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Diving Deep Into Nonfiction: Transferable Tools for Reading ANY Nonfiction Text

by Jeffrey D. Wilhelm and Michael W. Smith

Student Resources

  1. Reader’s Rules of Notice
  2. Noticing the Conversation
  3. Noticing Key Details
  4. Noticing Varied Nonfiction Genres
  5. Noticing the Text Structures in Nonfiction Texts
  6. Why This Method Works
  7. Appendix: General Reader’s Rules of Notice for Nonfiction

Noticing Key Details

Handout

*Handout 3.1. The Great Fire (Excerpt) by Jim Murphy

*Handout 3.2. Movie Review: Avengers: Age of Ultron (Excerpt) by Cary Darling

*Handout 3.3. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad and Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave, Written by Himself (Excerpts)

Handout 3.4. Mentor Sentences Based on The Great Fire (Excerpt) by Jim Murphy

Reader’s Rules of Notice Bookmark Template -  to come

How QARs Mirror Expert Thinking in the Disciplines

Found Texts PowerPoint Slides

Supplementary Voices from the Classroom: What Students Said About American Gothic

Lesson 1 Extension Link for American Gothic image

Lesson 1 Extension Link for American Gothic parodies

Lesson 5 Links to Montages

 

Video

Video 3.1. Reading Visuals for Topic and Topic–Comment

Video 3.2. Noticing Details in a Painting: Wood’s American Gothic

Video 3.3. Discussing Possible Topics: Wood’s American Gothic

Video 3.4. Practicing Topic–Comment With American Gothic Parodies

 

*Includes Sample Think-Aloud

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