NOTE: For Author's Purpose, the STAAR asks about Persuade, Inform, Entertain (PIE) about 1% of the time. The way STAAR assesses Author's Purpose is through Fig19D, making inferences. So, while these are good quick, review stations...they CANNOT be all that is covered with Author's Purpose. It has to be so much deeper!
A few of the many ways STAAR asks about Author's Purpose:
The author included ___ most likely to...
What is the author suggesting in lines __ to __?
The author informs the reader about ___ mainly by...
Super simple station! These could easily be used in Intervention Groups as well.
This first one was a free download (here) that is super simple, but it got the discussion going and was good to put in a station as a quick review. I made several sets on card stock and put the answer key in a file folder for easy self-check.
A few of the many ways STAAR asks about Author's Purpose:
The author included ___ most likely to...
What is the author suggesting in lines __ to __?
The author informs the reader about ___ mainly by...
Super simple station! These could easily be used in Intervention Groups as well.
This first one was a free download (here) that is super simple, but it got the discussion going and was good to put in a station as a quick review. I made several sets on card stock and put the answer key in a file folder for easy self-check.
This next station was also a free download (here) and it is so good! It comes with ideas for other ways the cards could be used (which I glued into my folder so I wouldn't forget), but for now, I used these as a station. The answer sheet comes with it and again, I glued the answers into the folder. One other thing I added to this station are the anchor charts seen below. I stapled these together like a book and the students have been using the book to double check their answers. I found the charts here.