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DIFFERENT GENRES REQUIRE DIFFERENT APPROACHES

 In this unit, you will:

  • Learn to distinguish among several types of non-fiction writing
  • Develop strategies to help students learn to read and write non-fiction of various types


    • What Do You See? What Do You Think?

    The reader's mind has to shift to match the content that it faces. Decide what your mind might do to comprehend the following different types of writing. Click on each title separately to see and to read articles that represent the following five genres.

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    Image from Kids Are Citizens, National Geographic Reading Expeditions, © 2002. Linda Bartlett, Folio, Inc.