Im Sir Lovesabook and Im here to see if you are worthy to become a Knight of the Royal Reading Table.
You must know the parts of a book if you wish to earn your knighthood.
Are you ready?
Do you know what information is found on the cover of a book?
Lets see if you do!
What is the name of a book called?What do you call a person who writes a book?What do you call a person who draws or paints the pictures for a book?Title w Author wIllustrator w
The title of the bookThe authors nameThe illustrators nameThe name of the publishing company that made the book after it was written and illustratedName 4 things that are found on the title page of a book.
Can you find the title, author, illustrator and publishing company on this title page?Title: You Wouldnt Want to Be a Medieval Knight!Author: Fiona MacdonaldIllustrator: David AntramPublishing Company: Franklin Watts
The table of contents lists the name of each chapter and gives the page number where the chapter begins.
What information will you find in a table of contents?
Look closely at this table of contents.What is the name of the chapter that starts on page 10?Which chapter will tell about the gear a knight needs?The chapter about life in a castle begins on which page?
The glossary gives the definition of words that you may not know when you read the book.
Why is the glossary such an important part of a book?
Here is the glossary from a book.Using this glossary, answer these questions:What do you call the rules of good behavior for knights?What animals do caltrops stop?What does it mean to cauterize a wound?Who carried the banner?
The index is an alphabetical list of the topics in a book, and tells on which page information about the topic may be found.
What is an index?
Look at the Index on the left. On which pages of the book would I find information on these topics:chain mail16-17battle-axes1826, 30caltropsbelfry22chivalry battering ram6, 3023Holy Dragon Wings!
This is not easy but you can do it!arrows20, 23, 24-25, 30
My Dragon, Red Wing, and I have tested you on the parts of a book including the following:The information on the cover of the bookThe title pageThe table of contentsThe glossaryThe indexRed Wing will now decide if you know the parts of a book well enough to become a knight.
Red Wing, what do you say?
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