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Once Upon a Fact: Helping Children Write Nonfiction


Book Description
This timely book explores the debate about how best to engage children in the writing of nonfiction and suggests many insturctional strategies for K-6 classrooms. Using transcripts and descriptions of children's actual writing practices, the authors show that children willilngly embrace nonfiction writing when the genre is given an important place in the classroom. Drawn from the authors' classroo... More
Book Information
PublisherTeachers College Press
BindingHardcover (2 editions)
Reading LevelUncategorized
# of Pages181
ISBN-100807746827
ISBN-13978-0807746820
Publication Date06/01/2006
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About Alice Altfillische Earle (Author) : Alice Altfillische Earle is a published author. Published credits of Alice Altfillische Earle include Once upon a Fact: Helping Children Write Nonfiction (Language and Literacy Series (Teachers Colleg... more
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About Carol Brennan Jenkins (Author) : Carol Brennan Jenkins is a published author. Published credits of Carol Brennan Jenkins include Nonfiction Author Studies in the Elementary Classroom, Once upon a Fact: Helping Children Write Nonficti... more
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About George Kamberelis (Foreword) : George Kamberelis is a published author and an editor. Published credits of George Kamberelis include Once upon a Fact: Helping Children Write Nonfiction (Language and Literacy Series (Teachers Colleg... more
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