RemixofIntroductiontoNonfiction

BeatriceLopez

AboutThisLesson
Description
Studentswillbeintroducedtononfictionwithexplicitinstructiononhowtousetext
featurestoidentifymainideasandkeydetails.'Theteachingofcomprehensionstrategies
helpsallreaderstoanalyze,evaluate,interpret,organizeandsynthesizeinformation
containedintexttostrengthenandsustaintheirunderstanding.Goodreadersapply
variousstrategiesautomatically,buttheyneedtobeexplicitlytaughtandmodeledfor
strugglingreaderstomakesenseoftext.'(Dove&Honigsfeld,2013)Wewillbeginby
readingexcerptsfromfamiliartextsbothliteratureandinformational.Wewillthenmake
afiction/nonfictionTchartonourdryeraseboard.Studentswillbeginbysortingimages
andexcerptsofthetextsandplacingthemonthecorrectsideoftheTchart.Afterwe
placeourtextsinthecorrectspaceswewilldiscussthedifferencesbetweenthetwotypes
ofliterature.Iwillreviewthevocabularyoftextfeaturesinnonfictionandmodelatext
featuresearch.Studentswillthenbreakintopairstocompleteatextfeaturesearchtohelp
themidentifymainideasandkeydetailsinnonfictiontexts.
Prerequisites
Studentexperiencereadingfictionaltextsandunderstandingfictionaltextelements.
StudentsshouldhaveexperienceinAskingandAnsweringQuestionsabouttheText,

StoryRetellingandSummarizingandIdentifyingStoryElementsandAnalyzingTheir
RelationshiptoStoryEvents.(Dove&Honigsfeld,2013)
Studentsshouldhaveastrongfoundationinunderstandingfictionalstories.
EstimatedTime:45minutes
RemixedFrom:
IntroductiontoNonfictionbyCheneyHarper

PotentialUse
Purpose:ClassroomInstruction,SmallGroup
Grades:K1
ContentAreas:English/LanguageArts
CommonCore:

EnglishLanguageArts
o

Reading:InformationalText

KeyIdeasandDetails

CCSS.ELALiteracy.RI.K.2(gradeK):Withprompting
andsupport,identifythemaintopicandretellkeydetailsof
atext.

CCSS.ELALiteracy.RI.1.2(grade1):Identifythemain
topicandretellkeydetailsofatext.

CraftandStructure

CCSS.ELALiteracy.RI.K.5(gradeK):Identifythefront
cover,backcover,andtitlepageofabook.

CCSS.ELALiteracy.RI.1.5(grade1):Knowanduse
varioustextfeatures(e.g.,headings,tablesofcontents,

glossaries,electronicmenus,icons)tolocatekeyfactsor
informationinatext.

Goals
InstructionalGoals:Studentswillbeabletoidentifynonfictiontextsandusetext
featurestodescribethemainideaandkeydetailsofavarietyofnonfictiontexts.

Objectives

Givenagroupoffictionandnonfictiontextsstudentswillsorttheminto
appropriategroupsandexplainwhy.

Studentswillidentifydifferenttypesoftextfeaturesusedinnonfiction.

Studentswilluseatextfeaturetoidentifyanddescribeamainideainthetextand
keydetailstosupportit.

Variability
Inanyclass,thereisawidevariabilityinhowstudentslearnandexpresswhattheyknow.
Forthislesson,itispredictablethatstudentswillcomewithvariedlevelsofengagement,
backgroundknowledge,andskills.Thefollowingaresupportsthatcanbeembeddedinto
thelesson:
Engagement

Choiceofhighinteresttopicsandtext

Studentsshouldworkingroupsorpartnerswithpeers

Planformovementorforstudentstogettheopportunitytocometothefrontof
theclassduringgroupinstructiontoparticipate

Designactivitiesthatvarydemandsandresourcestooptimizechallenge

Makereallifeconnectionstothepuroseofreadinginformationtexts.

(UDLGuidelinesEducatorChecklist7.1,7.2,8.2,8.3)

ActionandExpression
Thislessonwilladdressthevariabilityinhowstudentsworkwithandexpresswhatthey
knowbyincludingoptionsforhowstudentscaninteractwiththetextandgetsupport
whentheyneedit.

Optionofusingagraphicorganizerthatstudentscanseparateimagesintoeither
thefictionalorinformationtextgroups

Optionforstudentstoworkingroupsorpairswithpeersatvariouslevelsto
supportstrategydeveolpment

Provideoptionsforaudiowithvideodescribingthetextfeaturesforan
informationaltext

Responsescanbemadevocallyorreceptivelyorinwriting

Textfeaturescavengerhunt

(UDLGuidelinesEducatorChecklist4.1,5.1,5.2,)
Representation

Provideimagesfromfamiliarfictionalandinformationaltexts

Displayvisualsthatcorrespondwithnewvocabulary

Highlightvocabularyauditoryandvisuallywhenmodleingretelling

Displayaudiowithvideodescribinginformationaltextfeatures

Useavisualactivitytodemonstratelearningtask

(UDLGuidelinesEducatorChecklist1.1,1.2,1.3,2.1,2.5,3.1.3.2)

Assessments
FormativeAssessments
Theteacherwillworkcloselywithstudentsatallpointsduringthelesson.Theteacher
willlistentoverbalandwrittenfeedbackaboutthedifferencesbetweenfictionand
nonfictiontexts.Thescavangerhuntoftextfeatureswillallowthemtodemonstrate
theirlearning.Thefinalpartofthelessonwillincludeanadultsupportedpresentationof
amainideaandkeydetailsfromthestudentchoicenonfictiontext.
SummativeAssessments

StudentswillhaveashortbreakbeforeIseethemagain.Whentheycomebacktotheir
smallgroupELLlessontheywillchooseafavoriteanimaltowriteaboutusingwhatthey
havelearnedaboutnonfictiontexts.Studentswillbeabletoshowtheirlearningthrough
differenttypesofwriting.Theycanchoosetowriteaparagraph,drawaposterorcreatea
slideshowtodemonstratetheirunderstandingofnonfictiontexts.

InstructionalMethods
Opening
Studentswillcomesitaroundatablefulloffictionandnonfictiontexts.Thefictiontexts
willincludethebookswehavereadthisyear.Thenonfictiontextswillincludehigh
interestcolorpicturesofanimalsandinsects.Wewilltalkaboutwhyreadingis
importantandwhatwelikeaboutreading.
Introduction
Wewillbeginwithadiscussionofthedifferencesbetweenfictionandnonfictiontexts.I
willhaveablankVenndiagramsetuponlargepapertostartfillinginasamodelwhile
wetalk.AstudentwillgouptotheboardandmaketheTchart.Everyonewillwantto
helpsotheywillbeallowedtoaddnumberstoeachsideofthechartwherewecansort
ourfictionandnonfictiontexts.PassouttheVenndiagramwithprecutlabelsin
sandwichbaggies.Teachermodelsthesortingoffictionandnonfictiontextsinto
appropriatecategoriesatthechalkboardTchart.Everyonedoes10jumpingjackstohelp
settledowntheclass.

During
IntroduceNewKnowledge

Pickoutanonfictionbookandaskstudentstohelpexplainwhythebookis
nonfiction.

DemonstrateputtinganansweronthelargeVenndiagramcomparingfictionand
nonfictionwhilestudentsfollowalongontheirhandout.Studentswillhavelabels
touse.

Pickafictionbookanddothesamething.

GuidedPractice

Demonstratepickingonefictionandonenonfictionbooktoplaceattheboard.

AsbooksareplacedontheTChartinthecorrectcategory,fictionornonfiction,
theteacherwillfillinamodelVenndiagramcomparingandcontrastingfiction
andnonfiction.

Exclaimhowgreatoursetoffictionandnonfictionbookslooksupattheboard.

Enthusiasticallyexplaintostudentshowimportantnonfictionistohelpuslearn
newinformation.

Chooseonebookfromthenonfictionsideoftheboardtouseforthetextfeature
scavengerhunt.

Providethescavengerhuntoftextfeaturestostudentsandbeginlookingforone
intheexampletext.

Allowallstudentstogouptotheboardandchoosetheirfavoritenonfictiontext
fromtheselectionavailable.Ifthereisadisputethepersonwhohastheclosest
birthdaygetsthefirstchoice.

ModelNewSkillsandKnowledge

Studentswillallhavesimilarhighinterestnonfictiontextstouse.Beginthe
scavengerhuntintheteacherselectedtext.

LocatetheTableofContentsanddemonstrateputtinginformationonthe
scavengerhunt.ExplaintostudentswhytheTableofContentsisimportant.

Haveothertextfeatureslistedandgooverwhytheyareimportantsuchas:front
cover,backcover,titlepage,headings,glossaries,iconsetc.

Modelcompletingasectionofthescavengerhunt.

Havedefinitionsoftextfeaturesinstudentfriendlylanguagedisplayedwith
imagestosupportnewlearning.

IndependentPractice

Studentsworkintheirpreviouspairstohelpeachothercompletethetextfeature
scavengerhunt.

Textfeatureswillbedefinedandlabeledonalargeposterforstudentsto
reference.

Workingtogetherallstudentsshouldusetheirnonfictionbooktocompletethe
scavengerhuntfortextfeatures.Iftheyfinishquicklytheycanchooseanother
nonfictionbooktosearch.Allstudentsshouldhavetimetofinishsearchingfor
textfeaturesinatleastonebook.

Teacherwillcheckinwitheachstudenttomakesuretheyunderstandthetext
featurestheyfindandtheirpurpose.

PoseLeadingQuestions

Askstudentstoexplainorshowonenewtextfeaturetheylearnedareina
nonfictiontext.

Askstudentstodescribehowthetextfeatureshelpreadersidentifythemainidea
andkeydetailsofainformationaltext.

Askstudentstothinkabouthowtextfeaturesmakenonfictionmoreinteresting.

Closing

StudentsgetanexitslipthatsaysMainIdeaandhasspaceunderneathforKey
Details.

StudentschooseoneMainIdeafromtheirfavoritenonfictionbook,whichmaybe
differentfromtheonetheychooseearlier.

Studentsusethetextfeaturesintheirbooktohelpthemexplain,describe,write
aboutordrawonemainideaandtwoormorekeydetailsfromtheirtext.

Materials
MaterialsandSupplies

Varietyoffictionandnonfictiontextsfromtheclassroomlibrary

FictionandNonfictionVenndiagramfromReadWorks.org

PostersizeVenndiagramorWhiteBoardVennDiagram

LabelsforFiction/NonfictionVenndiagram

TextFeaturesScavengerHunt

TextFeaturesPosterwithDefinitions

ExitSlipswithMainIdeaandKeyDetails