Nonfiction mentor texts
Subtitle: teaching informational writing through children's literature, K-8
By: Lynne R. Dorfman and Rose Cappelli.
Contributors: Cappelli, Rose, 1950-
Publisher: Stenhouse Publishers
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Portland, Me
Language: eng
Number of pages: 292
ISBN-13: 9781571104960
Subjects: English language -- Composition and exercises -- Study and teaching (Elementary); English language -- Composition and exercises -- Study and teaching (Middle school); Exposition (Rhetoric) -- Study and teaching (Elementary); Exposition (Rhetoric) -- Study and teaching (Middle school); Children's literature -- Study and teaching (Elementary); Children's literature -- Study and teaching (Middle school); Mentoring in education
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: The value of nonfiction mentors in the writing classroom; title: Establishing the topic and point; title: Building content in nonfiction writing; title: Introductions and conclusions; title: Writing to persuade; title: Nonfiction writing in the real world (and other interesting formats to engage student writers); title: Voice, syntax, and conventions in nonfiction; title: A treasure chest of books.