More and more, teachers are requesting educational resources that go
beyond traditional teachers guides and activity sheets. So while I do still
have those kinds of materials on my website, I’m also offering resources that
delve deeply into the nonfiction reading and writing process from an author’s
point of view.
Some of these resources focus on books I’ve written and describe various
stages of my creative process in detail, while others provide more general
information and highlight books written
by a wide variety of nonfiction authors.
providing ideas for how they might be used in the classroom. Today, I’m going
to focus on the What’s Creative Nonfiction? article, which you can access by
clicking on the Nonfiction Reading Resources icon.
This article explains the often misunderstood term “creative nonfiction.”
At one time, it was considered synonymous with “narrative nonfiction,” but in
recent years, it has fallen out of favor. It does NOT refer to books that take
creative liberties with the truth. If a book contains any made-up elements,
it’s fiction. Period.
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