Unit 6:  Calling All Experts - Reading and Writing Nonfiction

Activity 1:  Elements of Nonfiction (GLEs:  07, 16, 18, 19a)

CC:  The teacher will introduce explicit models of nonfiction for students, demonstrating how to examine elements of nonfiction texts in order to:

• learn the author's sources

• distinguish the author's purpose for writing and its influence on the organization of the text

• distinguish fact from opinion

• determine the accuracy of the information

• determine how style and language make the work interesting

Unitestreaming video

http://unitedstreaming.com

Literacy and Learning: Directed Reading-Thinking Activity (DR-TA)   (20:15)

Web Site:

Nonfiction Resources

http://www.websterschools.org/webpages/resourceguide/nonfiction.cfm?subpage=38050

Types of Nonfiction

http://teacher.scholastic.com/LessonPlans/pdf/nonfictiontraits_PR.pdf

CC:  Students record their observations on a graphic organizer provided by the teacher.

Use MS Word to create a graphic organizer.

Word template - "The Elements of Nonfiction"

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