Unit 5: Getting to the Truth--Facts
Who did the work to make the book?
Author: words/writing
Illustrator: drawings/illustrations
Photographer: photographs
Translator: words in another language
Publisher: company that printed the book
Place of Publication: the city, state, or country the book was published in
When was the book printed?
(Copyright Date/Birthday)
Types of Nonfiction Books:
Concept
Photographic Essay
Identification/field guide
Life cycle
Biography
Experiment, activity, craft, and how-to
Documents, journals, diaries, and albums
Survey
Specialized
Reference
Informational picture storybook/blended books
Concept
Photographic Essay
Identification/field guide
Life cycle
Biography
Experiment, activity, craft, and how-to
Documents, journals, diaries, and albums
Survey
Specialized
Reference
Informational picture storybook/blended books
Nonfiction (Access)
Text Features:
Bold print, colored print, highlighting, italics, capital letters, small letters, diagrams, time lines, captions, bullets, table of contents, index, graphs, maps, glossary, charts, photographs, illustrations, labels, titles, subtitles, websites, cursive writing, introduction, preface, prologue, sidebars, headings, subheadings, inset sections or pages, pronunciation guides, afterword, epilogue, endnotes, author/illustrator notes, appendices, and signal words.
Text Features:
Bold print, colored print, highlighting, italics, capital letters, small letters, diagrams, time lines, captions, bullets, table of contents, index, graphs, maps, glossary, charts, photographs, illustrations, labels, titles, subtitles, websites, cursive writing, introduction, preface, prologue, sidebars, headings, subheadings, inset sections or pages, pronunciation guides, afterword, epilogue, endnotes, author/illustrator notes, appendices, and signal words.
Types of Sources:
Primary--
Examples:
Secondary--
Examples:
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Features for Determining Accuracy:
Dust jacket
Copyright date
Author's credentials
Illustrator/photographer's credentials
Library of Congress Cataloguing-in Publication
Data
Acknowledgments
Dedication
Preface, prologue, introduction
Use of speculative language or generalizing
Use of fact and opinion
Afterword, epilogue, endnotes, author/illustrator notes
Bibliography/sources, readings for further information
Author's comparison of content to other sources (within text or materials in the appendix)