teaching resource

Identify Author's Purpose Poster

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    Updated:  30 May 2023

A poster highlighting how to identify the author's purpose when reading a piece of text.

  • Non-Editable

    Non-Editable:  PDF

  • Pages

    Pages:  1 Page

  • Curriculum
  • Grades

    Grades:  2 - 5

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teaching resource

Identify Author's Purpose Poster

  • Updated

    Updated:  30 May 2023

A poster highlighting how to identify the author's purpose when reading a piece of text.

  • Non-Editable

    Non-Editable:  PDF

  • Pages

    Pages:  1 Page

  • Curriculum
  • Grades

    Grades:  2 - 5

A poster highlighting how to identify the author's purpose when reading a piece of text.

Display this poster when students are learning to identify the author’s purpose for a piece of text.

Information on the poster includes:

The purpose of a text is the reason why it was written. An author may write a text to persuade, to inform, to entertain, to explain,  or to describe something.

Persuade
To convince the reader to agree with a certain viewpoint on an particular issue or topic.

Inform
To teach or provide information to the reader on a particular topic using facts.

Entertain
To engage and provide enjoyment for the reader through imaginative writing or storytelling.

Explain
To tell the reader how to do something or to show how something works.

Describe
To describe to the reader the characteristics of a person, place, thing, or experience.

 

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