Fiction and non-fiction
Grade 3: stories vs information texts, features of non-fiction (headings, contents, index, glossary), fairy tales and fables, instructions.
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Questions
Which book is fiction?
- A book about how rabbits live
- A guide to caring for pets
- A report on farm animals
- A story about a talking rabbit
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A story about a talking rabbitWhat is a non-fiction book written to do?
- Give true facts
- Rhyme every line
- Show only pictures
- Tell made-up tales
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Give true factsA story about a dragon who bakes bread is non-fiction. (True or false?)
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FalseWhich text is most likely to be non-fiction?
- A poem about a dancing moon
- A story of a brave mouse
- A tale of a magic lamp
- An article about volcanoes
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An article about volcanoesWhere in a non-fiction book do you find the list of chapters at the start?
- The blurb
- The contents page
- The glossary
- The index
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The contents pageWhat does a glossary do?
- Explains hard words from the book
- Lists page numbers for topics
- Names the book's author
- Shows the chapter titles
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Explains hard words from the bookWhich part, at the back, lists topics in ABC order with page numbers?
- The contents
- The heading
- The index
- The title page
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The indexA heading tells you what a section of a text is about. (True or false?)
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TrueYou want to find the meaning of the word 'habitat' in a book. Which back page helps? (Answer out loud)
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The glossaryWhich is a fable?
- A list of true facts about animals
- A page of word meanings
- A set of steps to make a kite
- A short story with a lesson, often with animals
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A short story with a lesson, often with animalsWhich phrase often begins a fairy tale?
- Contents
- In conclusion
- Once upon a time
- Step one
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Once upon a timeWhat is the lesson of a fable called? (Answer out loud)
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The moralFairy tales often have magic in them. (True or false?)
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TrueWhich word is a good way to start an instruction in a recipe?
- Mix
- Mixed
- Mixes
- Mixing
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MixInstructions are usually written in which order?
- Alphabetical order
- Any order at all
- Shortest step first
- The order the steps are done
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The order the steps are doneName one word that shows order in instructions, like first. (Answer out loud)
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Next, then, after that, finally (any)
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