Cat Talk 6-pack Author: Don Long ISBN: 9780478122992 Copyright Date: 1999 Lesson Plan Blackline Master Grade Level: 3 Reading Level: O Strategy/Skill: Author's purpose, Fact and opinion, Features of nonfiction, Making connections Genre: Explanation, Report Theme/Topic: Animals, Birds, and Insects, Communication Classification: Nonfiction

Book Summary

Cat Talk explains how cats communicate with one another and with people.  The book describes a range of feline actions and gives the reasons behind them.

Features of the Book

• Headings and subheadings
• The use of parentheses to give additional information
• Questions addressed to the reader
• Illustrations that enhance the meaning of the text
• Precise, descriptive language
• The personal nature of the writing
• Subtle humor
• The “cat talk” in quotation marks

Purpose

Cat Talk can be used to introduce and reinforce the following skills:

• recognizing the features of nonfiction, especially the organization of material
• relating what students read to their own experiences and observations
• distinguishing between fact and opinion
• using a text as a springboard to further research
• recognizing the author’s purpose and point of view

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