This is an assignment for a class in which the students critique power point presentations

1. NONFICTION NONFICTION is everything that is NOT fiction! Books that are NONFICTION usually give “true” information. For example, books about snakes, cars, sports, countries,dolphins and planets are NONFICTION books. Poetry books, and folktales are also considered “NONFICTION” books, so not everything is “true”.

2. NONFICTION books are put on the bookshelf by subject! Books about the same topic (subject) are together on the bookshelf. SPIDERS is a kind of subject.

3. Dewey Decimal System Basketball Horses Dinosaurs Ten Groups DOLPHINS 794 567 642 589

4. 000-099 100-199 200-299 300-399 400-499 500-599 600-699 700-799 800-899 900-999 Dewey Decimal has ten groups!

5. Nonfiction Books have NUMBERS on the SPINE!

6. To read a bookshelf.... Follow the arrows!

7. Let's Review . . . 1. What is a FICTION story? 2. What is a NONFICTION book? 3. Which kind of book has NUMBERS on the spine? 4. Name a topic (subject) that would be found in NONFICTION.

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