Non-Fiction Reader’s Response Journal
Table of Contents
Before You Read: Features………………… pg 2
Before You Read: Questions…….……...…. pg 3
Facts Organizer………………...…………...pg 4
Wonder Words……….………………………...pg 5
In the News…………………………………….pg 6
Everyone is a Critic………………………...pg 7
Creative Choice Tic-Tac-Toe……………...pg 8
Features of Non-Fiction Texts
Table of Contents
Before You Read…...2
Facts Organizer…...3
Questions……………………..4
Vocabulary………………...6
In the News……………...7
Non-Fiction texts have special features!BEFORE YOU READ, look in your reading and list the features you can find at the bottom of the page!
Before You Read
Headings and Subheadings
FACTS
Photographs or Diagrams with Labels
Table of Contents
GLOSSARY: a page at the end of a text giving definitions of special words.
Before You Read:
Questions I Have
My Topic:______________
Write a question that you hope will be answered in each circle. When you find answer during your reading, fill in the answer under the question.
Question
Answer
Question
Answer
Question
Answer
Question
Answer
Question
Answer
Who?
What?
Where?
When?
Why?
How?
Facts Organizer
MOst Important Facts
Minor Facts
Non-Fiction texts have lots of facts. Some facts are more important than others. Let’s organize them here!
Opinions are ways of thinking about something. It usually starts with “I think”. It is the idea of the writer or speaker. What is YOUR opinion about this Non-Fiction text?
I think...
Wonder Words
Learning new words is an important way to improve your reading skills! Take a look for some great words in your reading. Add them below with the page number where they were found,
Nouns
Verbs
The MOST Interesting Words
My favourite words in
this text
Book Title:________________
Use Your Words! Choose 5 of your words to use in sentences about your topic here!
New Words
In the News...
Use the information you read about to write a news article about your topic. Remember that this is a SUMMARY: you should ONLY include the most important facts that answer the questions below!
Who?
What?
Where?
When?
Why?
How?
The ____________ Gazette
Date: School Year 2020-2021 FREE for anyon Reader
Everyone is a Critic
Parts I Liked
Parts I Would Like to Change
Suggestions for the Author to improve the text:
This book should win the award for
Most Important
Facts
Facts that were
Not Important
Facts/Information
that were left out
Do You Recommend This Text?
Creative Choice Tic Tac Toe
Choose any line of 3 creative activities to complete about your Non-Fiction Text. Make sure to include the TITLE AND AUTHOR of each story you use.
Design a poster or billboard to advertise the text you read. Remember poster rules!
Make a stop motion animation showing some of the facts you learned
Design a comic strip showing the most important facts you learned.
Create a “Fact or FIction” game with information from your text. Include real and false facts for others to try to figure out
Write a letter to the author explaining why you like or dislike their text.
Free Design Space
Write a fan-fiction tabloid including some facts and some made-up information to make a silly story.
Design a word find or crossword using words from the glossary.
Plan and film a commercial advertising the text