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Familiarize with the nonfiction genre by thinking about all the nonfiction you read or see each day.

Learn about famous nonfiction writers such as Henry David Thoreau and Jack London in this fun worksheet, then try writing some nonfiction yourself.

Introduce students to nonfiction genres in their school or local library!

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson: Summarizing Nonfiction.

Develop your students’ critical eye with this nonfiction text features checklist! This resource can be used with the Comparing Nonfiction Text Features lesson plan.

This sample nonfiction text about basketball helps students to explore author's point.

Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson: Summarizing Nonfiction.

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson: Discovering Nonfiction Details.

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson: Nonfiction Main Idea.

Get to know nonfiction text features! Use this resource with your class to compare nonfiction text features for same-topic selections. This resource goes along with the Comparing Nonfiction Text Features lesson plan.

Take a closer look at formatting! Learning how nonfiction text is formatted helps students understand the underlying structure of the information.

This nonfiction text about soccer will help students to practice finding evidence to support the author's point.

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson: Compound Sentences in Nonfiction.

With this resource, your students will read and compare two nonfiction texts on the same topic.

Use this resource to read a nonfiction passage about sharks and write a summary.

Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson: Discovering Nonfiction Details.

Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson: Nonfiction Main Idea.

Who’s voice is MISSING from the nonfiction text? Use this exercise with your students to analyze missing perspectives in informational text.

Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson: Compound Sentences in Nonfiction.

Learners will practice using nonfiction text features to support their understanding of a short text about the Winter Olympics.

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson: Main Idea and Details in Nonfiction.

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson: Cause and Effect in Nonfiction Texts.

Use this organizer to compare facts from a nonfiction text with examples from a novel or short story.

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson: Main Idea and Details in Nonfiction Texts.

Practice writing nonfiction summaries as you read and learn about an interesting ocean creature.

Support discussions about main ideas and summarization with these helpful language frames. This worksheet will help your students organize their thoughts and information from a nonfiction paragraph or text.

Children will practice using nonfiction text features as they read and interpret a passage about extreme weather.

Learn about a mysterious sea creature as you pick out important information for a nonfiction summary.

During this pre-reading exercise, your students will rely on nonfiction text features and their own background knowledge to gather information.

Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson: Main Idea and Details in Nonfiction.