NONFICTION

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NONFICTION

• The writing about people, events, and ideas. It
  is the broadest category of literature.

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Under the Umbrella of NonfictionNarrative
Nonfiction

• Autobiography-presents the story of a persons
  life written by that person
• Memoir- a first-persons account of events in the
  authors life
• Biography- an account of a persons life written
  by someone else.
• A Narrative essay- a short composition that
  relates a true story .

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Informative Nonfiction

• Explains a topic or promotes an opinion.
• Examples
• Essays- most common type of literary nonfiction.
  It is a short piece of writing devoted to a
  single topic.
• Two Main Types of essays
• Expository- Explaining a process
• Persuasive- promoting an opinion

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Analyzing Nonfiction

• First- identify the type of work you are reading.
• Study the title and skim the first few
  paragraphs.
• You should be able to tell whether the work is an
  autobiography or a memoir, a biography, an essay,
  or another type of nonfiction.

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How to Read Nonfiction

• Reading Strategies
• Predict- Make educated guess about what your are
  reading. Preview by looking at title, skimming
  the text, examining photographs, illustrations,
  charts, and other graphics. Make predictions
  before beginning to read and also as you read.
• Connect- Make connections with what you already
  know and with your own life
• Questions- Question anything you do not
  understand.

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More Reading Strategies

• Visualize- use details the writer gives you to
  form mental pictures of people, places, and
  objects.
• Evaluate- Make judgments about what you read. Is
  this a statement or a fact? Do I agree or
  disagree with this author?
• Review- Pause often to think about what you have
  read.
• Respond- React to what you have read.

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Student interaction

• VIEW PAINTING- PAGE 420
• ANSWER THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS
• What is the most prominent object in the
  painting?
• What else do you see in this painting?
• What do you think these things represent?
• What is unusual about the painting?
• What is the difference between fiction and non
  fiction?
• Can you name one nonfiction you have read? What
  was it and what was it about?

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Writings to be completed
Autobiographical incident( A Match to the
Heart) Stop and Write session on a Persuasive
Essay (What Is and Aint Grammatical) Comparing
Perspectives in Speeches (Ive Seen the Promised
Land) Multi- paragraph Composition on
Multi-Cultural Differences (Living Well, Living
Good) Comparing Cultural Perspectives (A
Swimming Lesson)