Reading on Your Own

What are we learning today?

You will learn to read a short text yourself and to tell the difference between a story and a text with facts.

Explanation

• First, look at the title and the pictures.
• Read the text once for the general idea.
• Read it again slowly. Underline new words.
• Then answer the questions.
• Non-fiction gives facts and numbers. A blog about a day on a farm is non-fiction.
• Fiction is a story. It has characters, a place and events in order.

Examples

1. A text about schools in three countries gives facts. It is non-fiction.
2. A story starts: "On a sunny afternoon last June, Lucy Wilson and her friends were in the park." It tells us who, when and where.

Remember!

• For non-fiction, look for facts.
• For a story, look for who, where, when and what happened.

Check yourself

1. What do you do first with a new text?
2. In the story above, who is in the park and when?