Have students predict at least one event that might be considered science fiction today but that might occur within the next fifty years. As a class, compile predictions. Nonfiction is prose writing that includes biography, autobiography, memories, historical accounts, and social commentary. Nonfiction writing can be in the form of books, articles, or essays. It observes and comments on people who actually lived, events that actually happened, and issues that are of concern today.
Contemporary nonfiction can be just as entertaining to read as fiction.
Nonfiction, however, does not just relate facts. Through the careful choice of facts, their arrangement, and interpretation, and through the skilful use of language, authors of nonfiction communicate their opinions and reveal their personalities and biases. Although reading nonfiction requires some of the same strategies you would use in reading other types of literature, it might also require some additional reading strategies if the selection contains a large number of facts, opinions, and unfamiliar terms. Objectives COM , CCT , PSVS Read a variety of texts for a variety of purposes. Make and confirm predictions.