1. Fiction vs. Non-Fiction
Introduce the concept of fiction and non-fiction through the use of the images. Provide specifics on the fantasy images that make it fiction. Provide details on the other two images that are proven factual. Students will begin to grasp the understanding between what is fiction and non-fiction.

2. Fiction From imagination
The first two letters in FICTION may be used as a mnemonic device. For instance, FI could be used as from imagination.
From imagination

3. This is a great visual to show the types of fiction: love and romance, crime/drama, and action/adventure.

4. FROM IMAGINATION FAKE NOT REAL MAKE BELIEVE What is Fiction?
FICTION is a story that is:
FROM IMAGINATION
FAKE
NOT REAL
MAKE BELIEVE

5. Genres of Fiction
Mystery (Nancy Drew) Horror (Goosebumps) Fantasy (Harry Potter) Science-fiction (Star Wars) Myths, Fairytales, Legends (Cinderella) Historical Fiction (Son of Liberty)
Explain the types of genres with the book covers. You can go into detail by analyzing the images.

6. Beginning, Middle, and End Drawings or cartoons
Features of Fiction
Characters
Setting
Problem/solution
Beginning, Middle, and End
Drawings or cartoons
These are the features of fiction.

7. TRUE REAL BASED ON FACTS
What is Non-Fiction?
NON-FICTION is information that is…
TRUE
REAL
BASED ON
FACTS

8. Newspapers Dictionaries
Encyclopedias
These are examples of non-fiction materials.

9. Textbooks Magazines Non-Fiction Books
These are examples of non-fiction materials. You can further make the connection of non-fiction using student textbooks.

10. Features of Non-Fiction
Table of Contents
Glossary
Index
Headings
Bold Print
Photographs/Real Pictures
Charts, Graphs, and Maps
Captions
Fact and Opinion

11. Glossary

12. Photographs/Real Pictures
They are real pictures or photographs, not drawings or cartoons.
Found throughout the text

13. Charts, Graphs, and Maps Illustrations of important information
Found throughout the text

14. Captions
A caption explains what a picture, chart, graph, or map is about.
Captions are found near a picture, chart, graph, or maps
Example of a caption:
This is an image of a monarch caterpillar taken at a butterfly garden
in Florida.

15. Explain how the following books on the next slide are either fiction or nonfiction.

16. Decide whether the book is fiction or nonfiction
Decide whether the book is fiction or nonfiction. Have students explain why the book is fiction or nonfiction. Refrain from using real and not real. In other words, students should be able to explain and dialogue the components of a fiction and non-fiction book, utilizing academic vocabulary.

17. Now you can tell and explain the difference between a fiction and non-fiction book.