This is a PDF chart of the types, traits, and purposes of nonfiction provided by Scholastic.

This is a chart showing the types of nonfiction, the traits of each, and the author's purpose.

Resources for helping students to write historical essays. Includes a movie trailer to demonstrate the traits of a good introduction, tips for writing a paragraph, tips for formal writing, and guidelines for citing sources.

"A New Park" is a one page, non-fiction, reading passage about how a school in need of a playground got a city park instead. It is followed by constructed-response questions which require students to provide evidence from the story; it...