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Thursday, 22 October 2015

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.

Thursday, 15 October 2015

Choosing the right book

Choosing the Right Book

L.I. Matching questions to book titles
Looking for keywords in a question

Here is a list of some books you might find in the non-fiction section of a library:

Which of the books would you use to find out:

1. How many people live in NZ?
Yearbook of Population

2. Which special stamps were issued in New Zealand in 1992?
Stanley Gibbons Stamp Catalogue

3. How to look after a puppy?
Caring for pets

4. Where the custom of Easter Eggs came from?
Dictionary of Customs and Fables

5. The date of the Wahine disaster?
Everyman’s dictionary of dates

6. Which records were broken at the last Olympic Games?
Guinness Book of Records

7. The size of Noah’s Ark?
The Bible
8. The speed of the first aircraft to fly under power?
A History of Flight

9. The story of how the first under four-minute mile was run?
Encyclopedia of Athletics

10.  How the Greeks used a wooden horse to enter the city of Troy?
Myths and Legends

Thursday, 6 August 2015

Dewey Decimals

Non-Fiction

What are non-fiction books?

Books that are true and organized by numbers.

Who was Dewey?

Melvil Dewey was the man who organized books by numbers.

How are non-fiction books arranged on the shelf?

They are arranged by decimal numbers in order

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

Index  webcam-toy-photo1.jpg                                                                                    





Contents page  webcam-toy-photo2.jpg                                     



References         webcam-toy-photo3.jpg                                                                






Copyright     webcam-toy-photo6.jpg


         


Title pages     webcam-toy-photo4.jpg                          



What is a glossary?

A glossary is a list of words that you are unsure of.

Thursday, 23 July 2015

Dewey decimals

Decimals

Non-fiction books are arranged on the shelves numerically.
The books are given a decimal number according to their subject.

Try putting these numbers in order.

1.001        2.362 3.500 4.593.9
5.610 6.629.2  7.737.5 8.745.5
9.808.8                10.994


Look through the non-fiction shelves in the library.  What subjects do you find at these numbers.

004 - computer science
796.3 - Athletics
500 - Science mathematics
821 - english poetry
993.1 - NZ history

At what Dewey Decimal number would you find the following subjects:
Myths and Legends? 753
Fashion? 687
Inventions? 600
Birds? 598

Fairy tales? 398