Author Purpose is a Grade 9 ELA Reading and Viewing worksheet centered on author purpose through a combination of selected-response and written activities. The resource gives students opportunities to work with a reading passage, respond to questions, and develop written responses connected to the lesson topic.

Work with author purpose through varied response formats

Students encounter multiple-choice questions and true-or-false questions before moving into short-answer responses. The worksheet also includes a reading passage, an essay task, and a short-note activity. This combination gives students several ways to respond while keeping the work focused on Author Purpose and Reading and Viewing.

What teachers receive

• Grade 9 ELA Author Purpose worksheet
• Multiple-choice questions
• True-or-false questions
• Short-answer questions
• A reading passage
• An essay task
• A short-note task
• Student Notes lines at the bottom of the worksheet

Bring Author Purpose into Reading and Viewing lessons

This worksheet can be used during Grade 9 ELA instruction when Author Purpose is the focus of a Reading and Viewing lesson. Teachers can incorporate it into individual work, guided classroom practice, or review, depending on how the lesson is structured.

The reading passage provides a text-based component for the activity, while the short-answer, essay, and short-note sections give students opportunities to record written responses. The selected-response activities add another way for students to work with the lesson topic. Student Notes lines at the bottom of the worksheet provide space for students to record additional notes as they complete the activity.

A focused worksheet for Grade 9 ELA

Author Purpose combines reading and written response activities around one clearly defined Reading and Viewing topic. The different response formats allow teachers to use the worksheet within a lesson without separating the topic across multiple resources. It is designated for Grade 9 ELA and identifies Alberta as the named standard/framework. The worksheet provides a structured way to keep students working with Author Purpose through reading, selected responses, and written tasks.

This resource is suited to classroom practice or review where a teacher wants students to work directly with Author Purpose using a mix of reading and written activities.