Non Fiction Texts

Author : Melissa Stewart,Marlene Correia
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 312 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2023-10-10
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781003842446

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5 Kinds of Nonfiction by Melissa Stewart,Marlene Correia Pdf

Once upon a time...children's nonfiction books were stodgy, concise, and not very kid friendly. Most were text heavy, with just a few scattered images decorating the content and meaning, rather than enhancing it. Over the last 20 years, children's nonfiction has evolved into a new breed of visually dynamic and engaging texts.In 5 Kinds of Nonfiction: Enriching Reading and Writing Instruction with Children's Books , Melissa Stewart and Dr. Marlene Correia present a new way to sort nonfiction into five major categories and show how doing so can help teachers and librarians build stronger readers and writers. Along the way, they: Introduce the 5 kinds of nonfiction: Active, Browseable, Traditional, Expository Literature, and Narrative -;and explore each category through discussions, classroom examples, and insights from leading children's book authorsOffer tips for building strong, diverse classroom texts and library collectionsProvide more than 20 activities to enhance literacy instructionInclude innovative strategies for sharing and celebrating nonfiction with students.With more than 150 exemplary nonfiction book recommendations and Stewart and Correia's extensive knowledge of literacy instruction, 5 Kinds of Nonfiction will elevate your understanding of nonfiction in ways that speak specifically to the info-kids in your classrooms, but will inspire all readers and writers.

Author : Jeffrey D. Wilhelm,Michael W. Smith
Publisher : Corwin Press
Page : 265 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2016-09-30
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781506344058

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Diving Deep Into Nonfiction, Grades 6-12 by Jeffrey D. Wilhelm,Michael W. Smith Pdf

All nonfiction is a conversation between writer and reader, an invitation to agree or disagree with compelling and often provocative ideas. With Diving Deep Into Nonfiction, Jeffrey Wilhelm and Michael Smith deliver a revolutionary teaching framework that helps students read well by noticing: Topics and the textual conversation Key details Varied nonfiction genres Text structure The classroom-tested lessons include engaging short excerpts and teach students to be powerful readers who know both how authors signal what’s worth noticing in a text and how readers connect and make meaning of what they have noticed.

Author : Doug Lemov,Colleen Driggs,Erica Woolway
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 453 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2016-02-29
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781119104247

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Reading Reconsidered by Doug Lemov,Colleen Driggs,Erica Woolway Pdf

TEACH YOUR STUDENTS TO READ WITH PRECISION AND INSIGHT The world we are preparing our students to succeed in is one bound together by words and phrases. Our students learn their literature, history, math, science, or art via a firm foundation of strong reading skills. When we teach students to read with precision, rigor, and insight, we are truly handing over the key to the kingdom. Of all the subjects we teach reading is first among equals. Grounded in advice from effective classrooms nationwide, enhanced with more than 40 video clips, Reading Reconsidered takes you into the trenches with actionable guidance from real-life educators and instructional champions. The authors address the anxiety-inducing world of Common Core State Standards, distilling from those standards four key ideas that help hone teaching practices both generally and in preparation for assessments. This 'Core of the Core' comprises the first half of the book and instructs educators on how to teach students to: read harder texts, 'closely read' texts rigorously and intentionally, read nonfiction more effectively, and write more effectively in direct response to texts. The second half of Reading Reconsidered reinforces these principles, coupling them with the 'fundamentals' of reading instruction—a host of techniques and subject specific tools to reconsider how teachers approach such essential topics as vocabulary, interactive reading, and student autonomy. Reading Reconsidered breaks an overly broad issue into clear, easy-to-implement approaches. Filled with practical tools, including: 44 video clips of exemplar teachers demonstrating the techniques and principles in their classrooms (note: for online access of this content, please visit my.teachlikeachampion.com) Recommended book lists Downloadable tips and templates on key topics like reading nonfiction, vocabulary instruction, and literary terms and definitions. Reading Reconsidered provides the framework necessary for teachers to ensure that students forge futures as lifelong readers.

Author : Twinkl Originals
Publisher : Twinkl
Page : 160 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2021-11-30
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781914331350

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Rainforest Calling by Twinkl Originals Pdf

If a tree falls in the rainforest and no one is around to hear it, does it make a sound? When Daisy’s teacher gives her special permission to log on to webcams in South America and learn all about the rainforest, she knows that she’s been offered a once-in-a-lifetime experience. What she doesn’t expect is an unlikely video-caller with a very serious problem! Follow Pedro the potoo as he explores each layer of the Amazon rainforest. Can he get through to the humans who are destroying his home before it is too late? Will Daisy answer the animals’ cry for help? The rainforest is calling... Download the full eBook and explore supporting teaching materials at www.twinkl.com/originals Join Twinkl Book Club to receive printed story books every half-term at www.twinkl.co.uk/book-club (UK only).

Author : Adrienne Gear
Publisher : Pembroke Publishers Limited
Page : 185 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2014-02-17
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781551382937

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Nonfiction Writing Power by Adrienne Gear Pdf

Writing nonfiction is a key skill that students will need throughout their school lives, and beyond. This remarkable book is designed to help teachers develop a writing program that will enable their students to harness all of their Nonfiction Writing Powers: to Describe, to Instruct, to Compare, to Persuade, to Explain, and to Report. It illustrates ways to encourage students to write because they have something to say, and to recognize that writing well means considering intent and purpose, and choosing the best form of expression. Ideal for teaching writing in the content areas, the book includes guidance on linking writing forms to Science, Social Studies, and other subject areas.

Author : Tad Williams
Publisher : DAW Hardcover
Page : 634 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0886777771

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River of Blue Fire by Tad Williams Pdf

A group of unlikely heroes goes up against the ruthless Grail Brotherhood, who are exploiting Earth's children

Author : H. W. Brands
Publisher : Anchor
Page : 650 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2006-10-10
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780307278548

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Andrew Jackson by H. W. Brands Pdf

NATIONAL BESTSELLER • From the two-time Pulitzer Prize finalist and New York Times bestselling author of The First American comes the first major single-volume biography in a decade of the president who defined American democracy • "A big, rich biography.” —The Boston Globe H. W. Brands reshapes our understanding of this fascinating man, and of the Age of Democracy that he ushered in. An orphan at a young age and without formal education or the family lineage of the Founding Fathers, Jackson showed that the presidency was not the exclusive province of the wealthy and the well-born but could truly be held by a man of the people. On a majestic, sweeping scale Brands re-creates Jackson’s rise from his hardscrabble roots to his days as frontier lawyer, then on to his heroic victory in the Battle of New Orleans, and finally to the White House. Capturing Jackson’s outsized life and deep impact on American history, Brands also explores his controversial actions, from his unapologetic expansionism to the disgraceful Trail of Tears. Look for H.W. Brands's other biographies: THE FIRST AMERICAN (Benjamin Franklin), THE MAN WHO SAVED THE UNION (Ulysses S. Grant), TRAITOR TO HIS CLASS (Franklin Roosevelt) and REAGAN.

Author : Lynne R. Dorfman,Rose Cappelli
Publisher : Stenhouse Publishers
Page : 306 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781571104960

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Nonfiction Mentor Texts by Lynne R. Dorfman,Rose Cappelli Pdf

Guides teachers through a variety of projects, samples, and classroom anecdotes that demonstrate how teachers can help students become more effective writers of good nonfiction.

Author : Rachel Eagen
Publisher : Scholastic Canada
Page : 50 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2010-05
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9780545989114

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Northwest Territories by Rachel Eagen Pdf

Furs and fuels; the mighty Mackenzie and the city of Yellowknife; Great Bear Lake and Great Slave Lake; caribou and diamonds: It's all about the Northwest Territories!

Author : Kathy Pike,Jean Mumper
Publisher : Allyn & Bacon
Page : 228 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Content area reading
ISBN : UCSC:32106017188456

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Making Nonfiction and Other Informational Texts Come Alive by Kathy Pike,Jean Mumper Pdf

Offering a fresh approach, this much-needed text mirrors the features that are traditionally found in nonfiction texts—illustrations, diagrams, insets, boxed materials—to help clarify and explain the concepts being presented. This is a perfect complement to reading methods courses, which includes a wealth of nonfiction titles that teachers can readily use effectively in a balanced literacy program. Packed with ideas and suggestions for the classroom, Pike and Mumper offer everything one needs to know in order to use nonfiction texts in the classroom, from using them in literature circles, and as models for writing or for research purposes--Publisher's description.

Author : Roger Crowley
Publisher : Random House
Page : 464 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2012-01-24
Category : History
ISBN : 9780679644262

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City of Fortune by Roger Crowley Pdf

“The rise and fall of Venice’s empire is an irresistible story and [Roger] Crowley, with his rousing descriptive gifts and scholarly attention to detail, is its perfect chronicler.”—The Financial Times The New York Times bestselling author of Empires of the Sea charts Venice’s astounding five-hundred-year voyage to the pinnacle of power in an epic story that stands unrivaled for drama, intrigue, and sheer opulent majesty. City of Fortune traces the full arc of the Venetian imperial saga, from the ill-fated Fourth Crusade, which culminates in the sacking of Constantinople in 1204, to the Ottoman-Venetian War of 1499–1503, which sees the Ottoman Turks supplant the Venetians as the preeminent naval power in the Mediterranean. In between are three centuries of Venetian maritime dominance, during which a tiny city of “lagoon dwellers” grow into the richest place on earth. Drawing on firsthand accounts of pitched sea battles, skillful negotiations, and diplomatic maneuvers, Crowley paints a vivid picture of this avaricious, enterprising people and the bountiful lands that came under their dominion. From the opening of the spice routes to the clash between Christianity and Islam, Venice played a leading role in the defining conflicts of its time—the reverberations of which are still being felt today. “[Crowley] writes with a racy briskness that lifts sea battles and sieges off the page.”—The New York Times “Crowley chronicles the peak of Venice’s past glory with Wordsworthian sympathy, supplemented by impressive learning and infectious enthusiasm.”—The Wall Street Journal

Author : Suse MacDonald
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Page : 36 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 0152017003

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Sea Shapes by Suse MacDonald Pdf

Shows the different shapes of animals to be found in the ocean.

Author : Gail Saunders-Smith
Publisher : Maupin House Publishing, Inc.
Page : 130 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781934338384

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Non-Fiction Text Structures for Better Comprehension and Response by Gail Saunders-Smith Pdf

Non-fiction text structures organize information into comprehensible patterns. Knowing how to recognize and use these structures to navigate non-fiction text greatly improves students' understanding of what they read. Gail Saunders-Smith simplifies the process by providing teachers of grades 4-8 with: ways to teach each of the five non-fiction text structures: compare/contrast, cause/effect, sequence/procedure, question/answer, and exemplification; engaging whole-class and small-group activities using written, verbal, image, three-dimensional, and technology responses; study skills for locating, recording, and using information; tools for assessing student understanding, and explanations of the text features that organize information within the text structures; and mini-lessons for whole-class, small-group, and independent application of students' text structure knowledge. Examples, photographs, student samples, and graphic organizers support your teaching, and a bibliography of professional books and resources for locating leveled non-fiction texts make this a complete, ready-to-use guide for improving student comprehension.

Author : Robert McCrum
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2018
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 1903385830

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The 100 Best Nonfiction Books of All Time by Robert McCrum Pdf

Beginning in 1611 with the King James Bible and ending in 2014 with Elizabeth Kolbert's 'The Sixth Extinction', this extraordinary voyage through the written treasures of our culture examines universally-acclaimed classics such as Pepys' 'Diaries', Charles Darwin's 'The Origin of Species', Stephen Hawking's 'A Brief History of Time' and a whole host of additional works --

Author : Michael Hyatt
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2020-11
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1735381713

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No-Fail Habits by Michael Hyatt Pdf