Author Purpose Sentence Stem Cards

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Author Purpose Sentence Stem Cards: A single A4 page with a title 'AUTHOR PURPOSE SENTENCE STEM CARDS' and dotted cut lines forming a 3x3 grid of rectangular cards. Each card has a coloured border and header (examples visible: PERSUADE with a megaphone icon, INFORM with an 'i' icon, ENTERTAIN with an open book, EXPLAIN with a puzzle piece, DESCRIBE with a magnifying glass, INSTRUCT with a clipboard, WARN with a warning triangle, ENCOURAGE with a thumbs-up, SHARE AN OPINION with a speech bubble)...

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This sheet contains nine rectangular cards in a 3x3 grid, each with a bold coloured header (e.g. PERSUADE, INFORM, ENTERTAIN), a simple icon, a sentence stem beginning 'The author wants…' and one or two blank lines for a short written response. Use the cards as a scaffold when teaching author purpose, modelling how to turn a purpose into a sentence and link it to a text. The cards are low-text, visually supported prompts ideal for guided practice, literacy centres or as takeaway prompts for independent writing.

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