Texas Education Agency
Texas Gateway: Analyze Point of View in Literary Texts/fiction
[Accessible by TX Educators. Free Registration/Login Required] In this lesson, you will learn to identify the primary points of view used in fiction and weigh the advantages and disadvantages of each.
Annenberg Foundation
Annenberg Learner: Literature: Exploring Point of View
This page explains point of view by discussing examples of situations where mutiple people witness an event, but have different perspectives on what occured. It offers a link at the bottom of the page to information about types of point...
Sam Houston State University
Sam Houston State University: Author's Purpose and Point of View: Pretest
Answer multiple-choice questions about the author's point of view and identifying the author's purpose within a short text in this ten question pretest.
E Reading Worksheets
E Reading Worksheets: Author's Purpose Worksheets
Several worksheets and assessments are provided on this module. Students will have numerous exposures to the topic of "author's purpose" in each practice exercise and assessment.
Other
Blackboard: Author's Point of View (Attitude and Tone)
Learn about author's attitude and tone, and see examples of tone used to convey nostalgia, cynicism, and sentiment in a text. This is an excellent resource for helping students identify key words and phrases that give clues about the...
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: An Author Study: Christopher Paul Curtis
This five-day lesson will introduce the middle schoolers to the author of the novel as the beginning of a unit. The students will conduct research to obtain biographical information about the author and read/analyze summaries and...
Tech4Learning
Tech4 Learning: Creative Educator: Character Scrapbook
When we read novels, authors provide details about the main character through descriptive sentences, events that directly involve the character, and what other characters think and say about the main character. To show what you know...
Louisiana Department of Education
Louisiana Doe: Louisiana Believes: English Language Arts: Grade 7: Excerpts From Behind the Scenes
Seventh graders explore a tumultuous period in our country's history during which people questioned political decisions, morals, and social norms. This unit presents opportunities for students to examine different perspectives through...
AdLit
Ad lit.org: Classroom Strategies: Question the Author (Qt A)
Question the Author (QtA) is a comprehension strategy that requires students to pose queries while reading the text in order to challenge their understanding and solidify their knowledge (Beck et al., 1997).
E Reading Worksheets
E Reading Worksheets: Main Idea: Test 1
In this reading test focusing on the main idea, students read passages and answer questions concerning the main idea.
Other
Author Stream: Make an Inference
A slideshow with twelve slides giving information, examples, and practice exercises on making inferences
Scholastic
Scholastic: Guidelines for Determining an Author's Main Idea
Follow the steps in this printable PDF to identify the main topic and key details of an informational text.
Annenberg Foundation
Annenberg Learner: Journey North: Reading Strategies: Paraphrase / Retell
Learn how to paraphrase a text by using a list of guiding questions.
Quia
Quia: Implied Main Idea
Read a short text and determine the main idea in this Battleship style learning game.
Fun Trivia
Fun Trivia: The Four Types of Writing Trivia Quiz
A fifteen-question quiz in which the reader identifies a type of writing for each situation: argumentation, exposition, narrative, or description. Correct answers are displayed once answers are submitted.
TES Global
Blendspace: Text Structure & Author's Purpose
A ten-part learning module with links to videos, images, and websites to use while learning about text structure and author's purpose.
E Reading Worksheets
E Reading Worksheets: Author's Purpose Test
An multiple-choice quiz on identifying an author's purpose.
Other
Prezi: Author's Purpose
Slideshow provides an explanation of the author's purpose which is to reflect, inform, persuade, or entertain (RIPE).
Other
Prezi: Perspective vs Point of View
Learn how to tell the difference between perspective and point of view by viewing this slideshow.
Other
Prezi: Nonfiction Text Structures
Slideshow examines the five most common text structures used by authors to organize nonfiction writing.
ClassFlow
Class Flow: Note Taking for Social Studies
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart covers how to read a historical text and convert information into visual representations by taking notes. This strategy helps students to read a passage and determine the author's purpose.
ClassFlow
Class Flow: Writing Organization
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart discusses writing organization and how the organization of a written work varies based on the type of work it is. Assessment questions follow the lesson. L.9-10.3 knowledge of lang
Can Teach
Can Teach: Examining a Character's Personalities
In this lesson plan students will be able to understand the different personalities of a character by examining how they act when in contact with other characters. Lesson plan indicated for 4th grade and above.
Can Teach
Can Teach: Introduction to Character Traits
In this lesson plan middle schoolers will better understand what and how to generate the traits of a character. Lesson plan indicated for 4th grade and above.