Re: [LM_NET] Fiction vs. Non-fiction

[Deborah Boutwell <dboutwel@HOTMAIL.COM>]

I have found that if I refer to the Dewey Section of my library as the 
"Classified" section, the students better understand that it is arranged by 
subject.  We then discuss that we classify a book by what it is about and 
give it a number to indicate the subject.  We also talk about how some refer 
to it as non-fiction because we find many books that are about "real" 
people, places or things.  From there we can segue into the fiction section 
and where it might fall in the Dewey arrangement, stories/literature, etc.  
This may seem simplistic but it works well for middle schoolers who can't 
figure out why fairy tales, Shakespeare, and poetry fall in the 
"Non-fiction"  section of the library.  I also may be old fashioned but I 
still use the caveman analogy to give an overview of Dewey.
Debbie Boutwell
Librarian/ Lafayette Middle School
Oxford, MS
dboutwel@hotmail.com

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