It would help the students decipher between real things that can possibly happen from imaginary things that can possibly happen. Hypothesizing what the story is about would have to be factual rather than fiction-for example, a student would not be able to hypothesize that the gorilla was able to fly because a gorilla would not be able to really do that. I also chose to prompt hypothesizing based on the fact that this book is nonfiction, but it has a gorilla on the cover. By pointing out that this brightly colored children's book is actually, in fact a nonfiction book, it teaches or reminds the students that not all nonfiction books have to be 'boring'. Prompt hypothesizing based on the situation.ģ)-I chose to draw attention to the genre because a lot of the time when people think of nonfiction books, they don't think of children's books with bright illustrations, but rather typically novels or books with real-life photographs instead of illustrations. What do you think that this true story about Ivan could be about? Do you think it will be a happy or a sad story? Let's see. That means that this story happened in real life, and the author and illustrator decided to tell a real story to students in a children's book.

Can someone please tell me if that means that this book is a nonfiction story or if it's telling me that this book is fiction? You're right! It is nonfiction.

Great job! In the title, it has the words 'true story'. Let's all read the title together (as a class read) 'Ivan the Remarkable True Story of the Shopping Mall Gorilla'. 1) (show front cover to students) This book has a long title.

Ivan by Katherine Applegate