1. Non-fiction Unfamiliar Text Strategies

2. Non-fiction Unfamiliar Text Strategies
Use your prior knowledge When you see the topic think about what you know about it. Analyse the purpose and audience Are there questions you have about the topic?

3. Non-fiction Unfamiliar Text Strategies
Analyse the main ideas and details In prose text the ideas are structured in paragraphs. Each paragraph contains a topic sentence which contains a main idea, with supporting detail.

4. Non-fiction Unfamiliar Text Strategies
Analyse how the main ideas have been structured You need to be aware of the style that has been chosen for a text to examine how it is structured.

5. Non-fiction Unfamiliar Text Strategies
Analyse how the details have been crafted to develop the ideas This is where you look for language features that are specific to the type of non-fiction extract being examined.