Help your 4th and 5th-grade students master Author’s Purpose (Persuade, Inform, Entertain, Explain, Describe) with this engaging, interactive Google Slides™ resource!

Designed for upper elementary classrooms, this digital activity goes beyond simple PIE to help students analyze why an author wrote a text, evaluate supporting text evidence, and determine the author’s point of view or message.

What’s Included:

Interactive Google Slides™ Activity: Engaging, student-friendly slides designed for independent work, whole-class instruction, or small group intervention.
Targeted Skill Practice: Passages and prompts specifically crafted for 4th and 5th-grade reading levels.
Text Evidence & Analysis: Tasks that challenge students to prove their answers using key details from the text.
Clear Digital Text Boxes & Drag-and-Drop Elements: Ready to assign—no prep required!

Key Skills Covered:

Identifying Author’s Purpose: Persuade, Inform, Entertain, Explain, Describe (PIE / PIE-ED)
Analyzing text structure and clues that reveal purpose
Locating supporting text evidence
Differentiating between main idea and author’s purpose

Ways to Use This Resource:

Whole Group Instruction: Display on a SmartBoard for guided practice and mini-lessons.
Literacy Centers / Rotations: Perfect for independent digital learning.
Small Group Intervention: Re-teach or reinforce skills with struggling readers.
Homework or Distance Learning: Assign easily via Google Classroom™ or any LMS using Google Drive™.

Author’s Purpose

Identify the Author’s Purpose