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.
On Mondays this year, I’m going to be sharing some of these resources and
providing ideas for how they might be used in the classroom. Today, I’m going
to focus on the Narrative Nonfiction & Expository Nonfiction section, which you can access by
clicking on the Nonfiction Reading Resources icon.
This section includes an explanation of the two writing styles, an
article with several comparative passages, suggestions for determining your
students’ preferred style, a wonderful essay about the benefits of expository
nonfiction by author Jess Keating, and 50 recommended titles—25 with
an expository writing style, and 25 with a narrative writing style.
I hope you’ll take a look at these resources.
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