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Big Beasts
Lion
A new title in this popular series profiles the lion, from its extraordinary hunts (and speed), to its lifecycle, societal routines, habitat, and much more. With clear, simple text, accompanied by abundant color photos, this title is a great introduction to research routines and nonfiction.
24 pages, Paperback
Published September 1, 2015
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Stephanie Turnbull
156 books10 followersStephanie is an children's book author and has written many non-fiction books for Usborne.
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June 20, 2017Paired with:
Tierney, F. (2010). Lion's lunch. New York, NY: Chicken House.
Rationale:
The non-fiction book in this pair is pretty straightforward. It is a fact book about lions, their habitat, diet, etc. I chose this book because I feel like it is a non-fiction book students would be excited about--who doesn't love lions? We could also use it to begin a project on animals, research, or even having students find pairs of their own. The fiction twin, Lion's Lunch, has a lion as a main character and he is a bit of a bully. I would want students to learn about how lions really act in the wild, then see the fictitious representation and decide if it is accurate or not. In the fiction story, the lion is also a bit of a bully and learns his lesson, so we could also tackle the topic of being kind and accepting others, even when it is hard for us. The tie together is lions, but we could use these 2 texts to accomplish a lot of activities and extended learning in the library.
Text Structures/Text Features:
This non-fiction book has a few text features. There is a title page, table of contents, headings for each section about the lion. There are also color photographs with captions and an index.
The structure of this book is a combination. Some parts are cause and effect, some are description, and some are chronological. There is no one text structure found in this book. It uses whatever structure lends itself to that particular part of a lion's life.
Non-Fiction Strategy Application:
With this book, it will be important to keep students engaged. There is not a lot of text, but some students may already know this information or not care to learn this information. Because of this, I plan to use QAR with this book. As we read, I will ask students some questions and have them find the answer within the page we are currently on. Some will be lower level thinking questions and some will be higher level or opinion questions. In this way, students will be engaged to help find the answers and stay focused on what we have read so they can share their ideas and thinking with the group. At the end of reading the story, students (depending on what level they are) could write some of their own question and make a book quest/challenge for another class to find the answers to while they read.
Camp, D. (2010, February). It takes two: Teaching with twin texts of fact and fiction. The Reading Teacher, 53(5), 400-408.
Tierney, F. (2010). Lion's lunch. New York, NY: Chicken House.
Rationale:
The non-fiction book in this pair is pretty straightforward. It is a fact book about lions, their habitat, diet, etc. I chose this book because I feel like it is a non-fiction book students would be excited about--who doesn't love lions? We could also use it to begin a project on animals, research, or even having students find pairs of their own. The fiction twin, Lion's Lunch, has a lion as a main character and he is a bit of a bully. I would want students to learn about how lions really act in the wild, then see the fictitious representation and decide if it is accurate or not. In the fiction story, the lion is also a bit of a bully and learns his lesson, so we could also tackle the topic of being kind and accepting others, even when it is hard for us. The tie together is lions, but we could use these 2 texts to accomplish a lot of activities and extended learning in the library.
Text Structures/Text Features:
This non-fiction book has a few text features. There is a title page, table of contents, headings for each section about the lion. There are also color photographs with captions and an index.
The structure of this book is a combination. Some parts are cause and effect, some are description, and some are chronological. There is no one text structure found in this book. It uses whatever structure lends itself to that particular part of a lion's life.
Non-Fiction Strategy Application:
With this book, it will be important to keep students engaged. There is not a lot of text, but some students may already know this information or not care to learn this information. Because of this, I plan to use QAR with this book. As we read, I will ask students some questions and have them find the answer within the page we are currently on. Some will be lower level thinking questions and some will be higher level or opinion questions. In this way, students will be engaged to help find the answers and stay focused on what we have read so they can share their ideas and thinking with the group. At the end of reading the story, students (depending on what level they are) could write some of their own question and make a book quest/challenge for another class to find the answers to while they read.
Camp, D. (2010, February). It takes two: Teaching with twin texts of fact and fiction. The Reading Teacher, 53(5), 400-408.
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