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ReadWriteThink

Read Write Think: Predicting and Gathering Information With Nonfiction Texts

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st Standards
Contains plans for eight short lessons that introduce nonfiction texts to second grade students. In addition to objectives and standards, this instructional plan contains links to sites used in the lessons as well as assessment and...
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McGraw Hill

Mc Graw Hill:informational Text: Analyze Development of Text Elements:individuals

For Students 5th - 7th Standards
Read an informational piece, and learn how to analyze the development of individuals in the text. Includes practice exercises.
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McGraw Hill

Mc Graw Hill: Informational Text: Analyze Development of Text Elements: Events

For Students 5th - 7th Standards
Read an informational piece, and learn how to analyze the development of an event in the text.
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Scholastic

Scholastic: Lesson Plan for Nonfiction Comprehension: Skimming Text

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
Build comprehension by developing reading strategies for use with nonfiction text. This instructional activity focuses on teaching students to recognize text elements as clues to help them quickly locate key information in text.
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Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Holt, Rinehart and Winston: Elements of Literature: The Elements of Nonfiction [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
A short worksheet which allows students to improve their understanding of the elements of nonfiction literature. Provides eight questions and allows students to craft responses for a given literary text.
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Reading Rockets

Reading Rockets: 103 Things to Do Before/during/after Reading

For Students K - 1st Standards
The highly-respected Reading Rockets program offers both teachers and students a toolkit of ways to connect more actively with the materials they read. Some of these techniques are specifically for fiction-reading, others are designed...