Nonfiction
"Not fake"
What is the wrong definition of nonfiction?
Skills that can be used for all subjects.
What is content are literacy skills?
Texts that students can struggle with, rather than texts they can struggle through. The text must also be developmentally appropriate for the students.
What type of texts do we want for students?
The foundation and necessary element for rigorous reading. It is personal and about what matters to the reader.
What is relevance?
What Surprised Me?
What was Question 1 that the reader should ask themselves after reading nonfiction?
Choosing easier vocabulary
What does NOT help make something more developmentally appropriate?
Skills that are specific for a particular discipline.
What is disciplinary literacy?
Multidimensional that involves quantitative and qualitative factors.
What is text complexity?
Resides in the energy and attention that the reader brings to the text.
What is rigor?
What did the author think I already knew?
What was Question 2 that the reader should ask themselves after reading nonfiction?
Body of work in which the author claims to tell us about the real world, a real experience, a real person, an idea, or a belief.
What is nonfiction?
Summarizing, skimming, scanning, and writing definitions
What are examples of content- area skills?
Syntax and Vocabulary
What does text complexity focus on?
Giving students harder texts to read.
What does not increase rigor of texts?
What challenged, changed, or confirmed what I already knew?
What is Question 3 that the reader should ask themselves after reading nonfiction?
The reader must question the text, question the author, question their own understanding of the topic, and accept the possibility their views will change as a result of the reading.
What are the demands/ responsibilities of the reader when reading nonfiction?
Upper high school and college
When is there a heavier focus on disciplinary literacy skills?
Ideas presented, structure used, language used, and prior knowledge required
What are the four qualitative factors that determine text complexity?
Often confused with relevance; is about getting students attention but is often fleeting
What is interest?
Unknown vocabulary, trouble visualizing, lack of prior knowledge, and not understanding relationships and sequencing
What are the 4 types of problems that readers have when reading nonfiction?
The reader must challenge the text, invite the text to challenge them, and take on an active role.
What are the roles of the reader when reading nonfiction?
Reading as a scientist, mathematician, or historian
What are examples of disciplinary literacy skills?
Refers to the text difficulty in a book, not the content or quality of the book.
What is a Lexile measurement?
As students interactions with text increase, they receive increasingly more complex texts.
What is the responsibility of the teacher in regards to rigor?
Allows students to become more independent and self- reliant readers.
What do the three questions help students do when reading nonfiction?