Interactive Activity: Nonfiction

They serve the same purpose – to shine a light on the past and cement its importance.

• Leadership and Self-Help

• Histories

• Science and Nature

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.9

CCSS.RI.9-10.9

CCSS.RI.K.6

CCSS.RL.11-12.9

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

Provides instructions for how to rise up and become your best self.

• Travel Guides

• Academic Texts

• Leadership and Self-Help

Tells the important stories of a person’s life, whether they’re a well-known public figure or someone who has an interesting story that inspires us all.

• Leadership and Self-Help

• Histories

• Biographies, Autobiographies, Memoirs

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.10

CCSS.RI.6.10

CCSS.RI.7.10

CCSS.RI.8.10

CCSS.RI.9-10.10

Seeks to make complicated matters easier to understand, and rejoices in the lessons learned from the natural world.

• Travel Guides

• Academic Texts

• Science and Nature

Include cookbooks, musical notations, athletic instructions, and tutorials for home hobbyists.

• Guides and How To Manuals

• Travel Guides

• Journalism

Characters and Imagery are two examples of creative nonfiction.

• True

• False

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.10

CCSS.RI.6.10

CCSS.RI.7.10

CCSS.RI.8.10

CCSS.RI.9-10.10

It contains key events that make up the story.

• Plot structure

• Dialogue

• Theme

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.9

It is also called figures of speech.

• Characters

• Figurative language

• Storytelling/narration

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.10

CCSS.RI.8.10

CCSS.RI.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.11-12.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

The text gives information about a problem and then explains one of more solutions.

• Problem/Solution

• Time order or Sequence

• Cause and Effect

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

The text gives details or characteristics of something

• Problem/Solution

• Time order or Sequence

• Description/List

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5