Using Non-Fiction for Research
Students will practice extracting key information from non-fiction texts to answer specific questions.
Key Questions
- Analyze how to efficiently locate answers to research questions within a text.
- Differentiate between relevant and irrelevant information for a given topic.
- Construct a summary of key findings from a non-fiction article.
National Curriculum Attainment Targets
Suggested Methodologies
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