Authors purpose activities middle school

Have you increased the rigor in order to prepare your students for author's purpose test questions? This blog post contains FREE author's purpose test prep passages, posters (persuade, inform, entertain, explain, describe), and many more upper elementary classroom ideas!

Have fun learning about (and assessing!) story elements. Students read the description and decide if the piece describes a setting, a character or a plot. My students had a blast with these and yours will, too! #storyelements #languagearts #reading

Persuade, Inform, and Entertain

What's the purpose? Try these 15 activities to reinforce the author's purpose for writing. rgsdev.wpengine.com

Author’s purpose can be so important for kids to figure out as readers. It can help them determine the author’s point of view and can also make connections to the writing process. It can help […]

Author's purpose is a challenging skill for most kids, but in this post, you'll get teaching tips and activities to help break down this skill for your students.

When we discuss theme in my classroom, I often compare it to doing a jigsaw puzzle: when you do one, you shake out all of the pieces, then look for the corners and edges to make a start. Next, you use the picture on the box to guide you as you fill in the rest. When […]

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Learners will practice identifying the author's purpose in eight sample paragraphs, using text evidence to support their choice.

When we discuss theme in my classroom, I often compare it to doing a jigsaw puzzle: when you do one, you shake out all of the pieces, then look for the corners and edges to make a start. Next, you use the picture on the box to guide you as you fill in the rest. When […]