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Curated OER

Blubber: Discussion Guide

For Teachers 5th - 7th
Students read Blubber by Judy Blume. In this Blubber discussion lesson plan, students answer pre-, during, and post- reading of the novel to assist them with comprehension. Themes addressed are problem solving, perspectives, leadership,...
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Texas Education Agency

Texas Gateway: Analyze Point of View in Literary Texts/fiction

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
[Accessible by TX Educators. Free Registration/Login Required] In this lesson, students will learn to identify the primary points of view used in fiction and weigh the advantages and disadvantages of each.CCSS.ELA-Literacy.CCRA.R.6
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Read Works

Read Works: 3rd Grade: Author's Purpose: Lesson 2

For Teachers 3rd Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] This lesson plan helps students learn to identify an author's purpose.
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Read Works

Read Works: Lesson: Author's Purpose: Cause and Effect Signal Words

For Teachers K - 1st Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] With this lesson plan, students can learn how several authors can write about the same topic, but for different purposes.
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PPT
Tom Richey

Slide Share: Author's Purpose and Point of View

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This downloadable slideshow focuses on how an author's purpose and point of view work together in fiction and nonfiction, and how to identify the point of view.
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E Reading Worksheets

E Reading Worksheets: Author's Purpose Worksheets

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
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.
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CPALMS

Florida State University Cpalms: Florida Students: Why Did the Author Write That?

For Students 5th Standards
This tutorial explains point of view in informational texts. Students will learn how to analyze multiple accounts of the same topic or event and identify similarities and differences in different points of view.
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Curated OER

Mc Graw Hill: Part 2 Reading: Informational Text: Author Point of View

For Students 6th - 7th Standards
Learn four questions you can ask while reading an informational text to determine the author's point of view. Includes practice worksheet.
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Better Lesson

Better Lesson: Unit: The Author's Point Is

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
Students will focus on Main Idea, Author's Purpose, Identifying supporting details and Organizing details. Students will read a variety of Informational Text (non-fiction) to understand how stated and implied main idea effect the...
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E Reading Worksheets

E Reading Worksheets: Point of View Worksheets

For Teachers 2nd - 5th Standards
The learning module provides numerous drills via worksheet and video lesson links that cover different grade bands and text levels. Each exercise includes excerpts from famous works of literature and famous authors.
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PPT
Tom Richey

Slide Share: Discovering an Author's Point of View

For Students 3rd - 5th Standards
A slide show with twenty-eight slides with information on how to determine an author's purpose to entertain, to inform, or to persuade his/her audience.
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ReadWriteThink

Read Write Think: Defining and Exploring an Author's Stylistic Choices

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
Contains plans for two lessons that teach students how to recognize an author's use of style in literature. These plans use "Their Eyes Were Watching God" by Zora Neale Hurston as an example, but the basic ideas can be adapted to other...
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Texas Education Agency

Texas Gateway: Analyze Point of View in Literary Texts/fiction

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Identify and understand an author's choice of point of view, including limited versus omniscient and subjective versus objective.
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Lesson Plan
ReadWriteThink

Read Write Think: Poetry: Varying Views of America

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
Lesson allows students to examine the various views of American perspective through studying three poems by diverse poets: "I Hear America Singing" by Walt Whitman, "I, Too, Sing America" by Langston Hughes, and "On the Pulse of Morning"...
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Handout
Sophia Learning

Sophia: Referencing the Author's Purpose

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This lesson explains how to reference an author's purpose when answering a reading comprehension question. This tutorial shares an audio version of the lesson's content. [3:14] RI.11-12.6 Eval Purpose, Rhetoric, Style
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Other

Mesa Public Schools: Author's Point of View [Pdf]

For Students 4th - 6th Standards
Chart defines the three different points of view authors can use to express their ideas.
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Sam Houston State University

Sam Houston State University: Author's Purpose and Point of View: Pretest

For Students 6th - 8th Standards
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.
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Article
Annenberg Foundation

Annenberg Learner: Literature: Exploring Point of View

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
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...
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Sam Houston State University: Author's Purpose and Point of View: Post Test

For Students 7th Standards
Identify the author's purpose in this ten-question multiple choice test.
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Handout
Annenberg Foundation

Annenberg Learner: Journey North: Reading Strategies: Identify Author's Viewpoint

For Students 4th - 8th Standards
This reading resource discusses the strategy of identifying an author's viewpoint. A list of guiding questions is provided to help students as they analyze the author's viewpoint.
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Lesson Plan
British Library

British Library:20th Century Teaching resources:e.m Forster's a Room With a View

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This series of activities is designed to provide young scholars with opportunities to investigate the writer at work. By deconstructing E.M. Forster's style and contextual influences, they will develop and improve the quality of their...
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Interactive
Quia

Quia: Rags to Riches Author's Tone and Point of View

For Students 8th Standards
Answer questions about author's purpose, tone, and point of view in this Rags to Riches style game.
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Interactive
Quia

Quia: Author's Purpose Quiz

For Students 6th Standards
Read each selection and determine the author's purpose or point of view in this ten-question quiz.
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Other

Penn. Department of Education:comparing and Contrasting Different Versions

For Teachers 1st - 3rd Standards
Comparing and contrasting is a higher-level thinking skill promoted in the Common Core Standards leading to the ability to comprehend and analyze texts through various topics and genres. This lesson on Comparing and Contrasting Stories...

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