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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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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 young scholars. 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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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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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 lesson focuses on teaching students to recognize text elements as clues to help them quickly locate key information in text.
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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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ReadWriteThink

Read Write Think: Reading Informational Texts Using the 3 2 1 Strategy

For Teachers K - 1st Standards
Learners can count on using the 3-2-1 strategy to help them successfully comprehend and write about an informational text.
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Read Works

Read Works: Genre 1st Grade Unit: Identifying Information in Nonfiction

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] A activity in which students use the books Nature's Food Chains: What Polar Animals Eat by Joanne Mattern, Life Cycle of a Frog by Angela Royston, and Froggy Goes to School by Jonathan London to learn...
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Florida Center for Reading Research

Florida Center for Reading Research: Exp. Text Structure: Text Feature Find

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd Standards
A lesson plan in which students look through a book to find various text features including: a table of contents, sequence and format, charts/graphs/maps, diagrams/graphics/illustrations, print variations, an index, and a glossary....
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Utah Education Network

Uen: Cloud, Rain, and Fog

For Teachers 2nd
During these three days of lessons, 2nd graders will learn about weather from the nonfiction text by asking questions, and focusing on the text features of the book.
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Better Lesson

Better Lesson: Cities in Mesopotamia: Understanding a Complex Text

For Teachers 6th Standards
In this instructional activity, 6th graders use details from a nonfiction article to create a visual representation and then, from that visual, provide evidence that demonstrates their understanding of the text. Includes samples of...
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ReadWriteThink

Read Write Think: Using Science Texts to Teach the Organization of Nonfiction

For Teachers 3rd - 5th Standards
Contains plans for three lessons that use science textbooks to teach about the organizational features of nonfiction such as labels, captions, headings, and fonts. In addition to objectives and standards, this instructional plan contains...
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ReadWriteThink

Read Write Think: Literature in Nonfiction Inquiry

For Teachers 3rd - 5th Standards
This lesson plan involves students working in groups after reading a work of literature to develop text sets. Included in the lesson plan is an overview, practice, objectives, resources, preparation, and more.
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ReadWriteThink

Read Write Think: Motivating Students to Read Nonfiction

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
This lesson plan deals with timelines in connection to nonfiction reading. Included in the lesson plan is an overview, practice, objectives, resources, preparation, and more.
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South Carolina Educational Television

Know It All: Non Fiction Text Features

For Teachers 5th Standards
Fifth graders will use non-fiction books to identify and explain how text features help them as individual readers.
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Scholastic

Scholastic: Nonfiction Comprehension: Making Personal and Textual Connections

For Teachers 2nd - 8th Standards
This is a lesson plan to help elementary young scholars connect to nonfiction text as they read.
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Other

Seeing the World in Print Through Nonfiction

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
Unit plan containing five lessons designed for tenth graders. They center around reading and writing nonfiction, and they teach skills such as identifying the features of nonfiction and writing expository texts. All are aligned to...
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TES Global

Tes: Guided Reading Resources: Nonfiction

For Teachers 2nd - 7th Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] This learning module contains several guided reading resources. Students will be able to use the charts to guide themselves as they discuss informational texts and persuasive texts. Teachers can monitor...
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ReadWriteThink

Read Write Think: Identify, Compare, Write Nonfiction

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st Standards
Lesson that introduces the concepts of nonfiction to elementary students. Through reading and interactive lessons, students engage the genre of nonfiction and begin to write their own examples.
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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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Florida Center for Reading Research

Florida Center for Reading Research: Exp. Text Structure: Projected Paragraphs

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd Standards
A lesson plan in which students read a text and highlight the most important details. Materials are included. [PDF]
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Scholastic

Scholastic: Teaching With Nonfiction: Teach Text Features

For Teachers 2nd - 5th Standards
A brief lesson plan, this site offers an example of non-fiction text and a graphic organizer to help orient students to the features they need to use when reading for information.
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ReadWriteThink

Read Write Think: Text Features: Non Fiction [Pdf]

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
Compare the printed page to an electronic web page and use this activity to discuss the similarities and differences. A cross-curricular tie-in with ecosystems. Could easily be adapted to another subject area.
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Education.com

Education.com: Compare and Contrast Texts on the Same Topic

For Teachers 1st - 3rd Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] Explain that even if two texts are written about the same topic, they can have different information depending on the author's perspective or the source of the information. When we compare two texts on...
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Utah Education Network

Uen: Setting a Purpose for Reading Using Informational Text

For Teachers 5th - 8th Standards
This instructional activity engages students in using a two-column graphic organizer to take notes. Students will record titles and subtitles and list questions that will correspond with each one.

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