Fiction and Non-Fiction: Compare Text Features
Sort the supplied text features into fiction and non-fiction, then add observations from books you choose.
- Grades
- Grades 2–4
- Pages
- 1
- File type
- Subject
- Reading, ELA
- Resource types
- Worksheets
- Ontario expectations
- C1.2 — identify
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About this resource
This worksheet is a great way for students to practice identifying fiction and nonfiction features! It would be perfect for a literacy centre or small group activity.
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Teaching tips & learning objectives
Learning objectives
- Classify common features of fictional and informational texts
- Use example books to identify additional genre features
Teaching tips
- Place one fiction and one nonfiction book beside the sheet so students can find examples of the listed features.
- Discuss features that appear in both books, such as illustrations or a table of contents, instead of treating every feature as exclusive to one text type.
Skills covered
- Text-feature analysis — Sort structural and content cues
- Genre comparison — Contrast fiction with nonfiction
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Ontario curriculum
Ontario curriculum expectations
Ontario expectations
Ontario expectations
- C1.2 — identify and describe some characteristics of literary and informational text forms and their associated genres
Core concepts
Core concepts
- Fiction features
- Nonfiction features
- Text structures
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