Non-Fiction

For at least 5 of the articles around the room (you can just do it for yours):

1. Create a new headline for the article- BE CREATIVE!

2. Does the author try to persuade you in any way? How?

3. Can you identify the facts? The opinions? Find one example of each. Is there bias present in the article?

4. How do statistics and data support the author's perspective or purpose?

5. Do you find the author's evidence convincing? Explain.

6. What new information did you learn?

7. How did this new information change your way of thinking about this subject?

8. What words, phrases, or statements did the author use that caught your attention? Why? How did they make you feel? What did they make you think?

9. Were there any non-fiction text features (photographs, illustrations, charts, graphs, or diagrams that were important? What did they add to the article that would have been different if these weren’t included?

10. Did the reading leave you with unanswered questions? What are these?