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Year 2 · English

Understand Non Fiction Texts

Year 2 learners practise non-fiction texts and contents pages.

The activities include Answer Questions About Non-Fiction Texts, Identify Features of Non-Fiction Texts, Recognise Non-Fiction Texts, and related practice. The checked support below includes video, worksheet, teaching, lesson. Open a resource in its provider's website and choose the format that best helps the learner explain the idea independently.

Activities covered

  • Answer Questions About Non-Fiction Texts
  • Identify Features of Non-Fiction Texts
  • Recognise Non-Fiction Texts
  • Study Non-Fiction Texts
  • Understand How to Use a Contents Page
  • Understand Non-Fiction Texts

Checked learning resources

  • Fiction vs Non-Fiction for Kids

    YouTube — Twinkl · Video · Opens on the provider website

    Child-friendly video distinguishes factual non-fiction from imagined fiction and introduces common text features.

  • Features of a Non-Chronological Report: Worksheet and Quizzes

    Oak National Academy · Worksheet · Opens on the provider website

    Browser-first Oak downloads page provides the worksheet, starter quiz and exit quiz for recognising headings, factual information and organisational features in non-fiction.

  • Features of a Non-Chronological Report: Year 2 Unit

    Oak National Academy · Teaching · Opens on the provider website

    Year 2 unit sequence places recognising headings, factual information and organisational features in non-fiction within a coherent progression.

  • KS1 Non-Fiction Resources

    Twinkl · Teaching · Account may be required

    KS1 collection provides examples of non-fiction forms, contents and organisational features.

  • KS1 Features of a Non-Fiction Text

    Twinkl · Worksheet · Account may be required

    KS1 resource identifies a contents page among the organisational features readers use in non-fiction.

  • Year 2 Non-Fiction eBook with Contents Page

    Twinkl · Worksheet · Account may be required

    Year 2 browser-first eBook provides an authentic contents page for locating sections and answering page-number questions.

  • What Is a Contents Page?

    Twinkl · Teaching · Account may be required

    Exact teaching page explains how a contents page lists sections and page numbers so readers can locate information.

  • Science Reading Pack | Guided Reading | Y2 English

    Twinkl · Lesson · Opens on the provider website

    Year 2 English resource matched to non-fiction texts and contents pages.