages Lesson - Slide Deck
Teach figurative language using our comprehensive instructional slide deck and accompanying activities.
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Learn fun facts about Elizabeth Cady Stanton with a differentiated comprehension passage and assessment.
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Google Slides Interactive - Idioms Activity
Build vocabulary and have fun with an interactive Idioms activity.
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Narrative Text Structure - PowerPoint
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Sequencing Activity - Stop Polluting The Ocean (Opinion Text)
A sequencing task using an opinion text.
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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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Simile and Metaphor Self-Portrait Worksheet
Teach students about similes and metaphors by asking them to describe... themselves!
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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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Author’s Purpose Graphic Organizer Pack
Explore the purpose of an author's writing with these Author's Purpose Graphic Organizers.
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Author's Purpose Anchor Chart Set
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