With such a large number of author's, it can be difficult for students to learn and remember the corresponding author's purpose, audience and message in text. Use this extensive text types collection to assist your students when working with the different authors and their message in text. Some of the educational resources available include posters and display banners to visually represent text types in your classroom, as well as learning activities including worksheets, activities, games, unit and lessons plans and PowerPoint presentations.
Use this biographical writing poster with annotations to help your students understand how to write an engaging biography.
A comprehension activity paired with a biography on Malala Yousafzai.
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.
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 sorting activity to help students identify the author’s purpose for a piece of text.
An article and comprehension task celebrating women and Women's History Month.
An article about historic women paired with a comprehension task.
A comprehension task paired with a text about Inauguration Day.
A comprehension worksheet paired with a poem about a thinker.
A reading passage about cultural diffusion paired with a comprehension worksheet.
A comprehension worksheet paired with an informational text about world explorers.
A comprehension worksheet paired with a biographical text about four humans who have achieved great things.
A comprehension worksheet paired with a comic about being safe when sharing photos on digital platforms.
A comprehension worksheet paired with an informational text about the Sydney Harbour Bridge.
A comprehension task paired with an article about the history of Halloween.
A reading passage paired with a comprehension activity about bees.
A comprehension worksheet paired with a comic about all types of sports.
A comprehension worksheet paired with a persuasive magazine advertisement.
A comprehension worksheet for a persuasive magazine advertisement.
A set of five literacy rotation task cards to be used in conjunction with issue 1 of Teach Starter's Grade 3 magazine.
A fun comprehension strategy board game for students to play during literacy rotations.
A fun reading comprehension strategy activity for students to use after reading a text.
A sequencing task using an opinion text.