Author's Purpose Sorting Activity
After reading a book, students pick the author's purpose card that explains why the text was written, then discuss why the author wrote it that way.
- Year groups
- Nursery–Reception (Early Years), Years 1–2 (Key Stage 1)
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- Preparation
- Print ready
- Subject
- Numbers, Reading, Maths, English
- Topic
- Statistics, Author’s Purpose
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- Preparation
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About this resource
This activity is great for helping students to understand an author's purpose. It can be used with any text and is a great way to support students as they learn to identify the reasons an author gives to support points in a text.
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Learning objectives
Identify why an author wrote a text
Explain reasons behind the way an author wrote a text
Skills covered
Explaining author's purpose — discussing the reasons behind the card they chose
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