Author’s Purpose Slides Persuade Inform Entertain Reading Comprehension 2nd 3rd Grade

June 12, 2026

Author’s Purpose Slides Persuade Inform Entertain Reading Comprehension 2nd 3rd Grade

Author's Purpose Slides Persuade Inform Entertain Reading Comprehension 2nd 3rd Grade

Looking for Author’s Purpose Lesson Slides with fun detective activities that persuade, inform and entertain! This digital resource works well with any reading passages. This resource includes 2nd grade and 3rd grade reading comprehension activities, graphic organizers, powerpoint slides, and digital and printable worksheets to help students identify when authors persuade, inform, entertain. Perfect for 2nd and 3rd grade students during whole group ela review lessons literacy centers, guided reading small groups, and independent work.

Perfect for guided reading, literacy centers, intervention, test prep and small group reading activities, these ready-to-use materials provide engaging practice with fiction, nonfiction, informational texts and other classroom reading passages.

Author’s Purpose Slides Persuade Inform Entertain Reading Comprehension 2nd 3rd Grade

Author's Purpose Slides Persuade Inform Entertain Reading Comprehension 2nd 3rd Grade

What’s Included:
• Teacher notes/lesson                                                                                                                                                     • Digital slides                                                                                                                                                                • Graphic Organizers Worksheets
• Activities focused on Author’s Purpose
• Inferential skills and reading strategy
• Resources for guided reading and small group reading activities

Author’s Purpose Slides Persuade Inform Entertain Reading Comprehension 2nd 3rd Grade

Digital Slides:

  • Solve the Mystery!
  • Every Author Has A Purpose
  • Meet The 3 Suspects
  • Detective Notebook
  • Purpose Clues
  • Sticky Note Layout
  • Identifying Story Elements
  • Evidence File
  • Fact Finder
  • Magnifying Glass Challenge!
  • Sentence Stem
  • Detective Debate
  • Case Closed
  • 10 Editable Slides

Author's Purpose Activities for 2nd & 3rd Grade: Persuade, Inform and Entertain Slides

Follow Up Graphic Organizers:

  • Story Elements
  • Our Best Evidence
  • Purpose Files
  • Author Purpose Proof
  • Detective Evidence Board
  • Comic Strip
  • Case Closed
  • Partner Detective Notebook Evidence

Author’s Purpose Slides Persuade Inform Entertain Reading Comprehension 2nd 3rd Grade

Author's Purpose Slides Persuade Inform Entertain Reading Comprehension 2nd 3rd Grade

A common core standards reading resource that can be used with virtually any text throughout the school year!

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