Narrative NonFiction
Enduring Understandings
Essential Questions
- Narrative nonfiction is nonfiction written as a story
- Readers read narrative nonfiction using many of the same strategies used when reading fiction.
- Readers read critically, paying attention to what the author is making them feel and why in order to understand the author's message.
- A biography is written about a particular person because that person overcame an obstacle, accomplished something important, or is fascinating.
- Readers need to distinguish between the important information and the interesting details to better understand the importance of the subject.
Essential Questions
- How is narrative nonfiction different from expository nonfiction?
- How do readers read narrative nonfiction?
- How do readers understand the thinking behind the author's message?
- What is significant about the life of a person featured in a biography?
- Why do readers need to distinguish between important information and interesting details?