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Introduction to Non-Fiction

Introduction to Non-Fiction. Ms. Lecount. What is non-fiction?. writing that is based on facts, real events, and real people--truth. Watch me….

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Introduction to Non-Fiction

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  1. Introduction to Non-Fiction Ms. Lecount

  2. What is non-fiction? • writing that is based on facts, real events, and real people--truth.

  3. Watch me… • When the elevator door opened again, the first thing I saw was a bare wall across from me. On the right was a large blue metal door. The sight of it, the strange feeling that it gave me, made the little hairs on the back of my neck stand up.

  4. Now, let’s try together… • "How long have you worked in the stockyards?” • "I've had eight years of the yards. It's a lot different now, with the union and all. We used to have to buy the foremen presents, you know.”

  5. Try another… • In reading, 68 percent of the District's students met or exceeded the new and higher standard compared to just 59 percent across the state. In math, 69 percent of the District's students hit that mark, while at the state level 59 percent did so.

  6. How about this one? • Opening Up JapanWhile the shogun faced troubles at home, disturbing news reached him from abroad during the 1830s and 1840s. He was alarmed by news of the British victory over China in the Opium War. Even more disturbing was the way in which imperialists had forced China to sign unequal treaties. Surely, the shogun reasoned, it would not be long before western powers began seeking trading rights in Japan. External Pressure and Internal Revolt. Then, in July 1853, a fleet of well-armed American ships commanded by Commodore Matthew Perry sailed into Tokyo Bay. Perry had a letter from the President of the United States. The letter demanded that Japan open its ports to diplomatic and commercial exchange. The shogun’s advisors debated what to do. As Lord Ii noted, Japan did not have the ability to defend itself against the powerful United States Navy. In the Treaty of Kanagawa in 1854, the shogun agreed to open two Japanese ports to American ships, though not for trade.

  7. Last one… • 'Middle School: The Worst Years of My Life' • Okay, so imagine the day your great-great-grandmother was born. Got it? Now go back another hundred years or so. And then another hundred. That's about when they built Hills Village Middle School. I think it was a prison for Pilgrims back then, but not too much has changed. Now it's a prison for sixth, seventh and eighth graders.

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