A flexible reading comprehension resource that helps students identify, explain and analyse an author's purpose using evidence from a text.
Students explore why an author has written a text, examine the choices they have made and consider how these choices influence the reader.
With three differentiated activity sheets, teachers can select the level of questioning that best suits their students. The open-ended format allows these activities to be used with a wide range of fiction and nonfiction texts.
Students will:
identify the main topic and purpose of a text
recognise clues that reveal the author's intention
support their thinking with evidence from the text
examine the author's language and text features
consider the intended audience
analyse how an author's choices influence the reader
What's included:
Author's Purpose Explorer – supported questions to identify purpose and recognise clues
Author's Purpose Investigator – deeper questioning about evidence, author choices and audience
Author's Purpose Analyst – extended analysis of intention, multiple purposes and reader impact
3-page printable PDF digital download.
A flexible reading comprehension resource that helps students identify, explain and analyse an author's purpose using evidence from a text.
Students explore why an author has written a text, examine the choices they have made and consider how these choices influence the reader.
With three differentiated activity sheets, teachers can select the level of questioning that best suits their students. The open-ended format allows these activities to be used with a wide range of fiction and nonfiction texts.
Students will:
identify the main topic and purpose of a text
recognise clues that reveal the author's intention
support their thinking with evidence from the text
examine the author's language and text features
consider the intended audience
analyse how an author's choices influence the reader
What's included:
Author's Purpose Explorer – supported questions to identify purpose and recognise clues
Author's Purpose Investigator – deeper questioning about evidence, author choices and audience
Author's Purpose Analyst – extended analysis of intention, multiple purposes and reader impact
3-page printable PDF digital download.
