Comprehension: understand how to research dinosaurs using non-fiction texts

Nana, what’s an information text? 

This is a humorous story, told by a dinosaur. It provides a lot of information about information texts. Brilliantly conceived and illustrated, this is a must when introducing non-fiction texts as a genre. 

Essential Texts
The Dorling Kindersley First Dinosaur Encyclopedia, Penguin Random House
A range of other good quality dinosaur non-fiction text that contain contents pages, indexes and glossaries.

Group Reader
Nana, what’s an information text? (provided below)

Website
The Dino Directory from nhm.ac.uk