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Characteristics of Nonfiction

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The second lesson in a series from ReadWorks.org, this lesson continues to explore the difference between fiction and nonfiction texts. The lesson opens with the teacher reviewing a class Venn diagram started in the last lesson. Together, the teacher and the class look through several more nonfiction texts, such as In the Wild: Leopards by Stephanie St. Pierre, and identify more characteristics of these kinds of texts. After practicing as a class, learners read a nonfiction

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nonfiction text features, nonfiction

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characteristics of nonfiction, nonfiction text features, science
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Grade
1st - 2nd
Subjects
Science
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For Teacher Use
Duration
45 mins
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Text-to-Speech
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RI.2.10

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