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Fiction or Non-Fiction?
Fiction texts… Non-Fiction texts…
Contain stories about made up people or animals (characters),
events or places
Are about real people, things, events or places
Have to be read in order, starting at the beginning
Can be read in any order
Sometimes have illustrations and pictures
Often contain lots of photographs, diagrams and charts. These
images usually have labels and captions with them
Are sometimes divided up into chapters
Are sometimes divided up into chapters but also have other
sections, like an index, a glossary, headings and subheadings
Often contain speech and talking Tell you facts and informationExamples of fiction texts include: story books, novels, poems, plays
and film scripts
Examples of non fiction texts include: encyclopaedias, magazine
and newspaper articles, biographies and autobiographies,
instructions and explanations
Unit 1 Day 1
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Name ______________________________
The things I really want to mention on my _______________________ information page are….
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Unit 1 Day 2
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Loggerhead Turtle Fact File
Thick shell Strong front flippers
Length: 90cmLargest hard-shelled turtleVery good vision at night
Can make some sounds and calls Comes up to the surface to breathe air
Only rarely comes out of the waterLays eggs in sand/ mudEggs are soft, leathery
Eats: aquatic plants, worms, snailsEndangered
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Long Beaked Dolphin Fact File
Eats small fish, shrimps, squidLives: warm waters near coast
Length: 2.5 metres Grey back, golden sides, white belly
Very intelligentLives in groups called pods
A mammalBreathes air through blowholes
Can stay underwater for a while but must come up for air Swims very fast
Can jump and somersaultBabies are called calves
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Blue Whale Fact File
Over 30 metres longWeighs: 200 tons
Biggest creature that has ever livedEats krill (small shrimps)
Can live for 80 yearsCan stay underwater for half an hour but must come up for air
Two blow holes for breathingMakes sounds that can be heard 1,500 kilometres away
Babies 8 metres longSwims in all the world’s oceans
Endangered
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Octopus Fact File
Eight armsArms covered with suckers
Soft body with no shellCan change shapeSquirts black ink
Produces venom (poison)Eats: crabs, shrimps and clams
Often lives on seabedCan change colour for camouflageBreathes underwater through gills
Can grow up to 10 metres long
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Spider Crab Fact File
Lives in: seas around JapanLives very deep down in ocean8 legs and 2 arms with pincers
Legs 4 metres longUses pincers to pick things up
Hard orange/ white shellBody: size of a basketball
Eats: smaller crabs and shellfishCan live for 100 years
Lays eggs
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Walrus Fact File
Lives in Arctic regionsCan survive immense cold
Two tusks (each 1 metre long)Uses tusks for: fighting, holding on to ice
Bristly whiskersEats: crabs and shellfish
Weighs: 1000kg3.5 metres long
Thick waterproof skinSkin brown/red colour
Blubber layer 15cm thick for warmth
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Angel Fish Fact File
Lives in warm tropical seasLives near coral reefsVery bright/ colourfulHides in rocks at night
ShyEats: sponges and sea plants
Lays eggsBreathes underwater through gills
Spines along backBetween 15 and 60cm long
Can be kept as pets
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Sea Horse Fact File
A kind of fish40 different sorts of seahorse
Mainly lives in shallow warm watersSome live near Britain
2 to 30cm longDoesn’t have scales
Sometimes kept as petsEndangered in some parts of the world
Eats: shrimps, tiny fish, planktonNo teeth
Grips onto seaweed with tail
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Key Features of Information Texts
Non-fiction information writing…
Has headings and titles.
Is factual, being about real things and places. It does not tell a story.
Is usually written in the present tense.
Uses ‘proper’, technical words to name things. It does not use vague words like ‘thing’ or ‘stuff’.
Has illustrations and diagrams, some of which can be captioned or have labels on them.
Is broken up into separate parts, with a new line for a new subject.
Can use bullet points to start new sentences.Unit 1 Day 3
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