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Lesson Plan
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What is a Biography?

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Investigate biographies with your class. Compare autobiographies and biographies of Martin Luther King, Jr. as an example. Learners explore the factual components that make up a biography and locate several biographies of notable...
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Worksheet
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Reading Comprehension- Informational Passages "Abraham Lincoln"

For Students 5th - 7th
Who was Abraham Lincoln? Help your English language learners recognize Lincoln's impact on the United States. After reading a short passage, learners answer five reading comprehension questions and five vocabulary questions. 
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Unit Plan
Louisiana Department of Education

How to Write a Memoir

For Students 6th - 8th Standards
Who are we and what shapes our identities? Seventh graders work to answer this question as they learn how to write a memoir. Full of non-print resources and supplemental texts that range from fiction to non-fiction, scholars write their...
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Organizer
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Banco de palabras de dibujo

For Students 8th - 12th
While reading either a non-fiction or fictional text, have your class record new and unknown words. This graphic organizer has space for six words and their definitions, so challenge your kids to find at least six unknown words. 
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Very Good Facts About Very Good Books

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students identify the characteristics of fiction and non-fiction texts. In this genre study lesson plan, students read the books A Butterfly Alphabet Book and I Wish I Were a Butterfly. Students develop a graphic organizer to compare and...
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Worksheet
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Fast Food Nation: Study Questions

For Students 11th - Higher Ed
Are you introducing your class to the horrors of eating unhealthy? This lesson contains 24 reading comprehension questions relating to the non-fiction book. Readers are encouraged to copy these and answer them in their reading journals. 
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Lesson Planet Article
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Understanding Rhetoric and Evaluating Bias in Text

For Teachers 8th - 12th
Students can learn about bias in text and the rhetorical principles proposed by Aristotle.
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Lesson Plan
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Sequencing

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students consider how cause and effect translate into sequencing in literary works. In this sequencing lesson plan, students read non-fiction passages about Eleanor Roosevelt and Clara Barton. Students complete graphic organizers based...
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Lesson Planet Article
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Civil Disobedience from Antigone to Hunger Games

For Teachers 8th - 12th
Study the concepts and practice of civil disobedience through fiction and nonfiction texts.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Using Pictures to Support the Main Idea

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders practice using photos to support the main idea. In this reading comprehension instructional activity, 2nd graders read and explore the photos in the book, Amazing Tigers! Students examine the photos to identify and support...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Lesson 1: Identifying Information in Nonfiction

For Teachers 1st Standards
If you are in need of a lesson on identifying information in a non-fiction text, look no further. The class learns how to use a KWL chart to identify explicit information in the book, Frogs by Gail Gibbons. They fill out the KWL chart,...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

English Literature: An Overview

For Teachers 11th - 12th
Relate literary works and authors to the major themes of English literature from the Anglo-Saxon period through the 20th century. Working in groups, high schoolers will evaluate period philosophy, religion, and politics that influenced...
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Unit Plan
Santa Ana Unified School District

The Giver

For Teachers 7th - 12th Standards
Wouldn't it be great to live an a community without pain, without danger? Such a society is the goal of the community in The Giver. Using Lois Lowry's dystopian novel as the core text, class members read primary source materials about...
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Lesson Plan
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Fact or Fantasy Writing

For Teachers 1st
First graders see that some written text is for pleasure and enjoyment while some is for relaying information. They get to experience both types during the lesson. They brainstorm ideas for a story about a new kid in school to write about.
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Lesson Plan
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Wood

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Young scholars practice reading comprehension strategies. In this literacy and science lesson, students read a non-fiction article about wood and locate main ideas and details. Young scholars construct a card game using information taken...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Non-Fiction Read-aloud

For Teachers K - 8th
Students listen to the reading of a book about the area of science they are currently studying.
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Lesson Plan
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Lesson 3: Nonfiction

For Teachers 1st - 2nd Standards
Introduce young readers to the word of non-fiction. They examine the features found in non-fiction books such as, facts, dates, and realistic pictures. They discuss how the images in the book Your Pet Dog depict real dogs doing real...
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Unit Plan
Louisiana Department of Education

Hatchet

For Teachers 6th Standards
Accompany a novel study of Hatchet by Gary Paulson with a unit consisting of 16 lessons focused on physical and emotional survival. Reading the story along with a variety of informational texts, scholars compare and contrast reading...
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Activity
PBS

Reading Adventure Pack: The Lorax

For Teachers K - 6th Standards
Accompany a reading of The Lorax by Dr. Seuss and Tell Me, Tree by Gail Gibbons with an activity packet designed to bring awareness to nature, specifically trees. Scholars take to the outside, draw lines to create trees reminiscent of...
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Lesson Plan
Santillana USA

Celebra Kwanzaa

For Teachers 3rd - 6th Standards
¡Celebramos Kwanzaa! Celebrate Kwanzaa through the fictional story Celebra Kwanzaa con Botitas y sus gatitos to delightfully explain the seven principles of Kwanzaa. Dual language learners participate in reading and vocabulary activities...
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Lesson Plan
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Essential Meaning in Text Using Non-fiction Information Source

For Teachers 5th - 7th
Students practice the skill of summarizing in writing the content of a passage or text and point out the main points in the story. They revise their skills on note-taking that they took the semester before and fine tune them more...
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Unit Plan
National Geographic

Plant Life

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Looking for a guide to pair with non-fiction concept books? Intended to go with science-based leveled text mentioned in the resource, a unit allows for the study of plant life while enhancing academic vocabulary, language skills, and...
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Activity
Shmoop

ELA.CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.9-10.9

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
With a nice description of what the standard means, an idea for a class activity, and a quiz with answers, this resource should deepen your (and your pupils') understanding of the targeted Common Core standard. The provided activity is...
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Lesson Plan
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Lesson 1:Using Headings to Determine the Main Idea (nonfiction)

For Teachers 2nd Standards
Sometimes all you need is a good heading to determine the main idea in a block of text. Young readers learn how to use headings to guild them to determining the main idea. They practice as a class, in pairs, and then on their own. The...

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