Tuesday, September 9, 2008

New Vocabulary

Tomorrow students will begin the work of defining and comparing the main literary genres: fiction and non-fiction. Students will then practice classifying examples of literature into each genre. Homework for Wednesday night will be to bring in at least one short example of non-fiction writing. This could be a newspaper article, a review from a magazine, directions from a cookbook, or even a short book about a real person. We will be using these examples in class on Thursday as we explore the richness of non-fiction. If students are still confused between the differences between fiction and non-fiction, here are a couple of links that can help:
http://library.thinkquest.org/5002/Basic/ficnf.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Non-fiction
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fiction

Have a great day!

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