Value of Nonfiction

• Mentor texts
• Expose students to variety of nonfiction available
• Addresses the issue of audience, purpose, and form
• Tap into natural curiosity
• Allows students to start with a keen interest or curiosity and narrow down research to an essential question
• FQR and KWL charts help them learn how to organize
• Students can move away from "writing for the teacher" and realize they have the opportunity to have a more wide-ranging audience