Identify the author's purpose (e.g., to entertain, to inform, to persuade, to share feelings). SPI 0401.8.7

Links verified on 11/2/2011

1. Audience and Purpose - lab activity to help students write with a purpose for an audience
2. Author's purpose - [designed for grade 3] online lesson with practice
3. Author's purpose - lesson and practice quiz
4. Author's Purpose Battleship - answer questions to sink the battleship [Quia quiz]
5. Author's Purpose - Many resources to select from.
6. Author's Purpose - lab activity to identify an author's purpose in a paragraph
7. Author's Purpose and Point of View - [22 slides] explanation and review
8. Author's Purpose Interactive Practice Sites - a collection of resources at Internet4Classrooms
9. Author's Purpose Worksheets and PowerPoint Shows - a collection of resources at Internet4Classrooms
10. Evaluate Author's Purpose - Read story and print answer sheet for completion
11. Identifying Different Types of Text - [Skillwise worksheet] Exercise in identifying different types of text.
12. One-Minute Video on Types of Text - When you read something, it helps to know what type of text it is and why it was written
13. Online quizzes on Author's Purpose - Quiz One: Pre-Test - Quiz Two: Post-Test [These expired links are available through the Wayback Machine Internet Archive. If the pages doesn't load quickly click on Impatient? at the bottom right of the page.]
14. Reading for a Purpose - nine activities to check understanding about the purposes of different sorts of text.
15. Reason for writing - [designed for grade 2] interactive lesson plan and practice.
16. Recognizing Different Types of Text - [Skillwise factsheet] How to recognize different types of text.
17. Text Types Game - [Skillwise game] Can you spot the text types?
18. Types of text - [Skillwise quiz] Entry 3 quiz
19. Types of text - [Skillwise quiz] Level 1 quiz
20. Types of Text Game - [Skillwise game] Can you spot the text types?
21. Understanding Different Types of Text - [Skillwise factsheet] How to understand different types of text.

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