Informational texts for grades K-5 are defined as “biographies and autobiographies; books about history, social studies, science, and the arts; technical texts, including directions, forms, and ...

The fiction category is divided into stories, poetry and drama, and the nonfiction category, or “informational texts” offers suggested reading in English, History/Social Studies, and Science ...

I have always been a firm believer in the power of fiction. Nestled within the artfully crafted lines of a great story lies the power to move, to provoke, to inspire. When we connect with character… ...

And as adults, most of what we read in our careers requires being able to comprehend informational text. “Being a strong nonfiction reader requires different comprehension skills than fiction.

The new Common Core State Standards in English require that nonfiction texts represent 50 percent of reading assignments in elementary schools, increasing to 70 percent by grade 12.

These stories go beyond text to integrate media like video, sound, images, voice notes, and even a “choose-your-own-ending” feature. If you’ve somehow missed the chat fiction craze, you’re ...

A new fiction app rolling out today delivers stories to your smartphone in the form of a text conversation. Hooked is like “Twitter for fiction,” according to Prerna Gupta, Hooked cofounder ...

In an English/language arts classroom in Iowa, 10th graders are analyzing the rhetoric in books about computer geeks, fast food, teenage marketing, the working poor, chocolate-making, and diamond ...

Non-fiction texts are based on facts and real life, while fiction texts are made up. Find out about fiction and non-fiction writing in this KS2 English guide.

The common standards expect students to become adept at reading informational text, a shift in focus that many English/language arts teachers fear might diminish the time-honored place of ...

The fictional story uses real queer history to tell the story of a dying man, Juan Gay, in his last days of care, intertwined with the true history and work of lesbian researcher and activist Jan Gay.