2. LEARNING ABOUT NONFICTION BOOKS WITH BEAUTIFUL QUARTZ Click next to go to the next slidenext

3. Learning about Beautiful Quartz “Hi, I’m Beautiful Quartz, and you’re going to learn some facts about me using the features of a nonfiction book. Let’s get started!” get started

4. Features of a nonfiction book “To help you in your search for information, let me tell you about the features of a nonfiction book that help you find information. First, let’s look at the Table of Contents.”Table of Contents

5. Table of Contents “The Table of Contents gives you a list of the topics covered in the book, along with their page numbers. For example, if you wanted to learn about my friend, Cool Kyanite, you would go to page 17.” nextnext

6. Table of Contents “The Table of Contents is in the FRONT of the book, and it is in number order. Now let’s learn about the Index.”Index

7. “The Index also gives you a list of the topics in the book, but it is always in the BACK of the book, and it is in ABC order. If you look under K, you’ll see my friend Kyanite. Next is the Glossary.”Glossary

8. “At the back of the book with the Index, you will also find the Glossary. If you need to know the meaning of a word in the book, the Glossary will help you.” nextnext

9. Glossary “If I want to know what the word mineral means, I can look in the Glossary to find the definition. Ready to test your knowledge? Let’s go!”Let’s go

10. Question 1 “If you were looking for information about me, Beautiful Quartz, in a nonfiction book, where would you start? Table of Contents Glossary Page 5

11. Table of Contents “You got it! The Table of Contents gives us a list of topics in the book, and we can see that Beautiful Quartz is covered on page 15. Let’s go to the next question.” next question

12. Glossary “Oops! Wrong answer. Remember that the Glossary gives us the meaning of words in the book. We are looking for a page that gives us a list of topics in the book. Let’s try again.”Let’s try again

13. Page 5 “Oops! Wrong answer. Page 5 gives us general information about Rocks and Minerals, and we’re looking for specific information about Beautiful Quartz. Let’s try again.”Let’s try again

14. Question 2 “Using the Table of Contents, on what page can you find information about me, Beautiful Quartz?” Page 5 Glossary Page 15

15. Page 5 “Oops! Wrong answer. Page 5 gives us general information about Rocks and Minerals, and we’re looking for specific information about Beautiful Quartz. Let’s try again.”Let’s try again

16. Glossary “Oops! Wrong answer. Remember that the Glossary gives us the meaning of words in the book, and we’re looking for a page of information about Beautiful Quartz. Let’s try again.”Let’s try again

17. Page 15 “Correct. If we use the Table of Contents, we can find that page 15 is all about Beautiful Quartz. Let’s go to the next question.” next question

18. Question 3 “While you’re reading about me on Page 15, you come across the word gemstone and you’re unsure what it means. On what page can you find the meaning of the word?” Glossary Table of Contents Page 15

19. “Oops! Wrong answer. Remember that the Table of Contents is a list of topics covered in the book. We are looking for the meaning of the word mineral. Let’s try again.” Let’s try again Table of Contents

20. Page 15 “Oops! Wrong answer. We are looking for the meaning of the word mineral, but this page contains information about Beautiful Quartz. Let’s try again.” Let’s try again

21. Glossary “Good work! The Glossary contains the meaning of words in the book. Let’s go to the next question.”next question

22. Question 4 part 1 “Now that I know Beautiful Quartz is a gemstone, I want to find out what other kinds of rocks are gemstones. Let’s start by looking for ‘Gemstone’ in the Table of Contents.”looking for ‘Gemstone’ in the Table of Contents.”

23. Table of Contents “Do you see the word gemstone on this page?” Yes No

24. Table of Contents “Oops, look again! The word gemstone is not in the Table of Contents. Let’s go back and select the correct answer. Let’s go back and select the correct answer

25. Glossary “Sorry, wrong answer! The Glossary contains the meaning of words in the book. We are looking for a page that gives us a list of topics in the book. Let’s try again.”Let’s try again

26. Question 4 part 2 “You got it! Since ‘Gemstone’ is not listed in the Table of Contents, what other page gives us a list of topics found in the book? Glossary Index

27. Glossary “Sorry, wrong answer! The Glossary contains the meaning of words in the book. We are looking for a page that gives us a list of topics in the book. Try again.”Try again

28. Index “You got it! We can tell by looking at the Table of Contents that we can find the word ‘Gemstone’ on pages 15 and 19. By reading page 19, we see that garnets are often made into gemstones.” nextnext

29. Great job! “You did a great job answering my questions today! I can tell you’re ready to search for information using the features of a nonfiction book!”