15 color transparencies (26 cm.) in envelope, inserted.

Introduction -- Nonfiction survival guide: Nonfiction, what is it? -- Why is it challenging? Content -- Vocabulary -- Text features -- Text structure -- Why is nonfiction important? Nonfiction text and standardized tests: Connection -- Increased world knowledge -- How can we prepare students? -- How to use this book: What's in a lesson? Learning about text features -- Learning about text structures: Transparency 1 -- Using high-interest content area selections -- Assessment: Comprehension quickcheck -- Applying through purposeful practice -- Connecting to writing -- Tips for choosing the right lesson -- Teaching the lessons: Getting started with text structure lessons: Building background -- Preteaching vocabulary -- Easy-to-use nonfiction lessons: Overview lesson: Introduce nonfiction text -- Prepare to read -- Teach text features and read the selection: Model text: "Stopping a toppling tower" -- Transparencies 2 and 3 -- Teach text structure and reread the selection: Problem and solution -- Check comprehension and apply to writing -- How to read an encyclopedia article: Text feature: Encyclopedia article: Model text: "Penguin" -- Transparency 4 -- Reading "Polar bear": Text structure: Description: Student text: "Polar bear" -- How to read a diagram: Text feature: Diagrams: Model text: "Space suits" -- Transparency 5 -- Reading "Living in space": Text structure: Compare and contrast: Student text: "Living in space" -- How to read a map: Text feature: Maps: Model text: "Weather watch" -- Transparency 6 -- Reading "What is congress?" Text structure: Compare and contrast: Student text: "What is congress?" -- How to read a flow chart: Text feature: Flow charts: Model text: "How a butterfly grows" -- Transparency 7 -- Reading "How amphibians grow and change": Text structure: Sequence: Student text: "How amphibians grow and change" -- How to read a magazine article: Text feature: Magazine article: Model text: "The U.S. welcomes Latinos" -- Transparency 8 -- Reading "Meet Gary Soto": Text structure: Description: Student text: "Meet Gary Soto" -- How to read a time line: Text feature: Time lines: Model text: "Century of hits" -- Transparency 9 -- Reading "My millennium time line": Text structure: Sequence: Student text: "My millennium time line" -- How to read primary sources: Text feature: Primary sources: Model Text: "Life on the Oregon trail" -- Transparency 10 -- Reading "The Oregon Trail': Text structure: Problem and solution: Student text: "The Oregon trail" -- How to read online news articles: Text feature: Online sources: Model Text: "A day on mars" -- Transparency 11 -- Reading "Mars info": Text structure: Description: Student text: "Mars info" -- How to read a science textbook: Text feature: Multiple features of science textbooks: Model text: "What makes sound?" -- Transparency 12 -- Reading "Sounds all around": Text structure: Cause and effect: Student text: "Sounds all around" -- How to read a social studies textbook: Text feature: Multiple features of social studies textbooks: Model text: "Iroquois communities" -- Transparency 13 -- Reading "The great migration": Text structure: Cause and effect: Student text: "The great migration" -- Resources: Bookmarks -- Bibliography and web links -- Graphic organizers: Transparency 14 -- Transparency 15 -- Transparencies 1-15 (in pocket).

20 easy lessons with color transparencies, high-interest passages, and practice pages -- everything you need to help your students learn how to read all kinds of nonfiction.