Identify the Author’s Purpose

Description

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™.