Not exact matches
While in middle school, students need to read
nonfiction texts that contain many technical, discipline - specific words, but these
texts also include many «all - purpose» academic words,
such as factor, structure, function, and interpret.
Mixing high - quality fiction and
nonfiction, the
text sets address topics
such as marine animals, space, and shadows and light.
Beginning readers learn to recognize shapes
such as circles, squares, and rectangles in this
nonfiction reader that features simple
text and bright, vivid images.
The second unit, Reading to Learn: Grasping Main Ideas and
Text Structures, addresses essential skills for reading expository nonfiction, such as ascertaining main ideas, recognizing text infrastructure, comparing texts, and thinking critically, as well as the skills for reading narrative nonfiction, such as determining importance by using knowledge of story struct
Text Structures, addresses essential skills for reading expository
nonfiction,
such as ascertaining main ideas, recognizing
text infrastructure, comparing texts, and thinking critically, as well as the skills for reading narrative nonfiction, such as determining importance by using knowledge of story struct
text infrastructure, comparing
texts, and thinking critically, as well as the skills for reading narrative
nonfiction,
such as determining importance by using knowledge of story structure.
Frequently, international classroom collaborations involve having students read and collaboratively build
nonfiction texts,
such as blogs or wikis.
For things that are more subject - specific,
such as the close reading of
texts and the balance of fiction and
nonfiction, I included those only in the examples for particular critical attributions.
Discussions of and / or excerpts from
nonfiction texts which introduce more in - depth explorations of these same subjects, and those from fiction which delve into more controversial areas of human - animal interaction,
such as companion animal symbolism, zoophilia, and animal collecting or hoarding, among others.