NCIS - Cutchogue
Nonfiction Category Investigation Squad
Nonfiction Genres
Each group will work collaboratively to categorize 7 books using the defining characteristics (clues) they have been provided with.
Autobiography
A book a person writes about their own life.
Biography
A book someone writes about someone else's life.
Memoir
Tells the story of a significant event in someone's life (i.e. if one of the flying monkeys told about living with the Wicked Witch in the Land of Oz.
Narrative Nonfiction
The author tells about events in chronological order
Persuasive Texts
Provides reader with factual information and convinces the reader to think or do something.
Procedural Text
The author explains the necessary steps to take to create something.
Expository Nonfiction
Provides factual information about a topic.