Nonfiction Reading Interactive Notebook Activities | Nonfiction Elements Lessons

Teaching Nonfiction in middle school is finally broken down with this complete reading and analysis writing unit. This unit includes 24 done-for-you lesson plans, reference pages, 30 literary nonfiction analysis reading response examples with explanations and teaching for students, and book club resources and tools. Each lesson is quick and easy to set up and I have done ALL the work for you. You could even leave these lesson plans for subs.

Here's what you'll get:

• Nonfiction Unit: 24 Lesson Plans and Resources
• 12 Nonfiction PDF Teacher Lesson Presentations
• 12 Nonfiction Interactive Notebook Lessons and Teacher Examples
• 12 Digital Nonfiction Interactive Notebook Lessons and Teacher Examples
• 12 Nonfiction Reference Pages for Students
• 12 Digital Nonfiction Reference Pages for Students
• 30+ different examples of reading responses differentiated by grade
• Digital nonfiction reading response student notebooks

Your students will actually learn how to read and analyze literary nonfiction texts with interactive notebook lessons, practice activities, and then application of their learning by writing nonfiction text analysis responses daily.

No more, "I don't know what to write," or "I don't understand the assignment," because I have created over 30 examples of nonfiction analysis responses and every nonfiction analysis reference tool for students.

Each lesson is broken down step-by-step for teachers and each example is broken down with explanations for students.

This unit is 100% designed to be used with any nonfiction text or book, but I have included unique examples for each grade level by using a different mentor text for each:

• Sixth Grade: Chasing Lincoln's Killer by Ron Swanson
• Seventh Grade- Brown Girl Dreaming by Jaqueline Woodson
• Eighth Grade- The Finest Hours by Michael J. Tougias and Casey Sherman

Prep is quick and easy... Just print the student pages, gather the materials listed, teach the lesson, display the lesson presentation while students take notes, display my reading response examples, and you're ready for middle schoolers who can write true nonfiction analysis responses.

The 24 lesson plans are:

1. Pre-Lesson 1: Starbooks Nonfiction Novel Selection/Book Club Selections
2. Pre-Lesson 2: Hard and Fast Figurative Language and Literature Terms
3. Lesson One: Nonfiction Central Idea Day One
4. Lesson Two: Nonfiction Central Idea Day Two
5. Lesson Three: Nonfiction Author's Purpose Day One
6. Lesson Four: Nonfiction Author's Purpose Day Two
7. Lesson Five: Nonfiction Author's Purpose Day Three
8. Lesson Six: Nonfiction Key Concepts Day One
9. Lesson Seven: Nonfiction Key Concepts Day Two
10. Lesson Eight: Nonfiction Key Concepts Day Three
11. Lesson Nine: Nonfiction Text Structures Day One
12. Lesson Ten: Nonfiction Text Structures Day Two
13. Lesson Eleven: Nonfiction Text Structures Day Three
14. Lesson Twelve: Nonfiction Text Features Day One
15. Lesson Thirteen: Nonfiction Text Features Day Two
16. Lesson Fourteen: Nonfiction Text Features Day Three
17. Lesson Fifteen: Nonfiction Text Sections Day One
18. Lesson Sixteen: Nonfiction Text Sections Day One
19. Lesson Seventeen: Nonfiction Primary and Secondary Sources Day One
20. Lesson Eighteen: Nonfiction Primary and Secondary Sources Day Two
21. Lesson Nineteen: Nonfiction Primary and Secondary Sources Day Three
22. Lesson Twenty: Nonfiction Central Idea Development
23. Bonus Lesson One: Nonfiction Objective Summaries
24. Bonus Lesson Two: Nonfiction Comparing to Multimedia Versions

The 12 nonfiction reference pages are:

1. Central Idea and Supporting Details
2. Author's Purpose
3. Key Concepts: Key Ideas, Key Individuals, and Key Events using comparisons, analogies, categories, anecdotes, and illustrations
4. Nonfiction Text Structures: Compare and contrast, problem and solution, cause and effect, order and sequence and description
5. Nonfiction Text Features One
6. Nonfiction Text Features Two
7. Nonfiction Text Sections
8. Primary Sources
9. Secondary Sources
10. Rhetorical Appeals
11. Objective Summaries
12. General Nonfiction Terms

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⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Anne Marie C. says, "This resource was awesome! I moved into a non-fiction unit with my students and used a few of these lessons to help my students understand the non-fiction genre. The lessons were engaging and effective! "

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