Lesson

Plan Week #2
Reading // Fiction vs. Nonfiction

Name: _____________________________ Cooperating Teacher Initials: _________________
Subject:____________________________ Date Turned In: ________ Date Taught: ________

Objective(s): The student will distinguish between fiction and nonfiction books by
creating a t-chart and correctly placing 3 books in each category (fiction &
nonfiction)
TEKS: (10) Reading/Comprehension of Literary Text/Literary Nonfiction. Students
understand, make inferences and draw conclusions about the varied structural
patterns and features of literary nonfiction and respond by providing evidence from
text to support their understanding. Students are expected to distinguish between
fiction and nonfiction.

Materials:
Scholastic Book Orders (18 1/student)
Printer Paper (18 1/student)
Scissors (18 1/student) Students have this in their desk
Glue Stick (18 1/student) Students have this in their desk

Teaching Procedure:
1. Motivation:
How many of you have ever ordered books from a Scholastic Book Order?
What kinds of books can we find in these (answers will vary)
Do you think there are different genres of books? (Yes)

2. Prior Learning: Yesterday we learned about two different umbrellas for
genres. Who can tell me what those two different types of books were? (Fiction
& Nonfiction) What does fiction mean (Fake books books that are not about
real people or real things). What does nonfiction mean? (Non-fake books that
give information and are real).

3. Statement of Objective: When we are reading, we will read many different
types of genres. It is important to be able to distinguish between the two.

4. Purpose (statement/question): As a reader, we need to distinguish between
fiction and nonfiction so we know the reason for reading: are we reading fiction
for enjoyment or are we reading nonfiction to gain information.

5. Instructional Steps:

We learned yesterday that fictional books are fake books. They contain a made up
story. The characters are not real people/animals and the pictures are illustrations
or cartoons. Fictional stories are read for enjoyment. Show example of a well-
known fictional book & point out the pictures, the made up characters and pretend
story.

Nonfiction books, on the other hand, are nonfake books. They are of real people or
events, and they tell us information. These books are full of facts, and we learn
something when we read these books. The pictures in these books are often (but not
always) photographs. Show example of a familiar nonfiction book & point out the
photographs and facts.

I am now going to pass out a blank piece of paper to each of you. I want you to fold
your paper in half hamburger style. Pass out paper. On the top of the lefthand
column I want you to write the word nonfiction. I will write it on the board for you
Model. On the righthand column, please write the word fiction. It is spelled just like
nonfiction without the non.

Your goal is to find three books from this Scholastic Book Order that would fall in
each category. You will cut the books out and then paste it in the correct category.

Guided Practice: Think about the books that we have read in class. Can you think
of one book that I could place in the nonfiction category? (Explain why answers are
correct) What books have we read that would be placed in the fiction? (Explain
why answers are correct).

Independent Practice: When I give you the Scholastic Book Order, I want you to
find your three nonfiction books first. There are fewer nonfiction books in the Book
Order, and I dont want you to accidentally cut out a book that has the nonfiction
books on the back. Then once you have three nonfiction books, you can continue on
and search for three fictional books. When you are done, you may search for
additional books to put in each category.

What books are you going to look for first? (Nonfiction).
How many nonfiction books do you need to find? (Three)
Once you have found three nonfiction books, what books can you look for?
(Fiction)
How many fictional books do you need to find? (Three)

If you have any questions, please raise your hand. This is an individual activity; I
want to know what YOU know, not what your neighbor knows. You dont need
offices, but I do want your voices off so you are being respectful when we are pulling
reading groups. I am going to pass out the Scholastic Book Orders and you may
begin!


Review: Pick out one of your nonfiction books and one of your fictional books that
you chose. Turn and tell your elbow partner why you placed those books in the
categories you did. Allow time for discussion. Walk around and listen to
conversations.
Future Learning: Tomorrow, we will begin looking into nonfiction books and
specific strategies we can use when reading books that give us information

Lesson Extension and/or Modification:

Extension: GT students will be asked to find books that have bits of fiction and
nonfiction in them (ex: Magic Tree House pretend stories about real places).
Modifications: The teacher will make a point to stop and ask the lower students
why they put books in each category. This will reinforce the concepts for these
students who need more of the repetition.


Assessment of Learning: Most of the assessment will be informal the teacher will
walk around and monitor what books the students are putting in each category. The
students papers will be picked up afterward and given a completion grade. The
teacher will look to see which students are still mixing up fiction & nonfiction, so the
teacher can pull these students to reinforce the differences between the two.