Purposeful Pairs: Connecting Fiction and Nonfiction
Connect paired fiction and nonfiction texts to address similar themes across different genres.
Teacher Created Materials has designed a series that integrates fiction and nonfiction books for kids to explore essential questions, build literacy skills, and promote intertextual connections. Teachers guide students in close reading of carefully selected paired informational and literary texts. The lessons help maximize instructional time by correlating to college and career readiness standards.