This eye-catching poster will help your students learn about the author’s purpose.

The poster uses the mnemonic PIE’ED, which stands for persuade, inform, entertain, explain and describe. These are the main purposes of texts. A definition of each is provided, along with helpful text-type examples and images.

The poster is available in a colour version or black and white. You can simply print out the version you want, discuss it with your students and display it on your classroom wall as a handy prompt.