This writing and reading tutorial provides a detailed explanation of the difference between fiction and nonfiction in rhetoric.

These interactive flashcards focuses on terms relating to nonfiction. These terms include the following: nonfiction, fiction, glossary, index, table of contents, headings, subheadings, caption, boldface, italicized, preface, sidebar, and...

[Free Registration/Login Required] Students will compare two informational texts about two extinct birds, the Great Auk and the Dodo. A Venn Diagram is provided to be used when comparing an contrasting tests.

A learning module with twenty-one links to images, websites, texts, slideshows, and videos about nonfiction and informational text reading skills.

This bibliography includes not only Stephen King's novels and short stories, but chapter books, collections, nonfiction, anthologies containing his stories, awards and nominations, as well as secondary literature about his work. Click on...

For this lesson, students will engage in this post-reading strategy for a nonfiction or a fiction piece. Each student will take notes on a four-square square graphic organizer about something they already knew, something they found...

In this interactive game, students match terms relating to nonfiction with their definitions. These terms include the following: nonfiction, fiction, glossary, index, table of contents, headings, subheadings, caption, boldface,...

Text feature terms (nonfiction) are included in this review "Match" game. Questions are provided for the following words: map, table of contents, index, bold words, caption, timeline, heading, and glossary. Images of each of these text...

Text feature terms (nonfiction) are included in this review exercise Flashcards are provided for the following words: map, table of contents, index, bold words, caption, timeline, heading, and glossary. Images of each of these text...

A scanned copy of the 1850 publication of Home Recreation by Grandfather Merryman, a book of fiction and nonfiction stories for children.

When we are reading nonfiction or fiction we can often use a point of reference that drives us to make better conclusions. Illustrations are the perfect media to achieve this. This can help the reader attribute value to a setting, a...

This site provides links to the full text of 8 novels by Harold Bell Wright.

As young writers become more skilled through the Writers Workshop lessons, they can begin working to become more skilled with non-fiction writing. A series of mini-lessons, graphic organizers, and samples of student work are all provided.

Children's author, Kathleen Krull, writer of many biographies, shares some tips for making biographies come alive. Perhaps her most interesting tips are to be nosy, and look for juicy details.

This learning module features "genre" as the topic for PowerPoint presentations, lessons, and quizzes. Numerous projects with the "genre" theme are available for further exploration as opportunities for more in-depth investigations.

This is an online study guide/notes for the non-fiction book Hiroshima by John Hersey including author information, literary elements, chapter-by-chapter summaries/notes, study questions, and analysis. The book tells the stories of six...