Non Fiction- Real
Texts that provide true facts about a topic
What is Non-Fiction
A suspenseful story about a puzzling event
What is Mystery
Journal of a Lumpy Kid by Ken Jiffy
In his first year of middle school, Hank Griffin, the main character of this story deals with “cooties,” older bullies, running for a class election, and other problems that many middle school students face.
What is Realistic Fiction
Susan B. Anthony was a leader in the fight for women's right to vote. She marched in parades all over the country to involve other women in her effort. In 1920, women were given the right to vote.
What is Biography
A made up story with made up characters
What is Fiction
Penguins live in Antarctica. Penguins are birds, but they are not flying birds. They are good swimmers and divers. They use their wings like paddles in the water. Penguins eat fish that they catch in the water.
What is Nonfiction
The story of a real persons life written by another person
What is Biography
But all the while I sit and think... Of times there were before, I listen for returning feet...and voices at the door.
What is Poetry
They Came from the Sun by Tom Mitchell
The story of a race of aliens that come to enslave the residents of Earth with their advanced weaponry. Only one teacher can stop them, but is it too late?
What is Science Fiction
Books such as The Giant Diamond Robbery, The Empty Envelope, and Nancy Drew
What is Mystery
Books such as I am Malala, Becoming- Michelle Obama, Long Walk To Freedom- Nelson Mandela
What are Autobiographies
A story linked to a person or event from history that may teach a lesson
What is Legend
Bag Lunch by Dillard Perkins
It is the fictional story of two young African American girls living in Greensboro, N.C. in 1960. One day while waiting to buy food at a Woolworth's lunch counter, the girls find themselves at a significant crossroads in American history.
What is Historical Fiction
As I Was Saying by Augustus Gluten
Mr. Gluten writes the story of his humble origins as a child in Germany to his meteoric rise to power in the candy industry.
What is Autobiography
Books such as The Land of Stories, The True Story of The Three Little Pigs, and Cinderella
What is Fairytale
Books such as Hidden Figures, Magic Ramen, Game Changers
What is Narrative Nonfiction
Texts about real people or events told in chronological order and using story elements
What is Narrative Nonfiction
“Sally Ann Thunder Ann Whirlwind” retold by Mitch Colwell
Sally Ann Thunder Ann Whirlwind was the toughest girl in the Wild West. She flosses with rattlesnakes and dries her clothes in a tornado. She’s tougher than a ten-year-old steak. Read about her extraordinary adventures in this humorous text.
What is Tall Tale
There are several elements present in most of these stories: Special beginning and/or ending words- Once upon a time... and they lived happily ever after.
What is Fairytale
Stories with no known creator. They were originally passed down from one generation to another by word of mouth. The authors of these books today are retelling these stories
What are Folktales
Nonfiction stories provide ____ facts about a topic or person
What is true
A story that teaches a lesson called a moral
What is Fable
Eric Vaser and the Educator’s Rock by J.P. Tumblin
This is the first book in the Eric Vaser series. Eric goes to mage school and becomes a star student. He learns to play pencetrench, a football like game played on flying platforms, and he fights to stop a growing evil within the school that will test his newfound magic powers.
What is Fantasy
Thomas Jefferson was asked to write a special document explaining why the thirteen colonies should be separate from England. On July4, 1776, Congress approved Jefferson's Declaration of Independence.
What is Non-Fiction
Celestial Event
by Michelle Walton
The story of Mae Puffin and her vampire love, Bob Sharpe. The novel explores Mae's choice between her love for Bob and her friendship with mummy Daniel Red, who harbors great feelings for Mae but is afraid to express himself because he believes that the curse of the mummy extends to love life as well.
What is Fantasy