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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 Varied Nonfiction Genres

Handout

Handout 4.1. Thinking About Photographic Portrait Genres

*Handout 4.2. Sample Abstract: “Which AA Battery Maintains Its Voltage for the Longest Period of Time?” by Student Author

Handout 4.3. Letters to the Editor

Handout 4.4. Letters of Recommendation

Handout 4.5. Using Genre Knowledge to Evaluate a Text

*Handout 4.6. Lincoln’s Second Inaugural Address

Handout 4.7. Kennedy’s Inaugural Address

*Handout 4.8. “Educational Resilience in African American Adolescents” by Michael Cunningham and Dena Phillips Swanson

Video

Video 4.1. Rules of Notice in the Content Areas

Video 4.2. Noticing Different Genres

 

*Includes Sample Think-Aloud

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