Education Book Review/Is That A Fact? Teaching Nonfiction writing K3. Portland, Maine Stenhouse Publishers. writing nonfiction introduces students to the concepts of planning, researching, http://www.lib.msu.edu/corby/reviews/posted/stead.htm
Extractions: Efforts at instructing young writers have traditionally focused on fiction forms: narrative, poetry, diaries and journals. Yet, the writing required of students as they progress academically is clearly nonfiction. Author Tony Stead, a literacy consultant and former classroom teacher, shares his belief that young students are capable, highly capable in fact, of writing nonfiction. Not to the exclusion of fiction, Stead notes, but as one component of a well-rounded writing instruction program. Stead's book, Is That a Fact? , explores how teachers can incorporate nonfiction writing into their K-3 curriculum. Divided into two sections, the book first discusses theory, outlining the need for and reasons behind nonfiction writing instruction for young students. Here he also talks about how to help youngsters with research and gives guidelines on spelling instruction. Section two tackles the practical, looking at specific methods, techniques and assignments that have been successfully used in classrooms. A question and answer chapter rounds out the volume. Stead strongly believes that interests motivate young students and that their interests can form the basis for their nonfiction writing. Their natural curiosity to know and learn about the sun, worms, and all sorts of things, provides a perfect framework for nonfiction writing. Writing nonfiction introduces students to the concepts of planning, researching, writing, revising, and publishing, important writing elements students need throughout their school career. Introducing these concepts to lower elementary students at an understandable level is what Stead's book is all about.
Education Book Review/Nonfiction Writing From The Inside Out Her beliefs about what constitutes nonfiction writing set the stage for Robb believes that nonfiction writing should be interesting and engaging, http://www.lib.msu.edu/corby/reviews/posted/robb2.htm
Extractions: As a teacher of writing for the middle grades, Laura Robb combines years of experience to offer a fresh approach for teachers. Starting with the perspective of writers rather than educators, Robb challenges educators to think differently about the art of nonfiction writing. This book is not meant to be mechanically cut and copied. Rather it is a thoughtful analysis on what it means to write and it allows readers to modify her ideas for their own classrooms. Robb provides guidelines on the steps involved in writing nonfiction, coupled with mini-lessons that educators should adapt for their classroom. Robb is obviously excited about her teaching, and this can be contagious. Her beliefs about what constitutes nonfiction writing set the stage for educators to question their own assumptions. She uses the term creative nonfiction to separate what she teaches from more typical, and often boring, essays. Robb believes that nonfiction writing should be interesting and engaging, and by making it exciting, students will want to learn how to write. Part of what makes this book intriguing is that Robb stresses the teaching of reading nonfiction as much as the writing of nonfiction. Educators are encouraged to bring well-written nonfiction into the classroom, such as from journals or magazines (as opposed to the usual textbooks). The assumption here is that before students can write well, they need to read well-written, interesting articles, and to understand why they are well-written. Students do not learn to read just for content, but learn to read for style and for organization. In essence, students learn that good writing doesnt just happen, they learn how it becomes good writing.
MyShelf.Com || Nonfiction Writing Archive MyShelf writing NonFiction Reviews Archive 1998 2004 (Listed by author) The Dictionary of Concise writing - Robert Hartwell Fiske http://www.myshelf.com/adult/writing_archive98_03.htm
Extractions: Writing Course Title: Nonfiction Writing - Basics (Level I) School: Gotham Writers' Workshop - WritingClasses.com Description: Selected "Best of the Web" by Forbes, this Gotham Writers' Workshops Basics of Nonfiction class presents the fundamentals of writing as they apply to fact-based stories and personal experience. Writers learn structure, description, narrative, style, and voice as they apply to writing essays, travel pieces, profiles, and memoirs for newspapers and magazines. The comprehensive 10-week course also covers reporting, interviewing techniques, and article/book submission strategies. Learning Format: Comprehensive 10-week online course accessible 24 hrs/day, 7 days/week; Class limited to 18 students Language: English School Info Institutional Accrediting Agency:
Course Catalog - Fall 2005 - CW 208 - Creative Nonfiction Writing Creative Nonfiction writing. Credit 3 hours. Types of nonfiction prose, including the personal essay, memoir, literary journalism, and historical writing. http://courses.uiuc.edu/cis/catalog/urbana/2005/Fall/CW/208.html
Five Reasons To Write Nonfiction For Children Perhaps the best thing about writing nonfiction is all the neat stuff you get to learn about. writing nonfiction, especially for educational publishers, http://www.writing-world.com/children/nonfiction.shtml
Extractions: HOME GETTING STARTED AUTHOR'S BOOKSHELF WRITERS WANTED ... Contact Us Rita Milios, MSW ( rita "at" milios.net ) is a freelance writer and editor of over two dozen books and numerous magazine articles for children in grades K-8, for publishers including MacMillan, Prentice Hall, Harcourt Educational, Rosen and others. A former writing instructor for Long Ridge Writer's Group (a division of The Institute of Children's Literature), Rita has critiqued both fiction and nonfiction manuscripts, and yes, a few were "cute bunny" stories. Most children's writers, it seems, are writing fiction. There's something about cute bunny stories, rhyming text and talking animals that many children's writers find irresistible. Alas, few children's editors agree. Finding a home for that cute bunny story may be almost as difficult as, well, finding a real talking animal. On the other hand, publishers of children's nonfiction are often desperate for good manuscripts from talented writers. I'd never suggest that a children's fiction writer turn to nonfiction simply because there's more market potential. But I would suggest that if you can adjust your creative flow to include researching and writing interesting nonfiction pieces that children will enjoy, you might just see your name in print more often and your bank account filled with a few more bucks. Here are some practical reasons why you might want to consider nonfiction:
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Sloan-C - Sloan-C Catalog Writers Program in Nonfiction writing a threecourse sequence that covers the basic techniques of nonfiction writing from concept to publication. http://www.sloan-c.org/programs/displayprogram.asp?ProgramID=706
Creative Writing At The University Of Oregon CRWR 244 Introduction to Imaginative writingLiterary Nonfiction Advanced study in short story, poetry and nonfiction writing. http://darkwing.uoregon.edu/~crwrweb/courses.htm
UPJ ENGWRT 1000 ADVNCD CREATV NONFICTION writing. An advanced writing course designed to hone creative nonfiction writing skills through extensive writing, http://www.upj.pitt.edu/internet/Templates/Inner.aspx?pid=2036
Rhetoric And Writing Department - PTW Program Curriculum 5315 Advanced Persuasive writing 5317 Advanced Nonfiction writing 5345 Topics in Persuasive writing 5347 Topics in Nonfiction writing http://www.ualr.edu/rwdept/curriculum.html
Extractions: Graduate Admissions Program Curriculum The PTW program is a 36 graduate hour degree offering two options, one technical and the other nonfiction. The technical option focuses on writing for industry, science, business, and government. The nonfiction option focuses on composition and rhetorical theory, nonfiction, and a general application of writing skills, including the teaching of writing. The PTW degree requires 36 graduate credit hours in a 4-part curriculum: Core Courses (12 hours) introduce students to important areas of theory necessary to complete the degree. Substitution courses or independent studies are not acceptable for PTW core courses.
Journalism JOUR 206 Beginning Creative Nonfiction writing (1) A seminar in the writing of various kinds of contemporary nonfiction. Discussion of contemporary and http://www.knox.edu/x1729.xml
Extractions: Includes fundamentals of exposing, developing, printing, and displaying black and white photographs. Group critiques of class work. Students supply camera, film, printing paper, and mounting supplies and are expected to produce a final portfolio of ten photographs, including a documentary photo story. Darkroom facilities and processing chemicals supplied with a lab fee applied. M.Godsil This course surveys the history, theory, and techniques of graphic design and electronic publishing, with particular focus on print media. Through use of real-world projects, students learn the principles and techniques of publication design and photo editing techniques, using Mac and PC platforms with QuarkXPress, Adobe Photoshop and Adobe Illustrator. Cross Listing : ART 118; L.Reed R.Reed
Study Writing At Colorado State University The writing Concentration builds on Departmental strengths in composition and nonfiction writing, as well as in technologybased writing and writing http://writing.colostate.edu/study.cfm
Extractions: The Department of English at Colorado State University offers undergraduate and graduate degrees in writing and the study of writing. You can also take individual courses in writing, Web development, and writing theory as well as the graduate portfolio option in nonfiction writing. For information about these opportunities, please consult the links below: The B.A. in English Concentrating in Writing The Writing Concentration builds on Departmental strengths in composition and nonfiction writing, as well as in technology-based writing and writing instruction. It is designed for students who wish to pursue the study of writing from a humanities perspective and particularly for those students who wish to combine the study of writing with the study of literature. The B.A. in English Concentrating in Creative Writing The Creative Writing Concentration builds on Departmental strengths in the writing of prose and poetry, as well as the writing of literary nonfiction. It is designed for students who wish to combine the study of creative writing with the study of literature. The M.A. in Rhetoric and Composition
YouCanWrite.com The Online Reality Check for Aspiring Nonfiction Writers. http://www.youcanwrite.com/
