Celebrate Nonfiction

Exploring the Joy of Nonfiction Reading and Writing

Helping Students Overcome Their Biggest Nonfiction Writing Challenges

Today SarahAlbee and I are leading a 90-minute session at the Massachusetts Reading
Association conference. We will begin by asking the classroom teachers,
librarians, reading specialists, and literacy coaches in the audience to share
the most common nonfiction writing challenges their students face, and then we
will suggest solutions. We will also invite audience members to share their own
creative ideas with one another.

Based on our experience offering a similar session at
nErDcamp Long Island last fall, the links below address some of the topics
we expect to discuss:

Why
Kids Copy their Research Sources, and How to Break the Habit

http://celebratescience.blogspot.com/2017/02/in-classroom-why-kids-copy-their.html

 

Adding
Voice to Nonfiction Writing

http://celebratescience.blogspot.com/2016/09/tcrwp-handout-power-of-voice-in.html

http://www.melissa-stewart.com/sciclubhouse/teachhome/mini_lessons.html

 

Why
Middle School Students Think Research Is Boring

http://celebratescience.blogspot.com/2016/10/behind-books-stepping-up-to-research.html

Convincing
Students to Revise

http://www.melissa-stewart.com/timeline/10yr_timeline.html

 

Teaching
Nonfiction Text Structure

http://celebratescience.blogspot.com/2017/01/behind-books-shopping-for-text-structure.html

http://celebratescience.blogspot.com/search/label/Nonfiction%20Text%20Structure

http://www.melissa-stewart.com/pdf/Understanding_Text-Structures.pdf#zoom=70

Organizing
Information When Writing Nonfiction

http://celebratescience.blogspot.com/2014/03/deadliest-animals-chunk-and-check.html

 

When
Students Have Trouble Choosing a Topic

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