Identify the main purpose of a text, including what the author wants to answer, explain, or describe.
Solidify your nonfiction reading response lessons with this set of 12 comprehension task cards.
Assess reading comprehension by reviewing 3 short passages and answering questions about the author's purpose.
Organize ideas and context clues that support the author's purpose from your assigned texts.
A task to use when teaching your students about the sequence text structure.
Analyze 24 text examples and determine which of the 5 purposes of writing each of the sorting cards belongs to.
In this author's purpose activity, students will sort 20 phrase cards into groups by identifying whether the text is meant to inform, persuade, or entertain.
A comprehension worksheet paired with an informational text about world explorers.
A comprehension worksheet paired with an article about ways to keep our native animals and plants safe.
A teaching resource to help teach your students about author's purpose.
Five sets of literacy rotation task cards to be used in conjunction with issue 1 of Teach Starter's Grade 2 magazine.
A template for students to use when learning how to write a simile poem.
Use this weekly poetry guide to celebrate National Poetry Month in your primary classroom.
A poster highlighting how to identify the author's purpose when reading a piece of text.
A poster highlighting the three main reasons an author writes a piece of text - to persuade, to inform, to entertain.
A set of 18 reading comprehension strategy posters.
A pack of 7 posters which explain the Super Six reading comprehension strategies.
A pack of 10 posters explaining some of the most commonly used reading comprehension strategies.
A teaching resource to help teach your students about author's purpose.
A teaching resource to help teach your students about author’s purpose.
A teaching resource to help teach your students about the author's purpose for a piece of text.
Beyond the lines, between the lines and on the lines posters for the three levels of reading.
An extensive resource pack to help students understand the concept of author’s purpose.