PPT-Nonfiction Unit

Informational Text Memoirs and Persuasive Writing Up to half or more of your EOC will be nonfiction or informational text Nonfiction characteristics Nonfiction is based on some sort of fact. SWP 2012. Authentic Nonfiction . Writing from Research. Making it Real. Roadblock. After working on research projects for weeks, I sat down to grade the work produced by my fifth graders. All I could ask was, “Who wrote this?” It certainly wasn’t Sam who was interested in the atomic bomb as a result of our WWII studies, unless he works for Britannica after school. And when Madison’s mom asked why “we” got a B instead of an A on the project, I knew I had a problem.. The Art of Language. Day 1. Vocabulary. Lit Circles: Individual Assessment. WA Exemplars & Scoring. Artful Language Unit Agenda. Stoic. Dissuade. Defiant. Stern. Maniacal. Emphasis. Painstaking. Nonfiction. Who Am I?. Author. Editor/Publisher. Professor. Nonfiction fan. Who Are You?. Public. School. Elementary. Middle. HS. What Is the Pleasure?. Most Often. How Does Story Fit With. What Do You Look Forward to in Reading?. 24 Nonfiction Passages for Test Practice: Grades 2-3 Nonfiction Text Features . Day 1. © H. Limp 2014. Lesson Preview. Objective:. I can define THIEVES.. I can identify different nonfiction text features.. 2.RN.3.1: . Use Various text features (e.g., table of contents, index, headings, captions) to locate key facts or information and explain how they contribute to and clarify a text.. Everything you read is either fiction or nonfiction.. How can you tell the difference? . Fiction is . FAKE. !. Fiction is make-believe.. Authors use their imaginations to write fiction stories.. In fiction books the pictures are not realistic.. Motifs & Themes. Dave Eggers. Memoir: . A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius. Short Fiction: . How We Are Hungry. Creative Nonfiction “Novel”: . What is the What. Nonfiction: . Zeitoun. Hurricane Katrina. theme. . Explain what it means.. Theme. Theme is what the author wants you to understand about life or human nature.. Theme is a general statement that can apply to all people.. What is the theme of this excerpt from “The Giant’s House”?. Bartoletti. Calendar of Reading. Monday. Tuesday. Wednesday. Thursday. Friday. p. 3- 16. p. 17-30. p. 30-40. p. 41- 50. Quiz p.. 3-50. p. 51–. 62. p. 62- 74. p.. 74-86. p. 86- 101. Quiz. p. 51- 101. Nonfiction. Prose writing. Presents and explains ideas or tells about real people. Examples:. Essays. Newspaper and magazine articles. Journals. Travelogues. Biographies. Autobiographies. Autobiography . Memoirs, Personal Narratives, & Autobiographies. Created by N. Guerra. Modified by: C. Cordova. Essential Question. What are the structural patterns and features of literary nonfiction? . What is an Autobiography?. Logan McKnight. Jeanne Swafford. University of North Carolina – Wilmington. Presentation at the North Carolina Reading Association Annual Conference. March 12, . 2013. Overview. Locating quality nonfiction titles and keeping up with new publications. Types. &. Organization. B. ) An Introduction to Nonfiction. . There are 4 types of nonfiction and . each has a different purpose. . 1) ___________________. 2) ____________________. 3) ___________________. Table of Contents. Embedded Nonfiction: Reading. Supporting comprehension during nonfiction reading. Embedded Nonfiction: Questioning. Checking for understanding before analysis. Knowledge Feeding . Preplanned pieces of relevant knowledge.