Curated OER
Non-Fiction Read-aloud
Learners listen to the reading of a book about the area of science they are currently studying.
Curated OER
History: Fact of Fiction?
Students find a historial novel online and distinguish between fiction and nonfiction books. They research three historical events related to their novel and write a letter to a figure from their novel's time period.
Curated OER
Lesson Plan on Social Studies Research
Fourth graders listen to nonfiction stories, read fact sheets about historical characters and events, and record facts in groups. They write a paper based on six facts from their research.
Curated OER
Blending Fiction and Nonfiction to Improve Comprehension and Writing Skills
Learners explore a content area by reading both fiction and nonfiction texts on the topic. They do more research online about the topic. After comparing the texts, they create their own written original work, using both narrative and...
Curated OER
Differences Between Fiction And Non-Fiction in the Library
Students examine the differences between fiction and non-fiction books in the library by discussing kangaroos. They distinguish between facts about kangaroos, and using their imaginations and imagining what they would do with pet kangaroos.
Curated OER
Autobiography
Sixth graders read and write autobiographical sketches, determine the author's purpose in writing, and type paragraphs using WP utilities.
Library of Congress
Loc: All American Memory Collections
This site from the Library of Congress lists and links to many historical collections of nonfiction phamplets and manuscripts. Other searches are available. RI.11-12.10b Text Complexity
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Georgia Department of Education
Ga Virtual Learning: Nonfiction and Research: Nonfiction Forms and Traits [Pdf]
This is a chart showing the types of nonfiction, the traits of each, and the author's purpose.
Georgia Department of Education
Ga Virtual Learning: Scholastic: Nonfiction [Pdf]
This is a PDF chart of the types, traits, and purposes of nonfiction provided by Scholastic.
Georgia Department of Education
Ga Virtual Learning: True Everest: Into Thin Air by Jon Krakauer [Pdf]
This 29-page PDF article "True Everest: Into Thin Air" by Jon Krakauer published in September 1996 in Outside Magazine focuses on his experience in climbing Mount Everest and the impact on him after the deaths of his fellow climbers.
Georgia Department of Education
Ga Virtual Learning: Literary Terms #2: Nonfiction [Pdf]
This is a three-page PDF of an alphabetic list of literary terms focusing on nonfiction.
Georgia Department of Education
Ga Virtual Learning: African Game Trials by Theodore Roosevelt [Pdf]
This is an 18-page PDF of an except from African Game Trials: An Account of the Wanderings of an American Hunter-Naturalist by Theodore Roosevelt, the story of Roosevelt's trip to collect specimens for the Smithsonian in 1908. This...
Georgia Department of Education
Ga Virtual Learning: The Way to Rainy Mountain by N. Scott Momaday [Pdf]
This is a five-page PDF of the introduction to The Way to Rainy Mountain by N. Scott Momaday, a book about Momaday's Kiowa ancestors' journey from their ancient beginnings in the Montana area to their final war and surrender to the US...
Georgia Department of Education
Ga Virtual Learning: A Thousand Miles Up the Nile by Amelia B. Edwards [Pdf]
This is a six-page PDF of prefaces to A Thousand Miles Up the Nile by Amelia B. Edwards, an Egyptian travelogue published in 1877, which described Edwards's 1873-1874 voyage up the Nile River.
Georgia Department of Education
Ga Virtual Learning: Chap I: Cairo and the Great Pryamid by Amelia Edwards [Pdf]
This is an eleven-page PDF of "Chapter I: Cairo and the Great Pryamid" from A Thousand Miles Up the Nile by Amelia B. Edwards, an Egyptian travelogue published in 1877, which described Edwards's 1873-1874 voyage up the Nile River.
University of Florida
Baldwin Library: A Brief History of the United States by Joel Dorman Steele
This is an online photocopy of the original text of the children's book A Brief History of the United States by Joel Dorman Steele (c1885). This is an illustrated history of the U.S. from the early settlers through the Reconstruction...
Polk Brothers Foundation Center for Urban Education at DePaul University
Depaul University: Center for Urban Education: Nonfiction Passage Questions[pdf]
This site contains questions for each passage are provided. Graphic organizers are available for these copyrighted materials that may be used for educational purposes.
Polk Brothers Foundation Center for Urban Education at DePaul University
Depaul University: Center for Urban Education: Biography Questions [Pdf]
This graphic organizer contains questions for students to answer as they read a biography. This graphic organizer is a copyrighted material that may be used for educational purposes.
Polk Brothers Foundation Center for Urban Education at DePaul University
De Paul University: Center for Urban Education: How Does Writer Organize Nonfiction Text?[pdf]
This poster contains writing craft questions for students to ask when reading nonfiction. This graphic organizer is a copyrighted material that may be used for educational purposes.
Polk Brothers Foundation Center for Urban Education at DePaul University
De Paul University: Center for Urban Education: Nonfict Readers Analyze Structure/views[pdf]
This graphic organizer contains questions for students as they analyze any nonfiction text. Students will read closely to determine the text's structure, viewpoint, and tone. This graphic organizer is a copyrighted material that may be...
Polk Brothers Foundation Center for Urban Education at DePaul University
De Paul University: Center for Urban Education: Prose Constructed Response Organizer [Pdf]
This Center for Urban Education resource provides a downloadable graphic organizer designed for comparing two nonfiction texts and a video. After completing the graphic organizer, students will use its contents to write a constructed...
Polk Brothers Foundation Center for Urban Education at DePaul University
De Paul University: Center for Urban Education: Comprehensive Questions: Nonfiction [Pdf]
Questions are provided to help students determine the main idea, topic, and fact versus opinion of a nonfiction piece. Students are prompted to write a summary of an informational text.
PBS
Pbs Kids: Plum Landing: Invaders
This game is based on the PBS Kids' series, Plum Landing. Students will read various informational texts about invasive species. Then students will attempt to rid various regions of their invasive species.
Blackdog Media
Classic Reader: Authors: Mark Twain
This site focuses on Mark Twain including a link to his biography and links to the full text of six of his novels, three works of nonfiction, and 26 short stories. These include The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, The Adventures of Huckleberry...