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Mixed Bags: Fiction and Nonfiction Lesson PlanMixed Bags: Fiction and Nonfiction Lesson Plan
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The second in a series of three lessons from Scholastic comparing and contrasting fiction and nonfiction, this activity requires learners to read, write, and compare two books independently. After briefly reviewing the features of nonfiction, each pair of pupils receives a book bag containing one fiction and one nonfiction book. With their partner, they have to determine which is which. They also complete a T-chart.

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compare and contrast texts, compare and contrast, text analysis, fiction, nonfiction, text types

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fiction and nonfiction, differences between fiction and nonfiction, compare texts, types of text, english language arts
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Grade
K - 1st
Subjects
English Language Arts
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For Teacher Use
Duration
30 mins
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