Once upon a fact : helping children write nonfiction

Jenkins, Carol Brennan. (Author). Earle, Alice Altfillisch. (Added Author).

Summary: "This timely book explores the debate about how best to engage children in the writing of nonfiction and suggests many instructional strategies for K-6 classrooms. Using transcripts and descriptions of children's actual writing practices, the authors show that children willingly embrace nonfiction writing when the genre is given an important place in the classroom."--Jacket.

Item details

ISBN: 0807746827
ISBN: 9780807746820
ISBN: 0807746819
ISBN: 9780807746813
Physical Description: print
x, 181 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Publisher: New York : Teachers College Press, ©2006.

Contents / Notes

Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 159-172) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:	Writing workshop: are children choosing to write nonfiction? -- Patterns of intertextuality in nonfiction reports -- Strategic nonfiction writers: Caitlyn and Colin -- Experience-only nonfiction writers: Vanessa and Kristin -- Text-bound nonfiction writers: Kyle and Patrick -- Teaching nonfiction report writing: lessons learned.