Description
What It Is:
This is a literary nonfiction response worksheet focused on author's purpose. It prompts students to select one of two writing prompts and respond in the provided space. The first prompt asks students to select a quote that demonstrates the author's purpose or perspective and explain how it appears throughout the text. The second prompt asks how the author distinguishes their perspective from others and how the author acknowledges or responds to different perspectives. The worksheet includes a space to write the title of the text and lined space for writing the response.
Grade Level Suitability:
This worksheet is suitable for grades 6-9. The prompts require critical thinking skills related to identifying author's purpose and analyzing perspective, which are typically developed in middle school. The writing component also requires strong writing skills.
Why Use It:
This worksheet helps students develop critical reading skills by focusing on identifying and analyzing author's purpose in literary nonfiction. It encourages students to support their analysis with textual evidence and to think critically about perspective. It also promotes writing skills by requiring a written response to a specific prompt.
How to Use It:
Students should first read a piece of literary nonfiction. Then, they should choose one of the two prompts provided on the worksheet. After choosing a prompt, students should write their response in the space provided, citing relevant evidence and details from the text to support their thinking. Finally, they should write the title of the text on the indicated line.
Target Users:
This worksheet is targeted towards middle school students (grades 6-9) who are learning to analyze literary nonfiction texts and identify author's purpose. It is also beneficial for students who need practice with writing analytical responses and supporting their claims with evidence.
This is a literary nonfiction response worksheet focused on author's purpose. It prompts students to select one of two writing prompts and respond in the provided space. The first prompt asks students to select a quote that demonstrates the author's purpose or perspective and explain how it appears throughout the text. The second prompt asks how the author distinguishes their perspective from others and how the author acknowledges or responds to different perspectives. The worksheet includes a space to write the title of the text and lined space for writing the response.
Grade Level Suitability:
This worksheet is suitable for grades 6-9. The prompts require critical thinking skills related to identifying author's purpose and analyzing perspective, which are typically developed in middle school. The writing component also requires strong writing skills.
Why Use It:
This worksheet helps students develop critical reading skills by focusing on identifying and analyzing author's purpose in literary nonfiction. It encourages students to support their analysis with textual evidence and to think critically about perspective. It also promotes writing skills by requiring a written response to a specific prompt.
How to Use It:
Students should first read a piece of literary nonfiction. Then, they should choose one of the two prompts provided on the worksheet. After choosing a prompt, students should write their response in the space provided, citing relevant evidence and details from the text to support their thinking. Finally, they should write the title of the text on the indicated line.
Target Users:
This worksheet is targeted towards middle school students (grades 6-9) who are learning to analyze literary nonfiction texts and identify author's purpose. It is also beneficial for students who need practice with writing analytical responses and supporting their claims with evidence.