Topics to be covered: Day 1: Introduce Nonfiction text features through whole group Ebook activity Day 2: Interactive text feature worksheet
Day 3: Group scavenger hunt through Ebook website: http://www.wegivebooks.org/books/forest?auto_launch=1
Background Information-Read before starting each day:
You previously learned about the genre of nonfiction and author's purpose. Authors write nonfiction articles/books to inform the reader about the topic they are writing about.
We will begin learning about the different features that make up nonfiction books/articles. Each one of the features helps us as a reader to understand the content. We can also use our reading strategies when trying to understand the nonfiction text features. Glance over what is to be expected of you over the next three days. The worksheets and activities are posted, but I will be giving you copies during class.
Day 1:
You will be given a chart handout that they will reference today and use the following day. The teacher will use a virtual Ebook from the website: http://www.wegivebooks.org The teacher will go through page by page and highlight the nonfiction text features as you follow along from the projector on your laptop. You will then come up and circle the nonfiction text features that are found (title, subtitle, heading, subheading, caption, illustrations/photographs, bolded text, table of contents, glossary, index, textbox, graphs) within our text.
Day 2: The first two minutes, you will be reviewing what they learned with a shoulder partner on the carpet. This lesson will be completing the reading chart from the previous day. On this chart, (see below) you will have the name of the text feature and you need to fill in WHY the feature helps us as a reader. The teacher will have this projected on the SmartBoard. The class will be divided into pairs or groups of three. Each group will be responsible for a text feature. You will come up one by one and write why that text feature helps them as a reader. You will collaborate as a group to come up with an answer. At the end of this lesson, make sure you grad your exit ticket. This is a three question quiz about nonfiction text features. You will be completing this independently and you need to hand it into me when you are finished.
Day 3: On the final day of nonfiction text feature lessons, you will be completing a scavenger hunt online by reading an Ebook. Each group (from the previous day) will be given a laptop and follow the links under day 3 below. The directions will have the website to go to and which book you should read (see below). Once you have opened your Ebook, your group will have 15 minutes to find all the text features listed on the scavenger hunt. You will write the answers/examples down on the worksheet they were given for the scavenger hunt (see below). You will be working together to find the text features from this electronic book and need to hand this in at the end of your allotted time.
Activities:
Day 1/Day 2:
Please click on the book link at the top of this webpage. This will take you to the book we are reading in class. Follow along on your laptop as we read aloud. Click on the following document to reference as we are talking. This is the document we will fill out during class on day 2. Please read the Day 2 summary to find instructions. Make sure to save this document to your STUDENT NUMBER.
Day 2:
Please click on the document above. This will be completed through partner work and whole group. Complete the following quiz via Survey Monkey for your exit ticket at the end of class, when I instruct you to do so.
Once you have clicked on your Ebook, you may open the scavenger hunt (survey monkey) link. When I say to start, you will have fifteen minutes to complete the scavenger hunt.
Lesson Title: Nonfiction text features
Website:
http://www.wegivebooks.org/books/forest?auto_launch=1
Topics to be covered:
Day 1: Introduce Nonfiction text features through whole group Ebook activity
Day 2: Interactive text feature worksheet
Day 3: Group scavenger hunt through Ebook website:
http://www.wegivebooks.org/books/forest?auto_launch=1
Background Information-Read before starting each day:
You previously learned about the genre of nonfiction and author's purpose. Authors write nonfiction articles/books to inform the reader about the topic they are writing about.
We will begin learning about the different features that make up nonfiction books/articles. Each one of the features helps us as a reader to understand the content. We can also use our reading strategies when trying to understand the nonfiction text features. Glance over what is to be expected of you over the next three days. The worksheets and activities are posted, but I will be giving you copies during class.
Day 1:
You will be given a chart handout that they will reference today and use the following day. The teacher will use a virtual Ebook from the website: http://www.wegivebooks.org
The teacher will go through page by page and highlight the nonfiction text features as you follow along from the projector on your laptop. You will then come up and circle the nonfiction text features that are found (title, subtitle, heading, subheading, caption, illustrations/photographs, bolded text, table of contents, glossary, index, textbox, graphs) within our text.
Day 2:
The first two minutes, you will be reviewing what they learned with a shoulder partner on the carpet. This lesson will be completing the reading chart from the previous day. On this chart, (see below) you will have the name of the text feature and you need to fill in WHY the feature helps us as a reader. The teacher will have this projected on the SmartBoard. The class will be divided into pairs or groups of three. Each group will be responsible for a text feature. You will come up one by one and write why that text feature helps them as a reader. You will collaborate as a group to come up with an answer. At the end of this lesson, make sure you grad your exit ticket. This is a three question quiz about nonfiction text features. You will be completing this independently and you need to hand it into me when you are finished.
Day 3:
On the final day of nonfiction text feature lessons, you will be completing a scavenger hunt online by reading an Ebook. Each group (from the previous day) will be given a laptop and follow the links under day 3 below. The directions will have the website to go to and which book you should read (see below). Once you have opened your Ebook, your group will have 15 minutes to find all the text features listed on the scavenger hunt. You will write the answers/examples down on the worksheet they were given for the scavenger hunt (see below). You will be working together to find the text features from this electronic book and need to hand this in at the end of your allotted time.
Activities:
Day 1/Day 2:
Please click on the book link at the top of this webpage. This will take you to the book we are reading in class. Follow along on your laptop as we read aloud. Click on the following document to reference as we are talking. This is the document we will fill out during class on day 2. Please read the Day 2 summary to find instructions. Make sure to save this document to your STUDENT NUMBER.
Day 2:
Please click on the document above. This will be completed through partner work and whole group. Complete the following quiz via Survey Monkey for your exit ticket at the end of class, when I instruct you to do so.
http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/HBK7QFD
Day 3:
Instructions for getting onto the Ebook website:
Click on the following link to take you to the online book for the Scavenger hunt
EBook website
Once you have clicked on your Ebook, you may open the scavenger hunt (survey monkey) link. When I say to start, you will have fifteen minutes to complete the scavenger hunt.
Click on the link below to take you to the scavenger hunt:
http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/HHMTG7W