Encyclopedia

Genre: Informational Text

• Multiple Books arranged in Alphabetical Order.

• Contains articles or entries on a wide range of subjects.

• Published every year and some of the articles within are edited or new articles are added.

• The Index is the last book in the series that contains an alphabetical list of all of the entries and there locations.

We will be creating a 3X3 using the Encyclopedias.  The students will each be given a book / letter(s) from the set.  Then they will pick three different topics from the book and read the entries about them.  Once they have read the entry they will write down three facts about that topic.  That's why it's called a 3X3.  Here is an example of a completed 3X3: