Unit One Fiction and Nonfiction

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Unit OneFiction and Nonfiction
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Unit One

• Throughout this unit we will be reading and
  analyzing works of fiction and non fiction .

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What do you think

• How would you go about proving or disproving a
  statement of fact
• What is the best way to find the truth

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• Big Question Vocabulary

Awareness n. Knowledge gained from
ones perceptions or from information
Believable adj. Able to be believed possibly
true
Conclude v. Decide reach a determination about
truth
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• Big Question Vocabulary

Convince v. Persuade cause to accept a point of
view
Debate v. Argue in an attempt to convince
Evaluate v. Judge or determine the significance
of
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• Big Question Vocabulary

Evidence n. Proof in support of a claim or
statement
Explain v. Make plain or clear
Factual adj. Based on or limited to fact
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• Big Question Vocabulary

Fiction n. Something invented or imagined
Insight n. Ability to see the truth an
understanding
Perceive v. See be aware of
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• Big Question Vocabulary

Reality n. A state of being real or true
Reveal v. Make known show
Truth n. What is the case
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What is the best way to find the truth

• Read introductory paragraph on page 2
• Write what you know
• A historical event
• A story from childhood
• A scientific fact about space
• A list of physical features about space
• A memory of an exciting experience

Share with a partnerfact or perception
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What is the best way to find the truth

• Explain what you know
• Complete the sentences
• From history we can learn truths about _____.
• Our experiences can help us find the truth by
  ____.
• In order to discover the truth we must evaluate
  _____.
• When two people experience an experience
  differently it is important to debate what is
  true because ______.

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What is the best way to find the truth

• Tell what you think
• Choose one or write your own
• The best way to find the truth is by considering
  facts and evidence.
• The best way to find the truth is by considering
  what we perceive and believe.
• The best way to find the truth is by considering
  facts evidence perception and beliefs.

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Meet Richard Peck
Pages 4-5

• Author of The Three- Century Woman

I read because one life isnt enough and in the
page of a book I can be anybody.
Why does Richard Peck consider reading so
important
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Examples of Fictionand Nonfiction
Pages 6-7
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Elements of Fictionand Nonfiction
Pages 6-7

• Nonfiction
• Real People events or ideas
• Narrated from point of view perspective
• Facts or discusses ideas
• Historical Context
• Biographies
• Autobiographies
• Letters
• Journals or diaries
• Essays or articles
• Informational texts

• Fiction
• Characters
• Plot
• Setting
• Narrator
• Point of view
• First person
• Third person
• Types of Fiction
• Novels (subplots)
• Novellas
• Short Stories

Workbook page 9
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The Three Century Woman
Pages 8-9

• A fictional story may sound like the truth if

It includes a lot of realistic details.
Work book page 10
Listenand follow along on page 9.
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The Fall of the Hindenburg
Pages 18-19
By Michael Morrison

• In the Three-Century Woman Great Grandma says
  Truths stranger than fiction. The Crash of
  the Hindenburg is one of Great Grandmas strange
  truths.

Workbook page 11
Listenand follow along on page 19.
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