Analyze Nonfiction Sheet 1
Analyze Nonfiction Sheet 1 (PDF)
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A. Before you read:
1. Why did you choose this book?
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2. What clues on the outside tell you about the topic of the book?
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2. What recommendations or awards are mentioned?
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3. What are the author’s qualifications?
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4. What is the reputation of the publisher?
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5. Â Is the book too old to be reliable? Why?
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6. What topics are listed in the page of contents?
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7. Do you like the size and style of font? _______________________________
8. Do you like the distance between the lines? ___________________________
9. Do you like the size of the margins? ________________________________
10. Are there any subheadings in the chapters that help you find and remember
     information? ______________________________________________
11. Are there any words in different sizes that help you determine the most
    important words to remember? _________________________________
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12. Are there illustrations? What kind? _________________________
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13. Are there captions? ____________________________________________
14. Are the illustrations necessary for understanding or do they provide extra information? _______________________________________________-
15. Is this a book for skimming or do you need to read every word in order to understand the topic? _____________________________________
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16. What do you already know about this topic before reading?
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17. What do you think you might learn by reading this book?
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B. While reading:
1. An important question answered in the book:
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2. The answer:
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3. Another important question answered in the book:
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4. The answer:
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5. Still another important question answered in the book:
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6. The answer:
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7. A diagram or illustration to help me remember the important information:
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8. Examples of powerful writing (with page numbers):
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C. After reading:
 1. This reminds me of _____________________________________________
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 2. I already knew that ___________________________________________
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3. I think that this book is valuable because _____________________________
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4. How does your new knowledge affect your view of the world? _____________
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5. How might that knowledge affect your behaviour? _____________________
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