Monday, May 17, 2010

Blog Challenge: Non-fiction Facts/Features

We are continuing our study of non-fiction reading and writing. Remember this trick that we learned about telling the difference between fiction and non-fiction:
Rule: You can only say no once.
Fiction = not trueNonfiction = true
Non-fiction=not true can't be.
There are 2 "no"s!
In the comments section below, please:-Share the name of 1 non-fiction book that you read at home this week. Include 3 new facts that you learn. Identify 3 features that the book has. Remember, facts are the true statements that can be checked (the information that you learn). Features are the parts of the book that help you get the information (ex. table of contents, photographs, captions, labels, diagrams, maps, glossary, bold print, italics, index, etc.).

Please use your first name only or your initials! Happy reading!

6 comments:

Anonymous said...

I read Elephants : Life in the Wild.Because they are so big elephants have to eat almost 400pounds of food each dsy just to survive.when an elephant stands on its back legs it can stretch higher than a giraffe.Some elephants even live in the desert!

FEATURES
Text
Maps
Photo

Unknown said...

I read Elephants : Life in the Wild.Because they are so big elephants have to eat almost 400pounds of food each dsy just to survive.when an elephant stands on its back legs it can stretch higher than a giraffe.Some elephants even live in the desert!

FEATURES
Text
Maps
Photo

Eesha

Dylan A said...

Dylan A - The name of the book is "Mighty Dinosaurs". There are 2 types of dinosaurs: Ornithischian and Saurischian. There are 2 kinds of Surischians: Therpods which are carnivores and Saurocpods which are herbivores. Dinosaurs have lived on earth for over 230 million years
Geological time chart
Captions
Pictures

Anonymous said...

I read America Is... There are 13 states that came first and the others came later. The 50 stars on the Americin Flag stand for the 50 states.America is 50 states from the Atlantic coast to the Pacific Ocean and beyond the United States of America.
Features:
Italics
map
pictures
From Dylan Mundy

Anonymous said...

The name of the book is "Ocean's Atlas: An amazing aquatic adventure." The Bay of Bengal is in the Indian Ocean. Angler Fish, red shrimp, electric eels, deep sea squid, nightmare hunters and other glow in the dark sea animals live at the bottom of the ocean.
Last fact: The saltwater man-eating crocodile is one of the most powerful of all marine predators. It is the biggest of the crocodiles.
Maps
photos
glossery
- Jacob K.

Anonymous said...

I read "What are Levers?"
It tells about how levers are used.
A seesaw is a lever.
A lever is moved by you.


Features:
table of contents
index
photos

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