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Florida Center for Reading Research

Florida Center for Reading Research: Fiction and Nonfiction Sort [Pdf]

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st Standards
A lesson plan in which students look at different books, write their titles, and sort them according to whether they are fiction or nonfiction. Materials are included.
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Harold D. Underdown

Writing Young Adult and Children's Fiction and Fantasy

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
A great article concerning writing children's literature, especially in the area of fantasy or science fiction. The author provides information concerning how to develop characters, creating literary elements, and discusses some pitfalls...
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PBS

Pbs: Pushing Boundaries: Science Fiction and Feminism: Ursula K. Le Guin

For Students 9th - 10th
In this series of videos from the American Masters film Worlds of Ursula K. Le Guin, learn how Le Guin and her contemporaries pushed science fiction from a male-dominated genre into a more inclusive form. By redefining the parameters of...
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Annenberg Foundation

Annenberg Learner: Artifacts and Fiction: Workshop in American Literature

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This workshop, which is divided into eight segments, teaches how to use primary source artifacts from a variety of genres to support the teaching and learning of specific pieces of literature. The genres include visual arts, political...
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Sophia Learning

Sophia: Magical Realism

For Students 9th - 10th
A seven-slide presentation explaining and identifying the characteristics of the fictional genre of magical realism. Examples are provided.
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TES Global

Tes: Analyzing & Comparing Non Fiction

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] Resource notes to aid young scholars as they analyze different types of nonfiction. The GAP (genre, audience, and purpose) acronym is provided to use when comparing nonfiction texts.
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Read Works

Read Works: Lessons: Click, Clack, Moo: Cows That Type

For Teachers K
[Free Registration/Login Required] A lesson plan and materials to teach kindergarten students how to tell the difference between fiction and nonfiction.
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Read Works

Read Works: Lessons: Go, Dog. Go!

For Teachers K Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] A lesson plan and materials to teach kindergarten students to identify and describe a fiction text.
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Sophia Learning

Sophia: Genre

For Students 9th - 10th
This lesson introduces genre in fiction.
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Eserver

E Server: Short Fiction

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
A diverse group of writers, subjects, and eras is represented here. All references cited are often anthologized and studied in English classes.
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Other

Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America

For Students 9th - 10th
This is the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America homepage. Site includes comprehensive information on this genre for both readers and writers.
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ReadWriteThink

Read Write Think: Shhh! Bear's Sleeping: Learning About Nonfiction and Fiction

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Students explore the distinction between the fiction story Bear Snores On and the nonfiction book Every Autumn Comes the Bear.
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ClassFlow

Class Flow: Genres

For Teachers 3rd - 5th Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart is an introduction lesson on fiction and nonfiction genres.
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ClassFlow

Class Flow: Genres Activotes

For Teachers 3rd - 5th Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart is an Activote genre quiz to go along with Genres lesson.
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Harold D. Underdown

October 2005 Blog: Defining Historical Fiction

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
A good resource for understanding the genre of historical fiction, especially when applied to the characteristics of children's literature. From The Purple Crayon: a website devoted to children's literature.
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Department of Defense

Do Dea: Story, Identity, Unity

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Delve into the art of storytelling in this self-guided unit. Multiple topics are covered such as literary genres, the 7 elements of fiction, figurative language, theme, characterization, etc. At the end of the unit, write your own flash...
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Sophia Learning

Sophia: Mystery

For Students 9th - 10th
This slideshow focuses on the genre of mystery; it provides background, compares and contrasts mystery and crime fiction, lists the common elements of mystery, and provides literary examples with Nancy Drew and Agatha Christie novels.
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Sophia Learning

Sophia: Thriller

For Students 9th - 10th
This slideshow focuses on the genre thriller by providing background information, listing key elements, and providing two examples: "The Riddle of the Sands" by Erskine Childers and "The Bourne Identity" by Robert Ludlum.
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Online Writing Lab at Purdue University

Purdue University Owl: General Writing Resources

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This helpful resource details the process of writing, including how to plan, write, and revise. Content also includes the different types or genres of writing, and exercises in grammar and mechanics.
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Annenberg Foundation

Annenberg Learner: American Passages: Gothic Undercurrents: Edgar Allan Poe

For Students 9th - 10th
This biography features Edgar Allan Poe who introduced the genre of horror and mystery to literature in the nineteenth century with stories such as "The Raven."
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Other

Read Print Publishing: Full Text Literature

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Full text and free online versions of plays, essays, fiction, nonfiction, poetry and short stories. Search by favorite author or title and immediately find your text of choice.
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Read Works

Read Works: 1st Grade Lesson: Classifying Texts

For Teachers K - 1st Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] A lesson plan in which learners use the books Froggy Goes to School by Jonathan London and Life Cycle of a Frog by Angela Royston to learn to classify texts as fiction or nonfiction. Lesson includes...
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Read Works

Read Works: 1st Grade Lesson: Purposes for Reading

For Teachers K - 1st Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] A lesson in which students use the books Nature's Food Chains: What Polar Animals Eat by Joanne Mattern, Life Cycle of a Frog by Angela Royston, and Froggy Goes to School by Jonathan London to learn to...
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Read Works

Read Works: Fact and Opinion 3rd Grade Unit

For Teachers 3rd
[Free Registration/Login Required] A three-lesson unit on fact and opinion through which students learn how to identify facts and opinions in different fiction genres. Students also use non-fiction texts to identify and verify facts and...

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