Input Rich Classrooms

As we had discussed, Input-Rich language classrooms have both fiction and nonfiction resources. Here is a table that explains the elements of both types of resources to teach English!!

Fiction	Non-Fiction	Both Categories
It is invented or imagined by the author	It tells about real people, places, events, thoughts, and times.	Table of contents
The author’s job of writing is only half the process. You bring a story to life by using your imagination.	You are informed of what is happening or has happened in the world.	Reading in order will help comprehend better
Plays, novels, short stories, fables, fairytales, fantasy, Science Fiction, poetry	Autobiographies, biographies, newspaper and magazine articles, Editorials and letters to the editor, Diaries and journals, speech, reports
It is easier to remember	It requires you to be more critical in your reading as compared to other texts	Topic could be about almost anything
You read it quicker	It is mostly read for a particular purpose.	You need to have a beginning, middle, and end to the story
Usually read for pleasure	Details are important. You look at more than “the big picture”.	You come across new vocabulary
Details are not as important as big picture	It is often hard to form mental images	Have a main idea
Use your imagination to form mental images	It is about facts
Has at least one character	Often there are charts, tables, and graphs to help you understand what you’re reading.
Characters may or may not be real/ human	May or may not have characters
	Any character is or was alive