Using a bag with one fiction and non-fiction book of similar topics, partners work together to find the differences and similarities of each story. They record their obervances in a T-chart.

Concepts

nonfiction, nonfiction text features, fiction, text features

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Additional Tags

nonfiction, english language arts

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Instructional Ideas

• Pair up class members ahead of time
  

Classroom Considerations

• Requires preparation of book bags including one fiction and one non-fiction book both on the same topic
• Assumes learners know the features of fiction and non-fiction text
  

Pros

• Includes multiple instructional strategies
• Offers examples of fiction and non-fiction books on the same topic
• Provides a T-chart worksheet
  

Cons

• None

Common Core

RL.1.10 RL.2.10 RI.1.10 RI.2.10