The Best Book You Ever Read

I love reading.  I have always enjoyed reading because I love to explore new topics that interest me.  There are non-fiction books, which are publications based on real-life occurrences, events, people and places.  Reading non-fiction books about different countries, famous people, historic events and more helps build knowledge on a topic that interests me.  Similarly, there are fiction books that tell creative stories.  Some fiction stories are centered around genres like fantasy, mystery, science-fiction and more.  I enjoy fictional stories because I get to use my imagination.  Some of my favorite non-fiction books are biographies about famous people, like Cleopatra, Cesar Chavez, and Michelle Obama.  Some of my favorite fiction books are stories like Game of Thrones and Harry Potter, which are stories about wizards, magic and dragons.

What are some of your favorite non-fiction books?  What are some of your favorite fiction books?

Key Vocabulary:

• Non-fiction (noun) informative literature that is based on facts and situations that occur in every day life.
• Fiction (noun): literature that is based around creative and imaginative writing, such as fairytales, science-fiction, young adult fiction, and more.
• Publication (noun): a written work that has been produced by a company and released to the public, as a book, magazine or article.
• Occurrence (noun): something that happens
• Genre (noun): styles or categories, particularly about literature, art and music.
• Imagination (noun): using your mind to create an idea or an image in your head, which you can use to create your own stories.
• Biography (noun): non-fiction literature about the life of a person.

Vocabulary Activity:

Word Search:  Circle the words found on the left of the Word Search

Grammar Point:
Biographies are non-fiction books that tell stories about famous people. People's names are a special kind of noun called proper nouns.  A proper noun must be capitalized to show that it is the name of a person, place or thing (such as "Canada" or "Thanksgiving").

Grammar Activity:
Circle all of the proper nouns in the paragraph above.  Once you have found them, list five proper nouns.  Bonus points if they are people, places or things you'd like to read more about!