How to determine if a book is nonfiction or fiction'

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Nonfiction VS Fiction

• How to determine if a book is nonfiction or
  fiction.

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How To Tell If A Book Is Nonfiction?

• Realistic pictures.
• Facts.
• Animals in the book do not talk.

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How To Tell If A Book Is Fiction?

• Pictures are not realistic.
• Opinions are often used in the book.
• Animals in the book talk.

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Lesson Plan

• Read the book The Very Quiet Cricket by Eric
  Carle (Fiction).
• Read Monster Bugs by Lucille Recht Penner
  (Nonfiction).
• Do a Venn Diagram on the differences in the two
  books.

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The Very Quiet Cricketby Eric Carle

• The pictures do not look realistic.
• Opinions are stated.
• The crickets have feelings.

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Monster Bugsby Lucille Recht Penner

• The pictures look realistic.
• Facts about many different bugs are mentioned.

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What Do Both Books Have In Common?

• Both books are about bugs.

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Follow Up Activity

• Read Dogzilla by Dav Pilkey (Fiction).
• Read Dogs by Elsa Posell (Nonfiction).
• Have the students do a Venn Diagram on the books.