Unit: Nonfiction reading (part 1)
Unit Description
Lessons
Fiction vs. Nonfiction
Resources: 9 SWBAT differentiate between fiction and nonfiction texts. SWBAT list features of fiction and non-fiction texts. |
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Identify nonfiction text features (part 1)
Resources: 11 SWBAT identify and use text features related to nonfiction texts. (table of contents, section headings, photographs, captions) |
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Identify Nonfiction Text Features (part 2)
Resources: 11 SWBAT identify and use text features related to nonfiction reading. (inset text box, bolded vocabulary, glossary, index) |
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Nonfiction Feature Analysis
Resources: 9 SWBAT locate specific text features in nonfiction texts and categorize them on a feature analysis chart. |
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You don't need to start at the beginning
Resources: 7 SWBAT recoginze that nonfiction texts have numerous entry points for reading depending on your purpose for reading the text. |
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Read the page in many directions
Resources: 7 SWBAT understand that nonfiction texts can be read from bottom to top, right to left, circular, or randomly depending on the book's design and the reader's purpose for reading. |
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Reread portions of text to clarify meaning
Resources: 6 SWBAT reread portions of the text that are difficult or confusing to clarify meaning. |
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Find the main idea and supporting details
Resources: 7 SWBAT find the main idea and supporting details in a section of nonfiction text. |
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Use context clues to determine meaning
Resources: 6 SWBAT identify and use context clues to identify unknown vocabulary words in a nonfiction text. |
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Is this the right book for me?
Resources: 5 SWBAT identify what makes a "just-right" nonfiction book in terms of text level and features. |
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Unit Resources
all nonfiction unit 1 notes |
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Good readers of nonfiction |
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