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NON-FICTION UNIT 5 th Grade

NON-FICTION UNIT 5 th Grade. ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS. Essential Question #1. How can specific text features help a reader to navigate and understand N on-fiction texts?. Talk with your partner. Brainstorm different text features and their purposes (how they help readers).

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NON-FICTION UNIT 5 th Grade

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  1. NON-FICTION UNIT5th Grade ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS

  2. Essential Question #1 • How can specific text features help a reader to navigate and understand Non-fiction texts?

  3. Talk with your partner. • Brainstorm different text features and their purposes (how they help readers)

  4. Headings help readers form questions or identify topics • Boldface or italics can signal important vocabulary • Graphs & charts provide visual clues to determine important information • Maps help locate important places • Photos can reveal specific details

  5. Specific text features help you: • Read Non-fiction texts more efficiently • Focus your reading by providing clues • Make predictions • Determine important information

  6. Essential Question #2 • How does knowledge of the structure of a Non-fiction text help a reader to gather information?

  7. Talk to your partner • Brainstorm 5 main Non-fiction text structures. • Discuss how each helps you gather information

  8. Compare & Contrast structure helps you identify similarities & differences between two topics • Problem & Solution structure helps you identify challenges, while exploring potential answers. • Cause & Effect structure helps you see the relationship between events • Sequence structure helps you follow the order of events taking place • Main Idea & Details helps you sort information

  9. Understanding text structure helps a reader: • Take organized notes • Recognize relationships among ideas

  10. Essential Question #3 • How can knowledge of main ideas and supporting details help a reader to summarize a text?

  11. Answer: • Summaries are constructed using main ideas and supporting details in a reader’s own words. • The main ideas form the outline to build the summary. • When summarizing a longer text, the reader identifies the main idea of each section and links them together

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