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Using Text Features

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders read a nonfiction story that is presented to them with graphic features, and presented to them with only the text.  In this text features lesson plan, 4th graders decide what the benefits of text organizers are and create...
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Analyzing Nonfiction Text Features - Graphs

For Teachers 8th - 12th
Students examine the text features of non-fiction. In this literacy activity, students practice reading graphs and discover the authors intent for using them in primary and secondary sources.
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Using Social Studies in Five Shared Reading Lessons: Geography

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
After several short 15-minute mini-lessons, your learners will gain an understanding of the characteristics of a non-fiction text. Using the book Map It by Elspeth Leacock, your class will become acquainted with non-fiction terms such as...
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Nonfiction Text elements

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Learners research Lewis and Clark and use the information for a book.  For this Lewis and Clark lesson, students gather information and complete worksheets in an activity to write a book.  Learners use a variety of text features.
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Lesson 3: Nonfiction

For Teachers 1st - 2nd Standards
Introduce young readers to the word of non-fiction. They examine the features found in non-fiction books such as, facts, dates, and realistic pictures. They discuss how the images in the book Your Pet Dog depict real dogs doing real...
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Produce a Nonfiction Text

For Students 6th - 8th
In this language arts learning exercise, students look for the facts and create several nonfiction texts while including useful information for the reader.
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The Learning Network: Poetry Pairing July, 21, 2011

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Although not a complete lesson plan, this set of emotionally powerful texts could be used in a variety of lessons. From The New York Times' Learning Network site, the resource includes a poem, an excerpt from a New York Times article and...
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Global News: The Changing Face of Reading

For Students 7th - 12th
A current and engaging informational text with some superb scaffolding activities, this six paragraph article discusses the release of the iPad from Apple, eBooks, and the history of reading and writing materials. After reading the...
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Awesome Stories: Vincent van Gogh

For Students 9th - Higher Ed
Who was Vincent van Gogh? Most of the questions can be answered in two or three sentences; however, there is at least one essay prompt and one personal response question that require longer answers. Questions call for a good mix of...
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Analyzing Nonfiction Text Elements - Editorials

For Teachers 8th - 12th
Learners examine the text features of non-fiction. In this literacy lesson, students read editorial samples provided by their instructor and analyze the texts for word choice, details, and organization.
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Who Would Win? Killer Whale vs. Great White Shark Storia Teaching Guide

For Teachers 1st - 3rd Standards
Teacher guides are wonderful tools with tons of ideas that help you relate content in many different ways. Using the high-interest book, Who Would Win? Killer Whale vs. Great White Shark, learners hone their discussion and reading...
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Organizer
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Practice Book O

For Teachers 3rd - 6th Standards
Whether you need resources for reading comprehension, literary analysis, phonics, vocabulary, or text features, an extensive packet of worksheets is sure to fit your needs. Based on a fifth-grade curriculum but applicable to any level of...
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United States Geography

For Students 2nd - 3rd Standards
Encourage reading for information with a text about United States geography. Kids read a short passage about the landforms in the United States, including mountain ranges and natural resources, and answer five reading comprehension...
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Anticipation Guides Improve Reading Comprehension

For Teachers 2nd - 8th
Beginning with anticipation guide strategies is a powerful method for improving reading comprehension. First, list initial ideas for a topic the class will be reading about. These ideas are formulated into statements, some of which are...
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Analyzing Features of Consumer Text

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students evaluate consumer information. In this written communication activity, students read nutrition facts from different foods and determine the foods that have the most healthful benefits.
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Organizing Information into an Outline

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students explore outlines. In this nonfiction comprehension and study skills lesson, students complete a traditional outline for the book Animal Homes by Ann O. Squire following guided instruction as the teacher models gathering...
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Blending Fiction and Nonfiction to Improve Comprehension and Writing Skills

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Pupils 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...
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Is this the right book for me?

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders recognize strategies for selecting nonfiction texts. In this book selection instructional activity, 6th graders practice procedures for knowing if the book is just right for them. Students select from a variety of texts and...
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Making Predictions by Analyzing Key Ideas and Details

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Students make predictions. In this language arts lesson, students read nonfiction texts and make predictions about what they are going to read. Students confirm and revise their predictions as they read the text.
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My Community Book

For Teachers K - 3rd
Young learners examine different places in their neighborhood using informational texts. First they identify a place that they like to play and predict if it will be in the nonfiction book Community at Play.They will share their favorite...
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Nonfiction Book Report

For Students 4th - 5th
For this Language Arts worksheet, students complete a chart and answer six questions about a nonfiction book. For example, students list three facts they found out from the book.
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Recognizing Text Features of Fiction, Poetry, and Drama

For Teachers 5th - 7th
Students start reading the book The Sign of the Beaver and create a book mark glossary to define vocabulary for the book. In this reading lesson plan, students also respond to the text by completing a journal entry.
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Lesson 3: Encyclopedias

For Teachers 2nd Standards
After being introduced to non-fiction texts, second graders meet a different type of non-fiction text that can help them locate factual information. They discuss and examine all of the features found in typical encyclopedias such as,...
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Discovering Saturn, The Real "Lord of the Rings"

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Reading, writing, and rings! A lesson from NASA combines space science with authentic reading and writing tasks. Included in this lesson are pre-reading activities, four mini informational booklets on Saturn, a structured note-taking...

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