Fiction Versus Nonfiction

Fiction versus Nonfiction

Content Objective: Students identify if a book is make-believe (fiction) or true (nonfiction). Language Objectives: Students will be able to explain orally why a book is fiction/nonfiction. Materials: Smart Board, pocket chart, fiction and nonfiction header cards, fiction and nonfiction books, index cards, pencils, markers

Warm Up: What did we do yesterday? Share content/language objectives with students. What do you know about Africa? Have students look up African countries on the map: Ethiopia and Zambia.

Activity 1: Watch DE video about fiction and nonfiction http://player.discoveryeducation.com/index.cfm? guidAssetId=AB6971AB-D7BE-4B40-998C- 05A3D7A1D16F&blnFromSearch=1&productcode=US. After finishing the video, turn to your partner and share the main difference between fiction and nonfiction.

Activity 2 Small groups. In small groups, brainstorm 5 key words or phrases that will help you determine if a book is fiction or nonfiction.

Activity 3. fcrr.org game. Students sort book titles into fiction and nonfiction categories on a pocket chart. Place a basket of books in the center; student will take turns to select a book, review it, and determine if it’s fiction or nonfiction. Then they write the title on the index card and place it under the appropriate heading on the pocket chart.

Homework: keep a log of the books they read with a fiction/nonfiction column that they need to check. Closure: Today we learned… I am going to use it…