How can we make nonfiction come alive for students? What strategies will help them understand and appreciate nonfiction texts?
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We must teach them how to annotate and how to find the topic sentence:
Provide alternatives to “questions about the chapter”:
See the Book Talk Project Home Page for how to run this cool project. The Book Talk Project can also be found in the Download Zone.
What should students read?
For articles: You can find links to most of the major national and international news organizations (newspapers, columnists, and magazines) at www.drudgereport.com (NOTE: The Drudge Report itself has a particular political bias, which could lead to some interesting lessons on media bias. But it's the only site I know of that has so many news links in one place.)
For books: See Recommended Nonfiction in the Download Zone.
Trying to prepare students for standardized tests?
Check out Generic Test Prep Strategies Home Page.
Are you a history teacher looking for ideas?
How should students write about nonfiction?
Designing a curriculum?
IN THE DOWNLOAD ZONE for Nonfiction Reading Strategies:
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