ELAR 4.10
Author's purpose and craft: listening, speaking, reading, writing, and thinking using multiple texts. The student uses critical inquiry to analyze the authors' choices and how they influence and communicate meaning within a variety of texts. The student analyzes and applies author's craft purposefully in order to develop his or her own products and performances. The student is expected to:
- (1) explain the author's purpose and message within a
text;
- (A) explain how the use of text structure contributes to the author's purpose;
- (B) analyze the author's use of print and graphic features to achieve specific purposes;
- (C) describe how the author's use of imagery, literal and figurative language such as simile and metaphor, and sound devices such as alliteration and assonance achieves specific purposes;
- (D) identify and understand the use of literary devices, including first- or third-person point of view;
- (E) discuss how the author's use of language contributes to voice; and
- (F) identify and explain the use of anecdote.
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Sensory Chart Graphic Organizer
A graphic organizer for students to use when categorizing sensory details.
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What is the Author's Purpose? Escape Room
Get your students excited to practice understanding what is the author’s purpose with this engaging escape room activity.
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Metaphors Worksheet
Practice identifying and using metaphors with this differentiated metaphors worksheet.
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What Is Narrative Voice? Teaching Slides
Answer the question “What is narrative voice?” with this engaging slide deck that helps students understand first person, third person limited and third person omniscient narration.
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Types of Point of View in Literature Poster
Teach the types of point of view in literature with this classroom poster that explains first person, third person limited, and third person omniscient narration.
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Author’s Purpose Graphic Organizer Pack
Explore the purpose of an author's writing with these Author's Purpose Graphic Organizers.
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Author's Purpose PowerPoint
Use this Author's Purpose PowerPoint to teach your students how to identify the author’s purpose in a text.
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Earth Watch: Drowning in Plastic - Comprehension Worksheet
Practice reading comprehension skills and learn about microplastic pollution in our oceans with a reading comprehension activity.
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Text Structures Sorting Activity
A set of 24 text structure cards to use in a sorting or scoot activity.
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Narrator and Point of View Digital Quiz
Discover how narrator and point of view can be taught in a fun and engaging way with this interactive quiz designed to help elementary students become confident readers and critical thinkers.
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Author’s Purpose Pie Worksheet Set
Practice Author’s Purpose knowledge with this set of Author’s Purpose Worksheets.
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Write a Short Story – The Tale of Transformation
Get your students analyzing and writing a story with a lesson with this engaging and fully scaffolded writing project booklet.
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Text Structures Slide Deck
An editable text structure instructional slide deck to use when teaching text structures to your students.
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Write a Short Story – Overcoming Obstacles
Get your students analysing and writing overcoming obstacles short stories with this engaging and fully scaffolded writing project booklet.
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Author's Purpose - Sorting Worksheet
A teaching resource to help teach your students about author's purpose.
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Figurative Language Anchor Charts
Display the types of figurative language with a set of printable figurative language anchor chars.
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Write a Short Story – Adventure in Space
Get your students analyzing and writing adventure in space stories with this engaging and fully scaffolded writing project booklet.
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Comparing Narrator’s Voice Worksheets
Teach how narrator’s voice shapes the reader's experience of texts with this set of worksheets where students compare passages written from different points of view.
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Narration and Point of View Worksheets
Use these narration and point of view comprehension passages to help students explore different narrative voices in literary texts.
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Author’s Purpose to Persuade Flipbook
Help students explore the Author’s Purpose to Persuade with this engaging and interactive flipbook.
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Author’s Purpose to Inform Flipbook
Help students explore the Author’s Purpose to Inform with this engaging and interactive flipbook!
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Free Author’s Purpose Handout
Use this Author’s Purpose Handout in the form of a brochure to explore the different reasons authors write.
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Author's Purpose Anchor Chart Set
Display this set of Author’s Purpose Pie posters to help students remember the various reasons authors write.
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Sequence an Information Text – Cut and Paste Worksheets
Use these informational text examples to teach your students about sequencing facts in a logical order.
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Figurative Languages Lesson - Slide Deck
Teach figurative language using our comprehensive instructional slide deck and accompanying activities.
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Point of View Task Cards - Beginner Set
Use these colorful, fun task cards to help your beginning reader identify first, and third-person point of view (POV)
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What's a Hyperbole? PowerPoint
An editable 20-slide PowerPoint to use when teaching your students about hyperbole.
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Writing With Alliteration Worksheet
Identify and create alliteration patterns in texts.
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Onomatopoeia Poster
A poster providing a definition and examples of onomatopoeia.
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Figurative Language - SCOOT! Task Cards
Explore figurative language in multiple ways with the set of 24 task cards.
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Sequence Persuasive Text Examples – Cut and Paste Worksheets
Use this example persuasive text pack to teach your students about sequencing arguments in a logical order.
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Write a Short Story – The Quest
Get your students analyzing and writing a quest story with this engaging and fully scaffolded writing project booklet.