PPT-Overcoming Resistance to Reflection in Creative Nonfiction

Bruce Ballenger Boise State University Situation and Story Gornick Protaganist and Narrator Lopate Thennarrator and nownarrator Pollack Narrative and reflection turn Newkirk. SWP 2012. Authentic Nonfiction . Writing from Research. Making it Real. Roadblock. After working on research projects for weeks, I sat down to grade the work produced by my fifth graders. All I could ask was, “Who wrote this?” It certainly wasn’t Sam who was interested in the atomic bomb as a result of our WWII studies, unless he works for Britannica after school. And when Madison’s mom asked why “we” got a B instead of an A on the project, I knew I had a problem.. The Art of Language. Day 1. Vocabulary. Lit Circles: Individual Assessment. WA Exemplars & Scoring. Artful Language Unit Agenda. Stoic. Dissuade. Defiant. Stern. Maniacal. Emphasis. Painstaking. Nonfiction. Who Am I?. Author. Editor/Publisher. Professor. Nonfiction fan. Who Are You?. Public. School. Elementary. Middle. HS. What Is the Pleasure?. Most Often. How Does Story Fit With. What Do You Look Forward to in Reading?. Informational Text, Memoirs, and Persuasive Writing. Up to half or more of your EOC will be non-fiction or informational text.. Nonfiction characteristics . Nonfiction is . based on some sort of fact. Memoirs &. Tuesdays With . Morrie. English I. Dewalt. WHS. Unit Objectives. Students will be able to define what is a memoir in nonfiction.. Students will apply knowledge of a memoir in nonfiction to the reading of . Quoted Words. Resources: Reading NonFiction by K. Beers and B. Probst. Have you ever…. Watched a movie or read something an author quoted or said and thought:. Why did she say that?. What does this add to the story?. Overcoming Temptations. Temptation defined:. Webster’s Dictionary. a strong urge or desire to have or do something. something that causes a . strong urge or desire. to have or do something and especially something that is . What is nonfiction?. Nonfiction deals only with real people, events or ideas. Works of nonfiction are narrated from the point of view, or perspective, of the author, who is a real person.. Nonfiction presents facts or discusses ideas.. Secondary Nonfiction Reading Strand. Nonfiction . Reading. Karyn. Stone . Simonelli. 2. Secondary Nonfiction Reading. Key Points in Nonfiction Reading. Nonfiction includes both informational and functional passages. Motifs & Themes. Dave Eggers. Memoir: . A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius. Short Fiction: . How We Are Hungry. Creative Nonfiction “Novel”: . What is the What. Nonfiction: . Zeitoun. Hurricane Katrina. th. - 8. th. . . . . Message From The Teacher. Reminders. Shout Outs…. OUR WEEK AT A GLANCE:. Reading- . Our Nonfiction unit has commenced! The students have been dying to get their hands on all the interesting texts in our classroom library. Please support your child and encourage them to bring this nonfiction text back and forth to school each day. The nightly reading homework from this point on until further notice should also be completed with a nonfiction text. Keep in mind that nonfiction texts can come from a variety of sources: magazines, newspapers, online articles or webpages, etc. If you have internet access at . Memoirs, Personal Narratives, & Autobiographies. Created by N. Guerra. Modified by: C. Cordova. Essential Question. What are the structural patterns and features of literary nonfiction? . What is an Autobiography?. Bruce Ballenger. Boise State University. Situation and Story (. Gornick. ). Protaganist. and Narrator (. Lopate. ). Then-narrator and now-narrator (Pollack). Narrative and “reflection turn” (Newkirk). Types. &. Organization. B. ) An Introduction to Nonfiction. . There are 4 types of nonfiction and . each has a different purpose. . 1) ___________________. 2) ____________________. 3) ___________________.