Findings indicate that readers of nonfiction consider the responses of those around them in their takeaways, that making sense of nonfiction is a continual and discursive process, and that children used nonfiction books as a way to connect with one another. Implications for conducting nonfiction ...
My nonfiction preferences usually gravitate towards biographies or autobiographies, zoology, medical topics, food, history, and prehistory, but I will jump around to many other subjects, too, if the blurb sounds interesting. Here are some nonfiction books I’ve recently finished and enjoyed: Medgar ...
When a colleague or friend causes upset, a reactive person might say,‘S/he makes me so angry and annoyed’whereas a proactive person would think‘I can control my own feelings and responses.’ If you want small changes in your life, work on your attitude. But, if you want big and pr...
- Mary Skummer, teacher "The feature showing where the answer is located in the passage is a spot on tool since I ask my students to be able to provide this in their oral and written responses." - Harold Nelson, teacher "Great for reading practice - I would highly recommend it." "...
myON has made it possible for us to provide digital access to a wealth of fiction and nonfiction content, including literature and news articles in both Spanish and English. myON has really opened up an opportunity of equity, allowing us to give every OSD student access to relevant, interesti...
], Gram’s responses to the Lobby caretaker & hospital worker who must bill her for her sling truly respecting the needs of thevulnerable(not lesser but with more at risk)—an amazing feat, + letting the Rat guy who defends rats as just trying to survive also offers his wisdom:divorce ...
Longden [18], reading materials are categorized into fiction and nonfiction. A study conducted by E. Puspitasari [19] about the use of a young adult novel for university students in Indonesia in reading class showed students' positive responses on the novel due to the benefits obtained. The ...
I’ve come to prefer hopeful speculative fiction over the darker, apocalyptic stuff, but I think I’ll continue reading some sort of sci-fi or fantasy for many years to come. Leaning Towards Nonfiction Over the last decade or so, I’ve found myself gradually becoming more interested in no...
that you can’t hold back your anger’ (yes!) and ‘maybe we are all capable of the kind of crime Mary commits’ (beautiful!). I love where their interpretations ended up, but I wondered about those early responses. Were students thinking about their own reasons for ending a piece of ...
For reading recommendationsfor younger kids, visitReading Rockets, a project of WETA, and its Start with a Bookcollection of posts about summer reading.The site’s brief, lively write-ups feature fiction,nonfiction and poetry. Reading Rockets is also a great place to check for lists ofaward wi...