Nonfiction

We began our study of nonfiction by reviewing 3 different types of nonfiction: Biography, Reference and Literary Nonfiction. Here is a chart describing the different genres:

When reading at home, students should be able to identify the nonfiction books they are reading by these criteria.  They should also be able to explain how they know.

Nonfiction is everywhere!  Books, magazines, newspapers, articles, menus, recipes, cereal boxes, you name it!  One of the major component of nonfiction reading is text features.  They are everywhere!  If students skip over text features when reading they will miss out on a lot of important and interesting information that will help deepen their understanding of nonfiction.  Here is a chart with a lot of examples of special features author's include to make their texts more informative and interesting:

Go on a nonfiction scavenger hunt and try to find as many of these features as possible!