Unwrapping a Book: Using Non Fiction To Teach Writing in the Classroom (Years 1 to 2)

For grades 1 to 2.

This resource provides an imaginative and practical approach to teaching children how to recognise and use text features common to most nonfiction books. These features include:

• Captions
• Timelines
• Pronunciation keys
• Labels
• Photographs and illustrations
• Glossaries
• Maps
• Emphasised vocabulary
• Fact boxes

Each lesson provides a list of age-appropriate non fiction titles that are ideal for reading aloud.  They feature an array of curricular areas, so you can choose the texts that best suit you students' interests. Using these books as modesl, children will write:

• Biographies
• Field guides
• Photo journals
• How-to books
• A classroom newspaper
• Brochures
• Cards and letters
• A sports magazine