Teaching author's purpose? Use this sorting activity at your literacy center/station, as whole group or small group, tutoring, early finishers, in a game format and more to assess whether your students understand the reason an author writes something.This resource contains:**** Author's purpose sorting mat for PIE (persuade, inform, & entertain) ****Author's Purpose sorting mat for PIE-ED (persuade, inform, entertain, explain, and describe ****sorting cards for both mats (some overlap on bot