This is an educational worksheet students can complete in December. Students read five passages related to December holidays. They must determine whether the author's purpose is to persuade, inform, entertain, explain, or describe. This worksheet uses the more advanced PIE'ED version of author's purpose. Students are also asked to analyze WHAT the author is trying to explain, persuade, etc.********This resource is available in three formats:Traditional Printables- Print the PDF and distribute th