Nonfiction Texts Dont have to be Difficult

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A scrolling image of our title: Making Books Come Alive (we may want to look into changing our title what about something like, Nonfiction Texts Dont have to be Difficult or something like that.)

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teacher in the front of the room at the white board and students at their Teacher: Remember guys, your biography is due this Friday!

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Student 1 (S1) talking to Student 2 (S2) at their desks. S1: Oh man, have you started your paper yet? S2: Yeah, I am almost done with mine. What about you? S1: No, I havent even started. I dont know where to get any information on my person. S2: I got all of my resources from the library here at school. The books Audio Options Audio Description

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S2: So who did you pick for your biography? S1: I picked _(this will depend on what costumes we can find!)_. I dont really know anything about him/her though. S2: That is ok, our librarian, ______________ will help us out. Audio Options Audio Description

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the students walking up to the librarian (L) to ask for help. L: Good morning guys, what are you looking for today? S1: I have a biography about _____________due this Friday. I dont really know anything about him/her. _(fictional name of student 2)_ said that he got all of his information on his person here. I was hoping the library might have something on my person too. Audio Options Audio Description

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librarian and 2 students standing at the appropriate shelf where S1 will L: All of our books on famous people are located here, in the _(Dewey decimal # range)_ section of nonfiction books. If we have information on __________, it will be here ..yep, there we go, _(name of relevant book, etc)_. S1: Thanks, but this book really isnt my speed. No offense, but it looks Audio Options Audio Description

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S1 and S2 sitting at a table in the media center opening the book of S1 and S2 walk over and sit down at a table in the media center. All of a sudden, ________ appears beside the students. The students react with amazement.

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________ talking to the two students. __: I heard that you have a biography due this week. S1: Yes, but I am having a hard time coming up with information though. These books look so boring. __: I understand, sometimes nonfiction texts can be a bit overwhelming. However, most have certain features that will help you locate the Audio Options Audio Description

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S1: Wow, I didnt know you could use a table of contents that way. I thought you always had to read straight through a book from cover-tocover. Now I can look specifically for what I want to include in my biography. What other features are there? Audio Options Audio Description

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students and _____. __: Well, a lot of nonfiction texts will have pictures to support the information located inside. These can be photos, charts, or graphs. These images help readers better understand what they are reading about. Audio Options Audio Description

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__: This book has pictures of me during different times of my life (this will depend on the person/book we choose for the video). This way you can actually picture what you are reading about. S1: I like this feature. It really helps me understand what the text is talking about. Audio Options Audio Description

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students and ____. __: Some nonfiction books include glossaries in the back of them. Glossaries are where all of the important vocabulary words in the book are defined. This is a quick reference for the reader if they come across an unfamiliar word when reading. This way, readers do not have to take time out of their reading to go and locate a dictionary to find clarification. Audio Options Audio Description

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the books glossary. __: This particular book has a glossary. It helps the reader understand some of the harder words in this book. S1: I really like that some of the nonfiction texts have the glossaries. There are always words that I come across when reading that I dont know. This feature will make it a lot easier to understand the vocabulary Audio Options Audio Description

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____ and students. __: So what can you tell me about nonfiction texts. S1: So, nonfiction texts have certain features that help the readers. They have a table of contents which helps the reader locate information about specific topics. That way, readers can find things a lot quicker. Second, they have graphs, pictures, and tables to help readers visualize and Audio Options Audio Description

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__: So now that you are a little more familiar with all nonfiction texts have to offer, do you feel better about reading books in this genre? S1: Oh yeah, I sure do! I didnt realize all of these features were that helpful to readers. I always just saw it as extra stuff that I had to read. Now I know all of that extra stuff is actually there to help me better Audio Options Audio Description

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S1 in front of the classroom talking to the class. S1: And that completes my biography about ________! Other students clap

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