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Beary good facts about bear books: Students will begin to differentiate between fiction and non-fiction as general genres.; Format: lesson plan (grade K English Language Arts and Information Skills); By Floanna Long.

Details and sequencing: In CareerStart lessons: Grade six, page 1.7; This lesson for grade six will introduce students to careers in environmental protection as it teaches them to identify details and sequence in a non-fiction reading passage.; Format: lesson plan (grade 6–8 English Language Arts and Guidance); By Jennifer Brookshire and Julie McCann.

Underground Railroad quilts: Fact or folklore?: In this lesson, students explore the controversy surrounding a book entitled Hidden in Plain View: A Secret Story of Quilts and the Underground Railroad, which was published as a non-fiction account of fugitive slaves sending coded messages through quilt patterns. Students evaluate numerous sources and assess the validity of each in an attempt to determine if the quilt codes are fact or folklore.; Format: lesson plan (grade 8 and 11–12 Information Skills and Social Studies); By Abby Stotsenberg.

Reading guides: Groups will develop a Reading Guide for each non-fiction resource book for units in science, social studies, and other curriculum areas. Students will identify useful features each book and where the important information will be found. Reviewing non-fiction features of print resources will familiarize the class with material on reserve for the unit. Overviewing and identifying text features will help students determine how to approach the various formats of text relevant to the topic.; Format: lesson plan (grade 8 English Language Arts and Information Skills); By Elizabeth Hubbe.

Wolves: Comprehending informational texts: This integrated plan uses non-fiction text and wolves to motivate students with language arts and science. Students will read a nonfiction text and use metacognitive skills of guided reading and KWHL chart to monitor comprehension and extend vocabulary.; Format: lesson plan (grade 5 English Language Arts); By Amy Vance.

"Mice" in the Media Center: This lesson plan will foster literature appreciation in the Elementary School through sharing a variety of books(fiction and non-fiction) poems, puppets or models, focusing on a mouse or mice as a main character or characters.; Format: lesson plan (grade 1 Information Skills)

Recipe for Success: Students will use an electronic card catalog to find books by subject using the call number. This lesson was used in collaboration with a third grade thanksgiving unit. As part of the unit students were to find a recipe to prepare and bring to class.; Format: lesson plan (grade 3 Information Skills); By Elizabeth Gibson and Melissa Withers.

A million fish... Serving up exaggeration: Students will become familiar with the term "exaggeration" and how it can be used in stories to catch the reader's attention. Students will create narrative stories of their own using exaggeration.; Format: lesson plan (grade 3–4 English Language Arts); By Jennie McGuire.

Jeopardy-style Media Vocabulary Game: This game will help students learn and review a variety of media terms in a non-threatening and fun way.; Format: lesson plan (grade 3–5 Information Skills); By Myrna Price.

Bear graph: The students will compare and contrast bears brought from home and share their ideas through a graph.; Format: lesson plan (grade K Mathematics); By Karen Pledger.

Cloudy with a chance of... what?: Students will enjoy reading about a town where no one ever goes hungry because the sky provides food while learning about weather, healthy and unhealthy foods, and creating a database.; Format: lesson plan (grade 2–4 English Language Arts and Science); By BJ Larson and Paula Sharpe.

Going batty: Part II: Students will apply the knowledge they've gained about bats to create bat poetry.; Format: lesson plan (grade 1 Computer/Technology Skills and English Language Arts); By DPI Integration Strategies.

Native American poetry workshop: This week-long set of lessons uses four different center activities to help students respond to poetry written by American Indians. This lesson plan was written with ESL (English as a second language) students in mind, so there are many opportunities to practice vocabulary, discuss and talk with others, and model expectations.; Format: lesson plan (grade 4 English Language Arts and Social Studies); By Liz Mahon.

The American Dream: In conjunction with a unit on Puritanism, students will define and illustrate their personal definition of the American Dream or their concept of the dream in general.; Format: lesson plan (grade 9–12 English Language Arts and English Language Development); By Becky Ackert and Deborah Belknap.

Sticky-note discussions: Sticky-notes discussions are fun, add variety to reading, and allow students to respond to the written text immediately. They are easy to implement in all content areas. Sticky-note discussions are effective when used individually, in a small or large group, or a combination of settings.; Format: lesson plan (grade 3–8 English Language Arts); By Kim Rector.

Why the opossum's tail is bare: In Teaching about North Carolina American Indians, page 4.2; A recording of a radio adaptation of a Cherokee legend, with suggestions for use in the classroom.; Format: article/lesson plan

Creating found poetry from picture books: Students select and read a picture book and afterwards create “found poetry” based on the picture book.; Format: lesson plan (grade 8 English Language Arts); By Barbara Groome and Jo Peterson Gibbs.

Justice for all?: To Kill a Mockingbird and A Time to Kill: Following a study of the novel To Kill a Mockingbird, students will view the courtroom scenes in To Kill a Mockingbird and A Time to Kill and determine factors which influenced the verdicts in each trial.; Format: lesson plan (grade 9–12 English Language Arts and English Language Development); By Becky Ackert and Deborah Belknap.

Saving the environment through picture books: This lesson looks at environmental issues and man's relationship to the environment over time using main ideas and supporting details. The content comes from two picture books: Brother Eagle, Sister Sky and A River Ran Wild.; Format: lesson plan (grade 4 English Language Arts); By Libba Sager.

Reading comprehension strategies for English language learners: In Reading comprehension and English language learners, page 2; Strategies like think-pair-share, think-alouds, and GIST can help English language learners, content-area learners, and all students make sense of text while they read.; By Ellen Douglas.

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