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Reading Strategies

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Reading StrategiesThe Difference between Reading

Fiction and NonfictionCreated and Developed by Jill Leone

Reading SpecialistCopyright © 2006

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• Students will recognize the difference between

reading fiction and nonfiction text.

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reading fiction and nonfiction text.

• Students will differentiate between strategies

used to read these types of text.

• Students will apply these strategies to selected

practice questions.

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Do you think you read everything the same way?

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Would you read a comic book the same way that -

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-you would read a road sign?

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Or a newspaper?

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The instructions to your new

video game?

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What about a novel?

A menu?

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Or a textbook?

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A contract?

A credit card statement?

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Or a bank statement?

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Different types of reading passages require you to use different reading strategies.

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The strategies that you use generally depend on two things:

• Your purpose for reading

• Whether you’re reading fiction or nonfiction

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What is Fiction?What is Fiction?

Fiction is anything that is

invented or imagined by a writer.

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Although it may be based on real people, events, or experiences, its characters and settings are invented.

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Memoirs

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Through fiction, you come to understand Through fiction, you come to understand your own life through the lives of others.your own life through the lives of others.

Memoirs

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The author’s job of writing is only half the process. You bring a story to life by

using your imagination.

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Types of FictionTypes of Fiction

PlaysPoetryShort Stories and Novels

• Romance

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• Romance• Mysteries

• Westerns • Fantasy • Science Fiction• Historical Fiction

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How to Read FictionHow to Read Fiction

You read more quickly than nonfiction.

You form mental images by using your

imagination to picture –

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• how characters look

• where they live

• what they do.

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Details in fiction are not as Details in fiction are not as important as “the big picture.”important as “the big picture.”

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How to Read FictionHow to Read Fiction

It’s usually easy to

remember.

Many events are told in

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Many events are told in

chronological order.

This helps you with

your comprehension.

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The opposite of fiction is nonfiction. Nonfiction tells about real people, places,

events, thoughts, and times.

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You are informed of what’s happening in the world around you.

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Basic Types of NonfictionBasic Types of Nonfiction

Narrative nonfiction tells a true story.

Expository nonfiction is factual and informative

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factual and informative writing.

Persuasive nonfiction promotes an opinion or

a position.

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Some nonfiction works tell a Some nonfiction works tell a story, just as fiction works do.story, just as fiction works do.

Examples of narrative nonfiction:

• autobiographies

• biographies

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• biographies

• memoirs

• narrative essays

• newspaper and magazine articles

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More Examples of NonfictionMore Examples of Nonfiction

Writing that expresses personal feelings and writers’ opinions

• Editorials and letters to the editor

• Reviews of books, movies, etc.

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• Reviews of books, movies, etc.

• Diaries and journals

• Personal essays

• Letters

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More Examples of NonfictionMore Examples of Nonfiction

Information articles about how things

work or came to be

Reading you do in a

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Reading you do in a science, health, or

history class

Technical articles that explain instructions or specialized procedure

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Today, almost everything you want to know -

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- is just a mouse click away.

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Maybe more than any other reading,

requires you to read critically and apply

your prior knowledge.prior knowledge.

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How to Read NonfictionHow to Read Nonfiction

Always try to figure out the writer’s purpose and intended audience.

Writers change strategies depending on their audience and purpose for writing.

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their audience and purpose for writing.

When we understand why andfor whom something was written,

we understand it better.

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How to Read NonfictionHow to Read Nonfiction

Look at content & organization:

� How ideas are organized

� Which ideas are facts

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� Which ideas are opinions

Before you start to read, think

about what you already know.

Read more slowly & carefully.

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How to Read NonfictionHow to Read Nonfiction

Nonfiction is mostly read for a particular purpose.

You read the newspaper to learn –

• what’s going on in the world

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• what’s going on in the world

• look for a job

• check the sports or

• a movie review.

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Nonfiction is about facts.

Details are important. You look at more than “the big picture.”

How to Read NonfictionHow to Read Nonfiction

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Questions usually have one best answer.

It’s often hard to form mental images.

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How to Read NonfictionHow to Read Nonfiction

Nonfiction is often difficult to remember.

The main idea is often – not always –in the first sentence of the paragraph.

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in the first sentence of the paragraph.

The last sentence of the paragraph often – not always – sums up the main

idea.

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How to Read NonfictionHow to Read Nonfiction

Often there are charts, tables, and graphsto help you understand what you’re reading.

This writing often uses titles and

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This writing often uses titles and subtitles, which can help you figure out the main ideas.

The size of the headings, bold print, italicized and underlined words are there for a reason. Use them!

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Which of the following is not a characteristic of nonfiction?

A. Uses charts, tables, and graphs

B. Easier to remember

Practice QuestionPractice Question

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B. Easier to remember

C. Details are important

D. Mostly read for a particular purpose

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Which of the following is not a characteristic of nonfiction?

A. Uses charts, tables, and graphs

B. Easier to remember

Practice QuestionPractice Question

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B. Easier to remember

C. Details are important

D. Mostly read for a particular purpose

How did you do?

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Practice QuestionPractice Question

Which of the following is an example

of nonfiction writing?

A. A short story

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B. A novel

C. An autobiography

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Practice QuestionPractice Question

Which of the following is an example

of nonfiction writing?

A. A short story

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B. A novel

C. An autobiography

How did you do?

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Today we discussed reading fiction –

� Use your imagination to form mental

images

� “Big picture” more important than

A Quick ReviewA Quick Review

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� “Big picture” more important than

details

� Read for pleasure

� Read more quickly

� Easier to remember

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When reading nonfiction –� Figure out writer’s purpose and

audience.

� You have a purpose for reading

A Quick ReviewA Quick Review

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� You have a purpose for reading� Look at content and organization.

� Read more slowly and carefully.� Details important.� Difficult to form mental images.� Harder to remember.

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It doesn’t matter whether you It doesn’t matter whether you It doesn’t matter whether you It doesn’t matter whether you read or nonfiction read or nonfiction read or nonfiction read or nonfiction ----

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As long asAs long asAs long asAs long asyou take you take you take you take

the time to the time to the time to the time to read!read!read!read!

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