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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