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5-day unit plan for introducing nonfiction

This resource from Scholastic includes news articles, magazine, instructions, interviews, recipes and maps.  

Structure and features

Learning to read nonfiction and understanding how nonfiction texts work will help students to use the wide range of materials they encounter every day. This page has resources and 5 daily lesson plans:

  • What’s special about nonfiction?
  • Prepare to read nonfiction
  • Learning to read nonfiction and its text features
  • Teaching nonfiction text structures
  • Check reading comprehension and apply writing.

 

Teacher notes

Curriculum links

  • Literacy, Language and Literature.