Why Was it Written? Author's Purpose Activity
Author's purpose sorting cards: students read 12 short passages on topics like dolphins, pizza and seatbelts and sort each under persuade, inform or explain.
- Grades
- Preschool–Pre-K, Grades 1–3, Elementary
- File type
- Preparation
- Print ready
- Subject
- ELA, Reading, Math, Numbers
- Topic
- Statistics, Author’s Purpose
- Resource types
- Activities
- Preparation
- Print ready
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This activity will help your students understand why the author wrote a text, whether it was to answer, explain, or describe. It's a great way to get them thinking critically about the author's purpose.
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Learning objectives
- Identify whether a short text was written to persuade, inform or explain
- Support an author's purpose choice with details from the text
Skills covered
- Identifying author's purpose — sorting passage cards into persuade, inform and explain
- Backing up a choice — completing the proof bookmark with words from the passage
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- Author's purpose
- Persuade
- Inform
- Explain
- Supporting details
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