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Non-Fiction Lesson Plans
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Conduct a shared reading activity with a non-fiction animal book. Young researchers identify the various text features in informational texts, complete a graphic organizer to compare and contrast text feature purposes, and finally choose their own animal to research as a follow-up activity.
Sort animals by characteristics that help define the type of animal it is with young scholars. They will photograph, find pictures, read non-fiction texts, observe body parts, and sort animals by their characteristics. After taking a field trip to the zoo, they will create sketches, pictures, and cards to create a sorting activity based on the criteria. The will also use informational texts for information and pictures.
Students investigate the features of a non-fiction text. In this non-fiction lesson, students explore newspaper articles and non-fiction books to compare and contrast the characteristics of each.
Third graders examine different types of non-fiction texts. In this non fiction lesson plan, 3rd graders use different types of texts to gather information. Students work in groups to analyze the texts for author's purpose, common themes, and text structure.
First graders participate in a four day unit that covers the contributions of Johnny Appleseed. In this non-fiction literature unit, 1st graders complete a variety of hands-on activities that prepare them to identify the themes, characters, plots and settings of two key texts about Johnny Appleseed.
Working with magazine articles and other informational texts, learners identify the parts of a non-fiction work. The learners use SMART board files to guide instruction, as well as a transition to writing their own non-fiction article in an upcoming instructional activity (instructional activity is linked).
Students complete a multi-lesson unit using research to create their own book about an animal of their choice. After discussing the elements of non-fiction texts, they use internet research to explore an animal of interest to them. They compile their research and related photographs into a non-fiction text about their animal.
Students predict the contents of a non-fiction book on butterflies. In this butterflies lesson, students listen to non-fiction books on butterflies and define non-fiction. Students compare a fiction and non-fiction book about caterpillars.
Second graders examine the differences between fiction and non-fiction stories. Using worksheets that the teacher accesses at the main website, 2nd graders decode words, read a passage, and use a checklist to determine if it is fiction or non-fiction. Upon completion, students pick another selection from a text book complete the activity again.
Third graders examine a story that they have read from a previous lesson plan and change it to another genre. For example, if story A is non-fiction, they will change the ending to make it fictional, and vice versa. They use their own ideas and check the list from the previous lesson plan to see if the story reflects the characteristics of the new genre.
