Author's Perspective: 6 Worksheets with Practice Passages

This resource contains six worksheets that focus on identifying the author's perspective. It also includes a bonus poster that you can use as you are introducing this topic to students. After reading each passage, students identify the author's perspective on the topic, and they also state their own opinion on the topic. These no-prep author's perspective worksheets are ready to go for you. Just print and go!

The first two worksheets introduce the topic of an author's perspective. It begins with a definition that underscores how an author's perspective is based on opinions and experiences. Then, students read three short passages and identify the author's perspective. Finally, they write a sentence about their own perspective and support their answer with their own opinions and experiences. (These two worksheets can be copied so that each is printed on one 2-sided sheet of paper.)

The second pair of worksheets is more advanced and contains two passages that are written as nonfiction essays that contain facts to support the author's perspective. After students read the passages, they write a sentence to explain the author's perspective. Then, they write a sentence about their own perspective on the topic, and they support their answer with their own opinions and experiences.

The third pair of worksheets contains two passages that are written as realistic fiction passages. After students read the passages, they answer a multiple-choice question that says "Which of the following statements most likely represents the perspective of the author?" Then, they write a sentence about their own perspective on the topic and support their answer with their own opinions and experiences.

********This resource is available in TWO FORMATS:

1. Traditional Printables- Print the PDF and distribute paper copies to your students to complete.
2. Easel Activity- I created a new, colorful version for this digital format. Students can complete this activity on a device. Students read each passage and identify the author's perspective. Most of the time, they are also asked to contrast the author's perspective with their own perspective on the topic. Most of the tasks require students to type their answers into text boxes. The final two passages feature a multiple-choice question where students move the circle to select their answer.

Here's what teachers like you have to say about these author's perspective worksheets with their students:

⭐️ Jessie W. said, "This was a great resource with lots of different options to challenge and evaluate student understanding of the standard."

⭐️ Tiffany C. said, "My students enjoyed these assignments to gain insight on author's perspective. We were able to have discussions on the topics, because they were familiar to them. These activities allowed students to be successful and gave me a fun way to introduce the skill."

⭐️ Louann D. said, "I used this at my teacher table this week and it really seemed to make the idea of author's perspective click for my kids. I like the way it asks them to identify the author's perspective, give their own perspective, and then compare two opposite perspectives."

⭐️ Alfonso M. said, "Really good resource for teaching my 4th graders perspective. Passages were fun and interesting for my students, which means they were focused. Good buy."

Click on the link to see my other activities that focus on identifying perspectives (or points of view).

Identifying Different Perspectives Craftivity

Identifying Perspectives PowerPoint

Identifying Perspectives Task Cards (Digital)

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