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Reading Log

For Students 2nd - 4th
In this reading log worksheet, students fill in a reading log, noting title, author, genre and rating on a scale of 1-5. Students then write, "telling about the book."
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Curated OER

Destination Reading

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students practice reading skills and comprehension through the use of computers and the educational software "Destination Reading" provided by Riverdeep in this self-directed lesson.
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Curated OER

Health Education: An Integrated Approach; Causes of Violence

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders brainstorm about situations that they think may lead to violence in order to learn how to predict when violence might occur. In this lesson on violence, 4th graders first participate in an activity to demonstrate how...
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ReadWriteThink

Read Write Think: Blending Fiction and Nonfiction

For Teachers 3rd - 5th Standards
Contains plans for four class periods that ask students to blend narrative and expository writing after reading fiction and nonfiction selections. In addition to student objectives and standards, these instructional plans contains links...
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TES Global

Blendspace: Connection: Historical Fiction to Nonfiction

For Students 4th - 8th Standards
A learning module with fifteen links to slides, websites, videos, websites, and quizzes about linking historical fiction and nonfiction texts.
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ReadWriteThink

Read Write Think: Animal Study From Fiction to Facts

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st Standards
Contains plans for five 50-minute lessons that ask students to compare and research information about animals from fiction and nonfiction texts. In addition to student objectives and standards, these instructional plans contains links to...
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Florida Center for Reading Research

Florida Center for Reading Research: Fiction and Nonfiction Sort [Pdf]

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st Standards
A lesson plan in which learners look at different books, write their titles, and sort them according to whether they are fiction or nonfiction. Materials are included.
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ReadWriteThink

Read Write Think: Reading/writing About Whales Using Fiction and Nonfiction Texts

For Teachers K - 1st Standards
Students will have a whale of a good time in this lesson in which they use fiction and nonfiction texts to write a letter to an online scientist.
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Georgia Department of Education

Ga Virtual Learning: Contemporary Nonfiction: Elements of Nonfiction

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This lesson focuses on the elements of nonfiction including types of nonfiction such as biographies, autobiographies, memoirs, newspaper editorials, speeches, and essays. It features links to a chart of the types of nonfiction and an...
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Austin Independent School District

Austin Independent School District: Summary of Fiction and Nonfiction Text [Pdf]

For Teachers 3rd - 8th Standards
This 31-page document focuses on teaching summarizing strategies for use with fiction and nonfiction texts. This series of lesson plans starts with fiction summarizing strategies such as "Somebody-Wanted-But-So-Then" and "Story Arch."...
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Starfall

Starfall: Fiction and Nonfiction

For Students Pre-K - 1st Standards
This is a collection of six fiction ebooks, eight non-fiction ebooks, and three sets of sentence activities: dragon, baby, and toy box. Students can choose to read or listen to each sentence of the ebooks.
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Georgia Department of Education

Ga Virtual Learning: Contemporary Nonfiction: Comparison/contrast Writing

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This lesson focuses on how to write a nonfiction comparison/contrast paper including the reasons for writing them and the three organizational strategies. It features links to transition words, graphic organizers, Venn diagrams,...
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ReadWriteThink

Read Write Think: Comparing Fiction and Nonfiction With Little Red Riding Hood

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st Standards
Contains plans for nine 50-minute lessons that center around different versions of "Little Red Riding Hood." In addition to objectives and standards, this instructional plan contains links to PDF handouts and sites used in the lessons as...
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Virginia Tech

Pixel: Fiction and Nonfiction Reading and Organizing

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Short summary of different skills involved in reading fiction vs. non-fiction. Includes study tips and an organizational guide to use when reading.
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Read Works

Read Works: Lessons: Click, Clack, Moo: Cows That Type

For Teachers K
[Free Registration/Login Required] A lesson plan and materials to teach kindergarten students how to tell the difference between fiction and nonfiction.
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Better Lesson

Better Lesson: Analyzing Text Complexity of Non Fiction Sources

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
This instructional activity will help students read and comprehend nonfiction, specifically biographies, through determining criteria for text complexity. Included is a PDF and Smart Notebook titled Determining Text Complexity, and an...
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British Library

British Library: 19th Century Non Fiction Texts: Work & Welfare

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
This thematic collection will allow students to read and understand 19th-century non-fiction texts, and support them in identifying key features for a range of genres, audiences, and purposes. Each source is accompanied by original...
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British Library

British Library: 19th Century Non Fiction Texts: Gender, Behaviour & Etiquette

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
This thematic collection will allow young scholars to read and understand 19th-century non-fiction texts, and support them in identifying key features for a range of genres, audiences, and purposes. Each source is accompanied by original...
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Reading Rockets

Reading Rockets: How to Read Nonfiction Text

For Teachers K - 1st Standards
Kids love to read about real people, places, and events. Nonfiction books present real information in engaging and interesting ways. However, most kids read a lot more fiction than nonfiction, so spend some extra time helping your reader...
Primary
University of Florida

Baldwin Library: Chatterbox Junior by R. Worthington

For Students Pre-K - 1st
This is an online photocopy of the original text of the children's book Chatterbox Junior by R. Worthington (1883), a book of illustrated poems, children's stories, birds, games, and historical information. Includes both fiction and...
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Other

Definition: Fiction v. Nonfiction

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This writing and reading tutorial provides a detailed explanation of the difference between fiction and nonfiction in rhetoric.
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Karleen Bradford

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Karleen Bradford is well known for her historical fiction written for children and teens. She has also written fiction and nonfiction. Her site has descriptions of her books as well as some teacher guides.
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Tom Richey

Slide Share: Author's Purpose and Point of View

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This downloadable slideshow focuses on how an author's purpose and point of view work together in fiction and nonfiction, and how to identify the point of view.
Activity
The English Teacher

The English Teacher: Teaching the Analysis of Non Fiction

For Students 6th - 9th Standards
A form used by an English teacher to help students understand and analyze nonfiction literature. Very helpful ways to classify information. It can be modified for different grade levels.

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