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 OBJECTIVES:
At the end of the lesson, you must:
• define nonfiction;
• identify the different genres of nonfiction;
• organize information about a chosen subject using a
graphic organizer; and
• organize information using a topic outline.
 WHAT IS NONFICTION?
• It refers to literature based in fact. It is the broadest
category of literature.
• It is a broad genre of writing that encompasses all
books that aren’t rooted in a fictional narrative.
• Nonfiction writing can be based in history and
biography, it can be instructional, it can offer
commentary and humor, and it can ponder
philosophical questions.
 GENRES OF NONFICTION
• History (true accounts of
historical eras and events)
• Biographies (life story of a real
person)
• Travelogues (authors travel
experience)
• Academic texts (instruct
readers in a particular topic)
• Philosophy and insights (Plato,
Descartes, etc.)
• Journalism (newspapers)
• Self-help and instruction
(being successful, confident,
relationship advice, etc.)
• Guides and how-to manuals
(focused on specific skills)
• Humor and commentaries
(analysis and reflection on real-
world events)
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 GRAPHIC ORGANIZER
• A graphic organizer is a visual and graphic display
that depicts the relationships between facts, terms,
and or ideas within a learning task.
• Graphic organizers are also sometimes referred to as
knowledge maps, concept maps, story maps,
cognitive organizers, advance organizers, or concept
diagrams.
 VENN DIAGRAM
• It helps you visually
represent a
comparison of
differences and
similarities between
two subjects.
 SEMANTIC WEB
• This allows you to
bring out many
sub-ideas related
to the main idea.
 FLOW CHART
• A flowchart is a type
of diagram that
represents a
workflow or process
or a systematic
organization of
ideas.
 ACTIVITY #1: Graphic
Organizer
Make any of the three:
• Venn Diagram about Online class and Face-to-face
class
• Semantic Web about Education
• Flow Chart about the Process of Writing an Essay.
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 WHAT IS A TOPIC OUTLINE?
• A topic outline arranges your ideas hierarchically
(showing which are main and which are sub-points), in
the sequence you want, and shows what you will talk
about.
• As the name implies, it identifies all the little mini-
topics that your paper will comprise, and shows how
they relate.
EXAMPLE:
 ACTIVITY #2: Topic Outline
Make a topic outline about any of the following topics:
• Friendship
• Poverty
• Family
• Love