Jason Chin is interweaves the reader into his narrative nonfiction, Coral Reefs. As the characters move into the setting of the coral reefs, so do you.
- Building Background Knowledge – Science: Food chains, vocabulary
- Builds curiosity to research and learn more
- Setting – the young girl is whisked away from the library into a magical place
- Even the ending leads you into another story
- Illustrations – captures the mind of the reader
- Teaches visualization
- Connecting to the science text of facts through a narrative-like feel
- Close Reading – web
- Read and reread to understand how nature works together, predator and prey, environment and adaptations, partnerships
- Author’s Note – where he gathered his ideas
- Importance of research
- Persuading the reader to take action to help coral reefs
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