Nonfiction Introduction Booklet - Informational Text Student Reference

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Nonfiction Introduction Booklet - Informational Text Student Reference: Empower your students with a comprehensive nonfiction introduction booklet, designed to serve as their go-to reference throughout your nonfiction unit. This handy resource covers essential nonfiction terms, including text features, elements and devices, genres, and tips for analyzing nonfiction effectively. With clear explanations and examples, this booklet equips students with the knowledge and tools they need to engage deeply with nonfiction. Simply print, use double-sided photocopying, and fold to create a convenient nonfiction handbook that students can refer to again and again during your informational text unit.

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Included in This Nonfiction Introduction Booklet:

➡️ Nonfiction Text Features: Teach students about different text features they will encounter in informational texts with this useful section:

Table of Contents
Index
Glossary
Illustration or Photograph
Captions
Graphs/Tables/Charts
Diagrams & Labels
Maps
Cutaways
Headings
Subheadings
Keywords
Textbox
Timeline

➡️ Nonfiction Elements and Devices: Having a strong understanding of nonfiction elements and devices will help them recognize them as they are used in the nonfiction texts they read:

Point of View (3 types)
Thesis
Anecdote
Analogy
Rhetoric
Allusion
Tone
Satire
Bias
Primary Source

➡️ Nonfiction Genres: Help students recognize the common nonfiction genres and the structure they follow with information:

Narrative

Biography
Autobiography
Memoir
Diary

Expository

Report
Manual
Article
Documentary

Persuasive

Speech
Critique
Commentary
Essay

Descriptive

Nature Writing
Travel Writing

➡️ Analyzing Nonfiction: Give students a framework for analyzing any nonfiction text they read with this 5 step nonfiction analysis process:

Examining Text Features
Clarifying Understanding
Author's Purpose
Considering Your Point Of View
Examining Credibility

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⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ This was an awesome resource for my students to have at the beginning of my unit. Great notes for kids to study!

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