1st Edition
Nonfiction Matters Reading, Writing, and Research in Grades 3-8
By Stephanie Harvey
Copyright 1998
248 Pages
by
Routledge
248 Pages
by
Routledge
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When we open the gates to nonfiction inquiry, we open our thinking and expect the unexpected, making reading discoveries, research discoveries, and writing discoveries on our way. Nonfiction Matters offers teachers the tools to help students explore nonfiction and dig deep to reach more complete understanding of the real world and report these insights in a compelling manner. Stephanie Harvey... Read more
1: From Passion to Presentation; Part 1: Conditions for Successful Inquiry; 2: Honoring Passion; 3: Questions that Compel; 4: Topics that Resonate: Let the Writer Choose; 5: Authentic Resources; 6: Showing Kids How; Part 2: The Nitty-Gritty; 7: Reading Nonfiction: Learning and Understanding; 8: Zeroing In: Observation and Secondary Research; 9: Primary Research: Going Directly to the Source; 10: Organizing Thinking: There's No One Way; Part 3: Putting It All Together; 11: Getting It Down on Paper; 12: Inquiry Genres: The Wide Range of Possibilities; 13: Managing Nonfiction Inquiry Projects; 14: Presentations and Assessment; A Final Word
Biography
Stephanie Harvey is a regular presenter and keynote speaker at conferences. She speaks on reading comprehension; active literacy; nonfiction reading; writing and research; inquiry based learning; reading and writing workshop; and the role of passion, wonder, and engagement in teaching and learning. Steph is the coauthor (with Anne Goudvis) of Strategies That Work, now in its third edition (2017). Her first Stenhouse book, Nonfiction Matters (1997) is also available.
