Non-Fiction: Secret Mission

Aims

• To introduce you to a range of non-fiction texts

• To allow you to identify non-fiction texts from the language they use

• To explore one type of non-fiction text in more detail, focussing on audience, purpose and language

Part of becoming a good reader is learning how to read a wider and wider range of material.

As well as fiction (novels, poetry and drama), you will also need to be confident in reading and talking about non-fiction texts.

But what exactly are non-fiction texts?

Non-fiction texts are texts that deal with material that is not fiction!

In other words, texts that are about real things, not things that are made up.

Non-fiction texts are all around us and we probably encounter and read more non-fiction than fiction texts in the average day!

Secret Mission Training Run:

You will be given a spy partner to work with for this training mission.

Your mission is…..

To identify as many of the types (genres) of non-fiction texts on the task sheet as possible!

Brilliant! A round of applause all round!

Top Secret Undercover Investigation

Now you’ve proved how good a spy you are, you will be assigned to a spy team and will be given ONE full non-fiction text to investigate.

You will expected back at mission HQ very shortly to give me a full debrief.

Now, to see if today’s mission is complete, let’s see if we have met our objectives:

•Do you know what the term non-fiction means?

•Can you name four different types of non-fiction text?

•Can you tell me five things about one particular type of non-fiction text?

Fantastic work – you definitely deserve a commendation and some more exciting missions in the future!