Author's Purpose Mini Lesson & Quiz

Author's Purpose

3rd Grade B.E.S.T Benchmarks
Miss. Klett Pinecrest Elementary

Multiple Choice

What is the author's purpose for writing this text?

• To answer a question about dog baths.

• To explain how to give a dog a bath.

• To describe why dogs need baths.

• To entertain with a dog bath story.

Multiple Choice

What is the author's most likely reason for writing this text?

• To explain how to make an igloo cafe.

• To answer a question about building with snow.

• To describe the Snoglu to readers.

• To describe the Himalayan Mountains to readers.

Multiple Choice

What is the author's most likely reason for writing this text?

• To explain how Megalodon sharks eat.

• To persuade readers to save the Megalodon.

• To describe Megalodon's habitat.

• To answer a question about Megalodons' extinction.