GB Nonfiction Unit

DDC
•What goes in the 92’s?
•Narrative Nonfiction

DDC
•What goes in the 741’s?
•Graphic novels

DDC
•What goes in the 200’s?
•Religion and Mythology

DDC
•What goes in the 000’s?
•General References

DDC
•What goes in the 000’s?
•General References

•What genre of nonfiction
contains memoirs?
•Narrative Nonfiction

•Which focuses on a person’s
whole life, memoir or
autobiography?
•Autobiography

•What goes in this blank:
•____________ nonfiction
informs, explains, or describes
ideas
•Expository

•Would a book about parenting be,
narrative or expository?
•Expository

•Who created the method to
organize nonfiction books?
•Melvil Dewey

•Where did he create it?
•A college library in
Massachusetts in 1876

•What goes in the blank?
•Nonfiction books are shelved
by the first three ______ in the
call number.
•Digits/numbers

•What goes in the blank?
•The specific numbers within a
category (like 624.73) indicate
its specific ______________.
•Subcategory (such as passenger
trains)

•What goes in the blank?
•If more than one book has the same
call #, then they are further organized
by _____________________.
•The first three letters of the
author’s last name

•In Destiny Discover, what does
“Main IMC” tell you?
•Where/what space to find the
book in the library

Name any strategy you were taught to do
before reading a nonfiction book.
• Set a purpose/goal
• Think about your background knowledge you
can connect to the book
• Preview the text, looking over chapter headings,
charts, etc.
• Ask yourself questions to which you want to find
the answers.

What is an example of a “Text Feature” in a
nonfiction book?
•Table of contents
•Headings and subheadings
•Captions and bold words
•Illustrations or photographs
•Diagrams, charts, tables

What is a strategy to use after reading
nonfiction?
•Identify the book’s main idea/big takeaway
•Summarize what you read
•Check if your reading purpose was met
•Ask questions

•What does nostalgic mean? Write
the definition
•Feeling happy and a little sad at the
same time when thinking about the
past; sentimental and longing

•What does candid mean? Write the
definition.
•Free in expressing ones true
feelings and opinions; honest and
forthright

•What best fits in this blank? Pensive,
Scathing, Impartial, Subjective, Reverent,
or Rousing?
•The student’s _______ comment to the
assistant principal only got her into more
trouble.
•Scathing

•Define Impartial.
•Marked by justice, honesty, and
freedom from bias; neutral and
unbiased

•Define Rousing
•Causing great emotional or
mental stimulation; stirring and
inspiring

•What word best fits the blank: Since we
are such good friends, I feel that I can be
________with you and let you know
that your fly is open.
•nostalgic, subjective, reverent, cynical,
optimistic, scathing, candid, pensive, or
impartial
•Candid

•What word best fits the blank? Sarcastic
remarks could also be called _________
because they are kind of funny but kind
of mean.
•nostalgic, subjective, cynical, sardonic,
candid, rousing
•Sardonic

•What best fits the blank? Your use of
_________ puns always makes me think
and smile.
•nostalgic, subjective, reverent, cynical,
optimistic, scathing, candid, pensive,
jocular, rousing
•Jocular

• What word best matches
the picture?
• nostalgic, subjective,
reverent, cynical,
optimistic, scathing,
candid, pensive, jocular,
rousing, impartial,
sardonic
• Reverent

• What word best matches
the picture?
• nostalgic, subjective,
cynical, optimistic,
scathing, candid, pensive,
impartial, sardonic
• Optimistic

• What word best matches the
picture?
•subjective, cynical, scathing,
candid, pensive, impartial,
sardonic, rousing, reverent,
jocular
•Pensive

• What word best matches
the picture?
• subjective, cynical,
scathing, candid, impartial,
sardonic, rousing,
reverent, nostalgic, jocular
• Subjective

• What word best
matches the picture?
• subjective, cynical,
scathing, candid,
impartial, sardonic,
rousing, reverent,
nostalgic, jocular
• Nostalgic