Unit 2
1 Where would you see the sign “Now wash your hands”? 2 Look at the chart (2). What is the favourite colour? How many children like green best? 3 What would you write on a shopping list?
Fiction and non-fiction
An information book tells us about real things. It tells us facts . A fact is something that is true. A book of literature created from the imagination tells us about things that are not real. It is fiction . Fiction is not true.
1 Which is fiction? Which is non-fiction? How do you know?
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The Sweet Potatoes One day, Old Tiger was digging up his sweet potatoes when Mongoose came along and took one. “Stop it!” yelled Old Tiger.
Bats Bats are nocturnal – they fly about and look for food at night. In the day, they rest.
• Fiction and non-fiction: Ask pupils to compare the illustration in ‘Bats’ with the one in ‘The Sweet Potatoes’. Explain that information books often have photographs, but the pictures in stories are usually painted. Why do pupils think that might be? ( Story book characters aren’t real so you can’t photograph them .)
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