CLASS NOTES: Goals Objectives for the Non-Fiction Unit (from Unit Lesson)

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After discussing this unit students should know the following:

1. The functions of the modes of development
2. How to identify a mode of development in a work of non-fiction
3. The functions of the rhetorical devices and terms
4. How to identify rhetorical devices and terms in a work of non-fiction
5. How to interpret and analyze a work of non-fiction
6. How to write an effective passage analysis of a work of non-fiction
7. The parts of the SOAPSTONE model
8. How to use SOAPSTONE in the reading and analysis of works of non-fiction
9. Get an introduction to nonfiction texts and identify what they already know about this genre
10. Prepare to read a nonfiction text by building background knowledge and learning key vocabulary
11. Learn text features associated with types of nonfiction
12. Learn about different text structures used in nonfiction and identify the text structure of a specific passage