Nonfiction Literature Resources
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TEACHING RESOURCE
How to Write a Bibliography for a Research Paper
Learn how to easily write a bibliography by following the format outlined in this article. This resource will help your…Subjects:Writing Research PapersReading and LiteratureNonfiction Literature -
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Nelson Mandela Biography: A Reading Warm-Up
In this printable warm-up, students read a short biography on Nobel Peace Prize recipient Nelson Mandela and answer…Subjects:ReadingReading ComprehensionLiterary Biographies -
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Walt Disney Biography: A Nonfiction Reading Warm-Up
Discover the magic of Walt Disney while improving students' nonfiction reading skills. This printable warm-up includes a…Subjects:ReadingLiterary BiographiesLanguage Arts and Writing -
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Activity: Muscles and Movement
Familiarize students with the scientific names of muscles in the human body through this activity. Students will use an…Subjects:Library ResourcesReading and LiteratureMusculoskeletal System -
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Albert Einstein Biography: A Reading Warm-Up (Grades 5 & 6)
In this printable warm-up, students read a short biography on Albert Einstein and answer reading comprehension…Subjects:Reading ComprehensionLiterary BiographiesLanguage Arts and Writing -
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Fiction and Nonfiction Books
Develop library-skills with an activity that focuses on fiction and nonfiction.Subjects:Reading and LiteratureLibrary ResourcesFiction -
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Fiction or Nonfiction?
Develop library-skills with an activity that teaches students to differentiate between fiction and nonfiction.Subjects:Library ResourcesLiteratureReading and Literature -
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Henry Ford Biography: A Reading Warm-Up
In this printable reading warm-up, students read a short biography on Henry Ford and answer reading comprehension…Subjects:ReadingReading ComprehensionLiterary Biographies -
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Using The Omnivore's Dilemma in the Classroom
Use these classroom activities and discussion questions with the Young Readers Edition of The Omnivore's Dilemma by…Subjects:Reading and LiteratureNonfiction LiteratureInformational Texts -
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Chew on This Teacher's Guide
Engage your students' interest in their health and well-being with the interdisciplinary activities in this teacher's…Subjects:Reading and LiteratureNonfiction LiteratureHealth -
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Elizabeth Leads the Way: Elizabeth Cady Stanton and the Right to Vote Teacher's Guide
Introduce elementary students to Elizabeth Cady Stanton—an abolitionist and important figure in the suffragist…Subjects:Reading and LiteratureNonfiction LiteratureLiterary Biographies -
DAILY WARM-UPS
Health Reading Warm-Up: Germs
This printable reading warm-up includes a nonfiction passage about germs and reading comprehension questions. Use this…Subjects:Language Arts and WritingIllness and DiseasesDealing with Germs in the Classroom -
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The Warrior's Heart: Becoming a Man of Courage and Compassion Discussion Guide
This discussion guide to The Warrior's Heart: Becoming a Man of Courage and Compassion by Eric Greitens includes…Subjects:Reading and LiteratureNonfiction LiteratureLiterary Biographies -
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Common Core Lesson Plans for the Who Was...? Series
Use the activities throughout this guide with the Who Was...? Series for teaching specific historical events, studying…Subjects:Reading and LiteratureNonfiction LiteratureSocial Studies and History -
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Let's Write the Author
This organizer will help students write a letter to a favorite author. The organizer breaks down all the essential…Subjects:LiteratureNonfiction LiteratureChris Van Allsburg, Author & Illustrator: Guides to His Books -
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Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl Teacher's Guide
Use the lesson planning resources in this printable guide to Harriet Jacobs's Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl to…Subjects:Reading and LiteratureNonfiction LiteratureLiterary Biographies -
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Ready, Set Grow!
Top 10 lists and step-by-step photographs show young gardeners how to grow plants from seed, how to propagate plants,…SubjectsReading and LiteratureNonfiction LiteraturePlants and Botany -
DAILY WARM-UPS
Clara Barton Reading Warm-Up
In this printable warm-up, students read a short biography on Clara Barton, founder of the American Red Cross, and…Subjects:Literary BiographiesU.S. Civil War (1860-1865)Suffrage and Women's Rights -
BOOK GUIDES
The Ghost Map Readers Guide
The Ghost Map tells the story of the 1854 London cholera epidemic, and how it changed science, cities, and the modern…Subjects:Reading and LiteratureNonfiction LiteratureIllness and Diseases -
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Letter from E.B. White
Enjoy a letter written by this revered author.Subjects:Reading and LiteratureNonfiction LiteratureAuthors -
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Finding It in an Encyclopedia
Try a library-skills activity that focuses on reference collection.Subjects:Library ResourcesReading and LiteratureReference Materials -
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Make a Dinosaur
Try a printable science activity that focuses on learning about dinosaurs.Subjects:Library ResourcesSocial Studies and HistoryScience -
BOOK GUIDES
The Omnivore's Dilemma Teacher's Guide
Get a fresh perspective on what we eat with this teacher's guide to Michael Pollan's The Omnivore's Dilemma: A Natural…Subjects:Reading and LiteratureNonfiction LiteratureNutrition -
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The Main Event: Identifying the Main Idea and Supporting Details in Nonfiction
Use this reading extension activity to help students determine the difference between the main idea and supporting…Subjects:Reading and LiteratureNonfiction LiteratureWriting
