Elementary Library

Unit 2 1-2

Week 3 Why should we read fiction and nonfiction?

STUDENT OBJECTIVES

I CAN…

Students will be able to identify fiction and nonfiction. Students will be able to describe the differences between fiction and nonfiction.

I can describe the difference between a fiction and nonfiction text.

RESOURCES & MATERIALS

VOCABULARY

Describe - to tell about something using details, making it easier for someone else to imagine it

T-Chart Fiction vs Nonfiction (printed and shown on document camera) OR make your own on large poster paper/whiteboard Optional: Sentence strips with prepared sentence stems ●​ The Wall in the Middle of the Book by Jon Agee & Great Wall of China by Kristine Spanier ●​ The Shadow in the Moon: A Tale of the Mid-Autumn Festival by Christina Matula & Mid-Autumn Festival by Ailynn Collins ●​ Field Trip to Volcano Island by John Hare & I’m A Volcano! by Bridget Heos Choose 1 set:

Nonfiction - books that help us learn through information

Fiction - books we use to learn through imagination

Similarity - something that is alike or the same

Difference - something that is not the same

WELCOME & ACTIVATE BACKGROUND KNOWLEDGE Greet students. Follow opening procedures to prepare students for learning.

Say: What do you think the word describe means? If I asked you to describe an apple? What would you say? [Allow student response] Nice job! I noticed that when you described an apple you used many words and details to help me understand your thinking. We are going to need to be able to describe different kinds of books today by using many words and details.

OBJECTIVE Display objectives.

Say: Today, we have one learning goal. Listen closely: I can describe the difference between a fiction and nonfiction text.

Show Fiction Nonfiction T-Chart.

Say: We will use this chart to organize our thinking of differences between fiction and nonfiction today. What do you already know about the word Fiction? [Write responses]. What do you already know about the word Nonfiction? [Write responses].

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