XHSC 0910U Perspectives in Nonfiction

Credits: .5

Focuses on main ideas and major details in a variety of nonfiction materials. Improves comprehension by understanding vocabulary clues, point of view, author’s purpose and patterns of organization.

Student Learning Outcomes:

Identify strategies for reading and interpreting nonfiction.
Apply multiple reading strategies to learn and use new vocabulary.
Identify and summarize key ideas in nonfiction.
Apply critical thinking and metacognitive strategies to elements of nonfiction.

Content Outline

Basic Comprehension Skills
- Types of nonfiction
- Author’s purpose
- Topic
- Stated and unstated main ideas
Vocabulary Strategies
- Context clues
- Online dictionary
Organizational Skills
- Patterns of organization
- Rhetorical strategies
- Outlines and summaries
Elements of Nonfiction
- Preview techniques
- Questioning strategies
- Inferences
- Point of view
- Connections between students and what they are reading
- Analyzing figurative language in nonfiction
Other Assessments of Analysis
- Note-taking strategies
- Dialectical journals
- Analytical essay