Brilliant Activities for Reading Non-Fiction

Help pupils learn about different types of non-fiction texts and develop strategies for reading them. Activities range from analyzing leaflets and advertisements to locating information and looking at how it is structured. Most of the activities allow for differentiation by outcome and so may be used with the whole class. Where necessary children of lower ability are given more guidance and less to do in quantity. Extension activities are provided for the more able.

Keywords: reading, help, brilliant, young, children, students, pupils, development, understanding, improve, non fiction, fiction, english, homework, teach, teaching, accuracy, skills, bookworm, refernce, comparing, scan, scan reading, analyzing, structure, lower ability, guidance