Author Purpose Planning Mat

About this printable

This A4 planning mat breaks author purpose into three clear options with short definitions and icons, then guides students to record text details, clues (words, language features, examples), a tick-box justification for purpose, key evidence, and a short 'My Plan' for using the understanding in writing. It's designed as a scaffolded worksheet to support comprehension-to-writing links and explicit evidence selection. Use it when analysing short texts, articles, adverts or extracts to teach how purpose shapes language and structure.