The date the Independent Reading reviews and project are due.
What is Monday, March 21st.
100
The number of reviews you must write.
What is 3.
100
What the text is called beneath a picture in a nonfiction text.
What is a caption.
100
Three types of author's purpose in nonfiction.
What is to inform/describe, to persuade, and to entertain.
100
It is important to preview _________________ from a nonfiction piece when possible so that you have a better chance of understanding what the words mean when you encounter them in the text.
What is vocabulary.
200
The number of nonfiction books you must read, and the number of fiction books you must read.
What is... 2 and 1.
200
The project that involves a video camera and editing software.
What is the Video Newscast.
200
Three specific things that can be done to text to make it stand out or draw the reader's eye to it.
What are boldface, italics, underline, highlighted or different color text, sections, headings and subheadings, larger font.
200
The type of nonfiction that best describes the article 'When Aliens Attacked America.'
What is science nonfiction.
200
The number of stars in the known universe.
What is 70 sextillion.
70,000,000,000,000,000,000,000
300
The date you must have your book choices posted on our Classroom Blog.
What is Friday, February 18th.
300
The three parts that make up the written structure of your book reviews.
What are introduction, body, and conclusion.
300
The main purpose of the THIEVES strategy.
What is to help the reader preview nonfiction texts to figure out the most important information (or the point).
300
The one characteristic common to all types of nonfiction.
What is that it is true or real (or based on fact).
300
The author of 'War of the Worlds.'
Who is H.G. Welles.
400
The three items you must include in your book choice posting on our Classroom Blog.
What are titles, authors' names, and a brief description of each book.
400
The two most important aspects of your book reviews.
What are your opinion of the book and your supporting details for that opinion.
400
Another word for charts, polls, insets, images, maps, and other visual items found in nonfiction texts.
What are graphics.
400
A word or phrase that means the same as the following...
The perspective from which a nonfiction piece is written.
What is point of view.
400
A type of online nonfiction that serves as a journal and a place where people can comment and respond to comments about various topics.
What is a blog.
500
The four criteria that will be used to grade your projects.
What are creativity, originality, evidence of understanding of the book, and evidence of time invested on the project.
500
The name of the type of nonfiction writing required for the project involving a (real or fictional) newspaper.
What is a Letter to the Editor.
500
What 'THIEVES' stands for.
What is T = Title
H = Heading
I = Introduction
E = Every first sentence of each paragraph
V = Visuals
E = End of chapter questions
S = Summary
500
The name of the broadcaster who scared thousands of Americans with his presentation of 'War of the Worlds' and was featured in the 'When Aliens Attacked America' article.
Who is Orson Welles.
500
The number of miles Mr. Kilby road on a mountain bike from Glacier Park, Montana to Steamboat Springs, Colorado.