This book is about famous people in history who met some pretty awful ends. Most of the people in this book are famous or infamous for the way they lived their lives but this book highlights they way that they died. It is gruesome but very cleverly written and super entertaining. Each entry contains the facts about the person like where they were born, what day, where they died and what day plus their age at death. Then it goes in to detail about how they died. At the end of each chapter it gives you facts about that person and their death.
Assignment # 2
I believe that the Accuracy and Design of
this informational book is what brings this subject matter to life, so to
speak. It has a Table of Contents and Index so that you can read only what you
are interested in. The sources on each person are extensive as well as the
“Further Reading and Surfing” links. The
Design of this book is quite clever with it’s pencil sketches of each subject
and the font used draws you in to the topic.
At the end of the book there is a time line showing connections of each
person to one or more of the other historical figures. This also lends to the
accuracy of the book plus adds to the Design.
The writing itself is very clever and skillfully entertaining at the
same time.
Author website: http://georgiabragg.com/
Illustrator website: http://www.booksbyomalley.com/
Non-fiction Writing Activity: https://ktwelve.wikispaces.com/Non-Fiction+Writing+Activity+using+the+book+How+they+Croaked
Learning Unit: https://sites.google.com/site/kbeachler30/learning-unit-2
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