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Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson Plan: The Purpose of Fiction Texts.

Glossary: The Purpose of Fiction Texts

Introduce the concept of author’s purpose in fiction texts with this fun reading lesson! Students will discuss three examples of fictional texts to determine the purpose of each.

Author’s Purpose in Fiction Texts

Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson Plan: The Purpose of Fiction Texts.

Vocabulary Cards: The Purpose of Fiction Texts

Why does someone write a story? Give your students the tools to find out the author's purpose! Use this as a stand-alone lesson or as an introduction to the Author’s Purpose in Fiction Texts lesson plan.

The Purpose of Fiction Texts

This worksheet challenges students to compare and contrast information found in fiction and nonfiction texts.

Finding Out About Fiction and Nonfiction

Summarizing stories has never tasted so good! Students can use this yummy ice cream-themed graphic organizer to form short summaries of fiction they read independently or with the class.

Sundae Summarizing

Learn to separate fact from fiction with this comparative worksheet.

Fiction Vs. Nonfiction

This worksheet can help students determine fiction and nonfiction writing styles, an essential part of the first grade language arts curriculum.

Fiction or Nonfiction?

Learners will discover seven facts about Mars, then use these and their own research to draft a work of science fiction.

Mars: Fact or Fiction?

Let your future scribe's imagination run wild! Children have a hard time understanding fact versus fiction, and writing a tall tale can help.

Fact Versus Fiction

As students write realistic fiction stories have them think, draw, and take notes about their main character by filling out this graphic organizer.

Realistic Fiction Character Organizer

Get into a mad scientist state of mind with this fun science fiction writing prompt! Your child will imagine and describe a magical potion.

Science Fiction Writing Prompt

As students write realistic fiction stories, have them think, draw, and take notes about their main character by filling out this graphic organizer.

Fiction Character Traits Organizer

Sorting and categorizing isn’t just for cleaning! In this fun-filled activity, students will learn how to distinguish fiction from nonfiction.

Nonfiction vs. Fiction: Which Style Is It?

This worksheet will have students learning about the sequencing of fiction texts.

Choose the Best Ending

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson: Making Predictions and Summarizing.

Glossary: Making Predictions and Summarizing

Give your students a chance to hone their reading comprehension skills as they learn about the characters, setting, and plot of their favorite fiction books by creating a story map.

The Elements of Fiction: Creating a Story Map

Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson: Making Predictions and Summarizing.

Vocabulary Cards: Making Predictions and Summarizing

Students can use this versatile graphic organizer to order events in fiction or nonfiction texts.

Timeline Organizer

This worksheet teaches kids to look closely at the illustrations in fiction texts to help them comprehend the story.

Picture Clues

This worksheet teaches first graders to be literature sleuths by identifying which of the sample texts are fiction and which are nonfiction.

Literature Sleuth

Use this resource to help your students formulate who, what, when, where, why, and how questions when reading fiction texts.

Organize Your Questions

Using charts is a great way to see similarities, differences, and information. This visual lesson will help all students see what can be gained from nonfiction and fiction texts.

Knowledge Charting

Comparing and contrasting multiple nonfiction texts can be a challenge for young readers, but this guide helps support students with this important skill.

Comparing & Contrasting Three Nonfiction Texts

Comparing and contrasting two nonfiction texts becomes a lot easier with this organizational chart and the suggestions it provides.

Comparing and Contrasting Two Nonfiction Texts

Use this worksheet to record how a character is feeling at the beginning, middle, and end of a story.

Fiction Comprehension: Characters

In this lesson, students will practice comparing and contrasting texts...without even reading them! By looking closely at pictures and text features, students will be prepared to further compare fiction texts. 

Compare & Contrast Pictures

Guide students to get the most out of non-fiction texts by thinking about their previous knowledge, what they learn, and what they still want to know. When they finish, they can trim it to paste into a spiral-bound notebook.

Note-Taking from a Text

Help your students think critically about the characters and central message as they read using this interactive reading organizer.

Fiction Comprehension: Central Message

Make sequencing stories more interesting than just beginning, middle, and end! This "handy" graphic organizer can be used with all fiction to help set up a concise but thorough summary using a five finger strategy.

Five Finger Story Sequencing

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