Crafting Creative Nonfiction: From Close Reading to Close Writing

Autor/in	Dollins, Cynthia A.
Titel	Crafting Creative Nonfiction: From Close Reading to Close Writing
Quelle	In: Reading Teacher, 70 (2016) 1, S.49-58 (10 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0034-0561
DOI	10.1002/trtr.1465
Schlagwörter	Nonfiction; Process Approach (Writing); Grade 3; Animals; Childrens Writing; Writing Improvement; Teaching Methods; Creative Writing; Reading Comprehension + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Non-fiction; Nichtfiktionaler Text; Prozessorientiertes Schreiben; School year 03; 3. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 03; Animal; Tier; Tiere; 'Children''s writing; Writing; Child; Children; Children''s writings'; Kinderschrift; Schreibstil; Kind; Kinder; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Kreatives Schreiben; Leseverstehen
Abstract	A process writing project in a third-grade classroom explored the idea of using nonfiction mentor texts to assist students in writing their own creative informational texts about animals. By looking at author craft and structure during close reading activities with nonfiction Twin Texts, students were taught how to emulate these techniques in their own writing. A process for implementation of the project is presented here. The project included mini-lessons on various aspects of writing improvement such as crafting strong leads, using specific revision strategies, and exploring narrative elements in some informational texts. The results suggest that students were able to replicate writing style strategies found in mentor texts. Final writing drafts displayed how students included important facts in their informational writing and presented these facts in an engaging and powerful way. (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2020/1/01