WHAT’S IN A NON-FICTION BOOK?From Cover to Content and From Glossary to Index

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Where do books come

from?Books are made by people just like you

and me!

When someone decides to write a book, they must decide what kind of book will be written.

What are some genres of books that might get written?*

GENRE: There are two major categories- FICTION AND NON-FICTION

GENRES

FICTION

REALISTIC FICTION

FAIRY TALES

TALL TALES

LEGENDS

NON-FICTION:

BIOGRAPHY

AUTO-BIOGRAPHY

HOW-TO

REFERENCE

NON-FICTION BOOKS ARE MADE OF:

1. A COVER PAGE

2. TABLE OF CONTENTS WITH NUMBERED PAGES

3. CHAPTERS

4. FACTS ON THE TITLED TOPIC

5. REAL PICTURES OR PHOTOGRAPHS WITH CAPTIONS AND INTETRVIEWS

6. A GLOSSARY

7. INDEX

8. AN AUTHOR AND ILLUSTRATOR

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THE TABLE OF CONTENT PAGE

CHAPTER NAMES AND PAGE NUMBERS

• List all the titles of the chapters of your book sequence in the order they appear in the book.

• The first page of your chapter must be numbered.

• Write the page number directly across from the chapter title on your content page.

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CHAPTERS

Give your chapter a TITLE!

The title will go on your Table of Contents page.

Don’t forget to NUMBER the first page of your chapter.

The bulk of your writing takes place here. In your paragraph(s) share the FACTS you know about your chapter title.

Your CHAPTER(S) should include FACTS in photos, interviews, diagrams, captions….all things real!

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GLOSSARY

Alphabetically arranged wordlist or terms targeting the subject of the book. Click here

A FOUR-SQUARE PARAGRAPH

Write TOPIC of your chapter.

In three of the squares write sentences of SUPPORTING DETAILS for the topic.

Finally. In your fourth box write an INTERESTING FACT about the topic.

Put it all together to create your paragraph!

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