Non-Fiction Titles

Guns, Germs, and Steel:  The Fate of Human Societies by Jared M. Diamond

Chocolate:  Riches from the Rainforest by Robert Burleigh

Band of Brothers:  E. Company, 506^th Regiment, 101^st Airborne from Normandy to Hitler’s Eagle’s Nest by Stephen E. Ambrose

Undaunted Courage:  Meriwether Lewis, Thomas Jefferson, and the Opening of the American West by Stephen E. Ambrose

Mornings on Horseback:  The Story of an Extraordinary Family, a Vanished Way of Life, and the Unique Child Who Became Theodore Roosevelt by David G. McCullough

Non-Fiction Title Craft Strategies

• power of 3!
• hint at topic OR be direct
• COLON with a subtitle
• alliteration
• theme - bold language
• scene - bold language

Civil Rights Today: President Obama and Same Sex Marriage

Unless you're completely living under a rock, you probably heard something about gay marriage and President Obama yesterday.

Let's watch the ABC News video clip from yesterday.

Read the Wall Street Journal article with your partner.  Highlight the five most important sentences and create two open-ended discussion questions to bring to your group.

After your group discussion, go to the New York Times reaction board and post a comment.