Description
What It Is:
A reading comprehension worksheet that helps students identify an author’s purpose using the PIE framework: Persuade, Inform, and Entertain. The worksheet begins with a clear explanation of each purpose, followed by short passages representing informational, persuasive, and narrative writing. Students read each passage and determine the author’s intent.
Why Use It:
This worksheet builds strong critical reading skills by teaching students to analyze why a text was written, not just what it says. By comparing different text types, students learn to recognize key clues that signal persuasion, information, or entertainment. It supports core ELA standards and improves comprehension across subjects.
How to Use It:
• Review the PIE definitions with students before starting.
• Have students read each passage carefully and identify the author’s purpose.
• Ask students to justify their answers using details from the text.
• Use as classwork, homework, guided reading practice, or assessment review.
Grade Suitability:
Best suited for Grades 7-10.
• Upper elementary students learning author’s purpose.
• Middle school students reinforcing text analysis skills.
Target Users:
ELA teachers, reading specialists, tutors, homeschool parents, and students practicing author’s purpose and reading comprehension.
A reading comprehension worksheet that helps students identify an author’s purpose using the PIE framework: Persuade, Inform, and Entertain. The worksheet begins with a clear explanation of each purpose, followed by short passages representing informational, persuasive, and narrative writing. Students read each passage and determine the author’s intent.
Why Use It:
This worksheet builds strong critical reading skills by teaching students to analyze why a text was written, not just what it says. By comparing different text types, students learn to recognize key clues that signal persuasion, information, or entertainment. It supports core ELA standards and improves comprehension across subjects.
How to Use It:
• Review the PIE definitions with students before starting.
• Have students read each passage carefully and identify the author’s purpose.
• Ask students to justify their answers using details from the text.
• Use as classwork, homework, guided reading practice, or assessment review.
Grade Suitability:
Best suited for Grades 7-10.
• Upper elementary students learning author’s purpose.
• Middle school students reinforcing text analysis skills.
Target Users:
ELA teachers, reading specialists, tutors, homeschool parents, and students practicing author’s purpose and reading comprehension.