2. Non-Fiction Fiction What is it? What is it? Characteristics Characteristics Types of Fiction Types of Fiction Examples Examples
3. Why is it important for us to be able to tell the difference between fiction and non-fiction? Discuss this at your table. Make sure everyone knows the answer. The computer is going to choose who answers.
4. What kinds of things can we look for on a book to help us decide if it is fiction or non-fiction?Discuss at your table for 2 minutes. Everyone will need to know the answer because the computer is going to pick someone.
7. Listen to the Audio Clip.Then answer the question. Press A for Fiction. Press B for Non-fiction. Discuss at your table… What do you think the chicken coop Monster is? How can the narrator solve the mystery of the chicken coop monster?
9. Is the “kids at work” excerpt an example of fiction? Press A for Yes. Press B for No. What do you think that Hine’s goal was? How do you feel about what you heard?
11. What is fiction? Story that is about a specific person. Story or writing that is made up. True stories about real events. The drag that is created when two objects rub against each other.
12. Which is not an example of non-fiction? Magazine Short Story Newspaper Biography Encyclopedia
13. Is it possible to look at the information on the back of the title page to determine if a book is fiction or non-fiction? Yes No Not sure
14. If you had a choice, would you choose to read fiction or non-fiction? Fiction Non-fiction
15. Did today’s lesson help you differentiate between fiction and non-fiction? Not really. It was mostly review. Kind of. I learned at least one new piece of information. Yes. I learned at least two things I didn’t know before. WOW! This lesson was great! I learned a whole bunch of stuff I never knew!
16. On a scale of 1-5, how did you like the lesson?
