Ice hockey and soccer are both team sports where players try to score in a net. Unlike soccer, hockey is played on ice, and players use sticks to move a puck. Soccer players, on the other hand, mostly use their feet to move a ball.
Grade 5 Purpose and Structure worksheet
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How to explain it
- Authors write to inform (teach), persuade (convince) or entertain.
- Text structures: description, sequence (first, then), compare and contrast (alike, unlike), cause and effect (because, so) and problem and solution.
- Captions explain pictures. The glossary explains bold words.
Example: A text says you should always wear a helmet because it keeps you safe. What is the author’s main purpose? “You should” tries to get the reader to do something. Convincing a reader is persuading. Answer: to persuade
Question 1
What is the author's main purpose?
Our town needs a new skate park. Kids need a safe place to be active, and the old tennis courts are hardly used. Please sign our petition!
- to entertain
- to inform
- to persuade
to persuade
Hint: Is the author trying to get you to think, buy or do something? Then the purpose is to persuade.
Question 2
Which text feature at the back of a book lists topics in ABC order with page numbers?
- table of contents
- heading
- caption
- index
index
Hint: The index helps you find every page where a topic is mentioned.
Question 3
How is this text organized?
- sequence
- description
- compare and contrast
- cause and effect
compare and contrast
Hint: Words like both, however, while and unlike show how two things are alike and different.
Question 4
Sort each text by the author's main purpose.
Sort into: 📘 Inform · 📢 Persuade · 🎭 Entertain
- 🌋A science book about volcanoes
- 🗳️A poster asking you to vote for Sam
- 🐶A comic about a dog who wants to be an astronaut
- 📰A news report about a new bike path
- 🔍A mystery novel about a missing painting
- ✉️A letter asking the city to build a park
📘 Inform: A science book about volcanoes, A news report about a new bike path · 📢 Persuade: A poster asking you to vote for Sam, A letter asking the city to build a park · 🎭 Entertain: A comic about a dog who wants to be an astronaut, A mystery novel about a missing painting
Hint: Inform = teach facts. Persuade = convince you. Entertain = tell a story or make you laugh.
Question 5
Which signal words often appear in a problem and solution text?
- both, however, unlike
- the problem is, to fix this, one solution
- because, so, as a result
- first, next, then, finally
the problem is, to fix this, one solution
Hint: The text names a problem and then explains how it was, or could be, solved.
Question 6
Which text feature at the front of a book lists the chapters and their page numbers?
- table of contents
- glossary
- index
table of contents
Hint: You check this at the very front of a book to see what each chapter is called and where it starts.
Question 7
Which signal words often appear in a cause and effect text?
- for example, such as, looks like
- both, however, unlike
- because, so, as a result
- first, next, then, finally
- the problem is, to fix this, one solution
because, so, as a result
Hint: Words like because, so and as a result show why something happened and what happened next.
Question 8
Which signal words often appear in a sequence text?
- the problem is, to fix this, one solution
- both, however, unlike
- first, next, then, finally
- for example, such as, looks like
- because, so, as a result
first, next, then, finally
Hint: Signal words like first, next, then and finally show steps or events in order.
Question 9
Which text feature, printed in large bold type, tells you what a section will be about?
- heading
- caption
- index
- glossary
heading
Hint: It sits at the top of a section, like a title for that part of the text.
Answer key
- 1. to persuade
- 2. index
- 3. compare and contrast
- 4. 📘 Inform: A science book about volcanoes, A news report about a new bike path · 📢 Persuade: A poster asking you to vote for Sam, A letter asking the city to build a park · 🎭 Entertain: A comic about a dog who wants to be an astronaut, A mystery novel about a missing painting
- 5. the problem is, to fix this, one solution
- 6. table of contents
- 7. because, so, as a result
- 8. first, next, then, finally
- 9. heading
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