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Reading And Responding: Lesson 15 Nonfiction

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Eighth graders examine a nonfiction selection in a teacher led lesson plan. They examine the author's purpose for writing the selection and identify the difference between fact and opinion. The compare and contrast expository and narrative text, use context clues to decode vocabulary, and investigate inferences. Finally, they complete a worksheet.

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8th
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English Language Arts
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