Purpose with Facts and Opinions

This worksheet helps students in Grades 5 and 6 strengthen reading comprehension, analytical thinking, and author’s purpose skills by working with longer passages that blend factual information and personal viewpoints. Learners carefully read each text, identify one clear fact and one opinion, and then analyze how those elements work together to determine whether the author’s overall purpose is to inform, persuade, or entertain.

Learning Goals

• Identifying Facts and Opinions (Grades 5-6)
  Students distinguish between verifiable information and subjective statements within the same passage.
• Determining Author’s Intended Purpose
  Learners evaluate how the balance of facts and opinions signals whether a text aims to inform, persuade, or entertain.
• Analyzing Mixed-Information Texts
  Students practice interpreting passages that are not purely informational or opinion-based.
• Critical Reading & Interpretation
  The activity reinforces thoughtful evaluation of tone, emphasis, and intent.

Instructional Benefits

• Teacher-Created Resource
  Designed by educators to align with upper elementary ELA standards and literacy instruction.
• Deeper Passage Analysis
  Longer texts provide meaningful practice with more complex reading material.
• Flexible Classroom Use
  Ideal for guided reading, literacy centers, independent practice, assessment, or homework.
• Builds Evaluation Skills
  Encourages students to connect content choices to author intent.

This printable worksheet helps students move beyond simple identification toward deeper interpretation of how authors use facts and opinions to achieve a purpose. By analyzing mixed-information passages, learners strengthen comprehension, critical thinking, and confidence in evaluating real-world texts. It’s a meaningful, no-prep resource that works well in both classroom instruction and homeschool learning.

This worksheet is part of our Author’s Purpose Worksheets collection.