We've been talking about "signposts" in class, and how they can help us to understand an article or book we are reading. Nonfiction texts often use signposts to get our attention and highlight important information from the passage.
Your mission, should you choose to accept it, is to pick an article or passage from any nonfiction text, and explain how the signposts helped you understand the text better.
example: I chose a nonfiction book titled, "Home Game" by Ken Dryden. The book is about ice hockey in the 1970's and is an autobiography (Ken Dryden wrote it about his own experiences). I used the signposts on page 86 to help me understand what the pictures were showing (ice hockey games with a caption that said, "Boston Bruins versus Montreal Canadiens playoff game 1973.") Many of the words in this book are in bold print when the author thinks they are important words to remember. My favorite quote from this book is, "Winning 6 Stanley Cups in 8 years was quite an accomplishment, but the two years I didn't win seem to be the ones most people ask me about." I like this quote because it shows how brutal sports fans can be when it comes to their SUPER HIGH expectations.
I chose a nonfiction book called," Frogs" by Nic Bishop. This book is about Frogs and how they live. This is a nonfiction book. I used the signpost on page 43 to help me understand what the pictures were showing( the stawberry dart poison frog from central America is barely bigger the a bumblebee,yet a female may climb fifty feet up into a tree to its tadpoles. some types of dart poison frogs are so toxic that indigenous peoples used to wipe their dart tips on the frogs skin to make them deadly)
ReplyDeleteMy favorite quote from this book is, "Each type of frog has a special call." I like this quote because I learned that each frog has a different call.
In the book america land of splendor and beaute a caption told me where new hampshire was.
ReplyDeleteI choose a non-fiction book callled "THE STORY OF WALT DISNEY MAKER OF MAGICAL WORLDS" its by Bernice Selden. This is a book about Walt Disney, of how he lived and others. On page 57 the signpost made me understand how he got his idea of the movie Bambi in 1942. I noticed in this book it has a timeline. I like this book because it has a lot of infomation about Walt Disney and had my questions had been answered.
ReplyDeleteThe signpost i saw was a T on a stuffed lognhorn. It was colored in all black and it was bold. It stud out from everything around it.
ReplyDeleteI read a book about volcanos. The sign post was do not cross. It helped me understand the text better because it gave me the definition of why i should not cross because there was an active volcano. On pg 12
ReplyDeleteI choose my non-fiction book titled,"Switzerland"by McKay. the book is about Switzerland. I used the signposts on page 28, and 29 to know how to make the CowBell.
ReplyDeleteIt is belong to page 20.
I found a random signpost in a book called, " An Album of Memories " by Tom Brokaw. The signpost was on some guy in the navy with a cap on page 240. The signpost said, "U.S. Navy ".
ReplyDeleteIn Cities of Blood, a non-fiction book, the signpost told me what a statue was on p.15, and told about how a shaman did his work.
ReplyDeleteMy non-fiction book is called "Yao Ming Revised Edition " by Jeff Savage.I chose a sign-post on P.16, it made me understand that he is a good basketball player.It showed a picture of him holding a trophie.
ReplyDeleteI choose my non-fiction BOOK titled,'molly pitcher'.the book about'molly pitcher'. signpost on page15 and 7 to know 1832 sheis dies
ReplyDeleteI chose the non-fiction book titled SHARKS. this book is an eyewitness book. I used the signposts on p. 31 to help me find out how shark skin can be used. It was a picture of a man selling shark skin clothing.
ReplyDeleteI choose non-fiction Lebron James By Jeff Savage
ReplyDeleteThe sign post i found was on pg 7 Becuase it shows me how good of a basketball player he is it is hard to get in the pros when you are 18
WHERE DO GUINEA PIGS COME FROM? This signpost is a heading. It is inportant becouse it tells you what you are reading about, and it also makes it easier to find in the book where you need to go.
ReplyDeletein my book ,"uncovering the secrets of the red planet MARS" i chose "Wells, Welles and the war of the worlds" (the signpost)and it made me understand that Wells and Welles are 2 different people that had something to do with war of the words because it also shows a picture what looks like a movie poster of war of the worls with UFOs and stuff,and 2 pictures of people: under one person it says H. G. Wells and under the other it says orson welles which looks like he is an actor. pg.40
ReplyDeleteMy non-fiction book is called "Who Was Harriet Tubman" by Yona Zeldis McDonough.I choosed a sign-post.It feels like he is in trouble.
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