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Exploring Non-Fiction Features

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Exploring Non-Fiction Features

📚 Part 1: Identifying Non-Fiction Features

1. Which of these are features you might find in a non-fiction text? (Check all that apply)

Headings and subheadings

Photo captions

Made-up characters

Charts and graphs

Bold or highlighted words

Magic spells

2. What is the main purpose of non-fiction texts?

To entertain with made-up stories

To provide real facts and information

To tell fairy tales

To describe imaginary worlds

3. Which of these are types of non-fiction texts?

Newspaper articles and biographies

Fantasy novels and fairy tales

Adventure stories and mysteries

Science fiction and horror stories

4. Fill in the blank: Non-fiction texts give us information about the __________ world.

Answer: _______________

🔍 Part 2: Fiction vs Non-Fiction Comparison

5. Complete this Venn diagram by writing features in the correct sections:

Word Bank: real facts, made-up characters, headings, dialogue, true events, imaginary settings, photo captions, exciting plot twists

Fiction Only | Both | Non-Fiction Only







6. Give an example of each type of text:

Fiction example: ________________________

Non-fiction example: ________________________

7. Explain one way that fiction and non-fiction are different:

Sentence starter: Fiction is different from non-fiction because...

⭐ Part 3: Extension Challenge (Advanced Learners)

8. Match each text structure with its description:
Chronological
Cause and Effect
Problem/Solution
Shows what happened and why
Presents an issue and how to fix it
Events in time order
9. Think of a non-fiction topic you'd like to learn more about. How would you organise the information?

My topic: ________________________

Text structure I would use: ________________________

Why this structure works best:

🎯 Success Criteria - I Can:

List at least three characteristics of non-fiction texts

Name two types of non-fiction texts and describe their purposes

Explain why non-fiction is different from fiction using examples

📖 Support Options:

Need help reading? Ask your teacher for the dyslexia-friendly version with larger text.

Need sentence starters? Use: "Non-fiction texts have..." or "One difference is..."

Working in pairs? Take turns reading questions aloud to each other.

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