Research Tag

Research Tag

Choose a country and write a question about it.  For example what foods do they eat in Romania?

Topic: China

Big idea: What food do they eat in China?

Now go and find a book that you think could answer the question and fill out this information.

Book title: Travel through China

Author/s: Lynn Huggins-Cooper

Publisher: QED Publishing

Date of publication: 2007

Keywords found: Food, Chopsticks

Page #’s: 14-15, 28, 29, 30,

Key pictures found: Family eating, food, Chef cooking, Woman making tea,

Page #’s: 14 and 15

Matching parts of a book

Matching Parts of a Book

L.I. Know the different parts of non-fiction books

Each part of a book has a special name which you need to be a familiar with.

1. For each description below find the matching term in the box.

2. Write in the correct term in the space provided.

index = Alphabetical list of all the topics in a book with the page number where the information can be found.

End papers= The first and last pages of a book.

Illustrator = The person who prepared or drew the pictures.

introduction= Information about the book found at the beginning of a book.

dedication= Words about a special person found at the front of a book.

Author= The person who wrote the book.

glossary=  List of special words used in the book with their correct meanings.

spine= The flat narrow outside strip of the book.

publisher= The company who made the book.

cover= The outside of the book.

spine label = The label which identifies the book on the shelf.

Bibliography = A list of more books on the same subject.

contents= A list of the titles of the chapters.

Non-Fiction Books

Non-Fiction

What are non-fiction books?

Non-fiction are based on true stories and are ordered by decimal numbers.

Who was Dewey?

Marvin Dewey is a man who created the dewey decimal numbers.

How are non-fiction books arranged on the shelf? non-fiction books are arranged in decimal numbers.

List the following spine labels in the correct order:

001

219

623

796

913

Choose a non-fiction book from the shelves.

Does the book you have chosen include the following?  Locate and photograph

this is the index page               this is the contents page     this is the title page              

                              

This is my references

What is a glossary?

A glossary is a books dictionary.