<p>ELA EQ: What is the difference between informational/ expository books and fiction books? Organizing Idea / Activity Balance and Stability Learning Target I can tell the difference between expository/informational/nonfiction and fiction books. Materials / Resources Elmo; a variety of nonfiction and fiction books about sports.</p><p>Prior Knowledge (ELA Planner, Week 5-6 – information vs. fantasy writing may have been presented in the classroom with “pets” as a theme the week before.)</p><p>Procedure Modeling and/or Skills Development Toss a sports ball of any kind to the students. Ask “What does this have to do with the library?” Place a short pile of books on each table and tell students that today there are so many books to put back--you need their help to separate them into piles. They will need to decide where to place the books: are they fiction or nonfiction books? Guided Practice Discuss the variety of books in the library. Use the Elmo to present the cover and a short excerpt of both a fiction and nonfiction book. Both books should be about the same sport. Show the front cover of each; ask each table to tell you something about one of the books. Which is the fiction book (does it have a beginning, middle, end)? Which is the nonfiction book (does it list information or mention events that have actually happened)? </p><p>Ask each table to choose a book on their table and share elements—art, text use, if characters are present. Why would they think it would be fiction or nonfiction? </p><p>Give time for each table to sort their books. (and/or take them to a cart). Have students decide what type of book they have and place in the correct pile--fiction or nonfiction. Discuss as a class the piles and make any corrections. Additional questions: What other stories have they heard about sports– where did they read them? (newspaper, magazine? online?) Were those stories fantasy (fiction) or did they actually happen?</p><p>Reflection Ask students to identify which type of book they have checked out and how they could tell it was fiction or nonfiction. Why would it be helpful for a nonfiction book to use text features?</p>