Linking Purpose to Structure

This strategy-focused worksheet helps students in Grades 4, 5, and 6 strengthen reading comprehension and writing skills by exploring how an author’s purpose influences text structure. Students analyze common purposes-such as to inform, explain, convince, or compare-and match each one to the organizational structure that best supports it. A short writing task then challenges learners to apply their understanding by composing a brief passage with a clear purpose and matching structure.

Learning Goals

• Analyzing Purpose and Structure (Grades 4-6)
  Students examine how author intent connects to organizational choices in informational texts.
• Understanding Author’s Intent
  Learners identify why a text is written and how structure supports that goal.
• Strategic Reading Skills
  Students analyze how structure helps readers understand, compare, or evaluate information.
• Purposeful Informational Writing
  A writing task requires students to intentionally choose a structure that fits a specific purpose.

Instructional Benefits

• Teacher-Created and Standards-Aligned
  Designed by educators to support informational reading, writing, and critical thinking standards.
• Clear Cause-and-Effect Connection
  Helps students see that structure is a deliberate choice, not an accident.
• Balances Analysis and Application
  Combines matching activities with original writing for deeper learning.
• Flexible Classroom and Homeschool Use
  Ideal for literacy lessons, mini-lessons, independent practice, or assessment.

This printable worksheet helps students develop stronger comprehension and writing skills by linking author’s purpose to text organization. By analyzing intent and applying appropriate structures in their own writing, learners gain confidence in reading strategically and composing with clarity. Suitable for both classroom and homeschool settings, this resource supports thoughtful engagement with nonfiction texts and purposeful communication.

This worksheet is part of our Matching Text to Structure Type collection.