Background
I’ve written an article about the 5 kinds of nonfiction for SLJ:
I’ve written an article about the 5 kinds of nonfiction for SLJ:
I’ve discussed the 5
kinds of nonfiction in this video created for Colby Sharp’s
vlog:
Narrative vs. Expository Sample Texts
Red-Eyed Tree Frog by Joy Cowley and Nic Bishop (Scholastic, 1999)
Frog or Toad? How Do You Know? by Melissa Stewart
(Enslow, 2011)
Citations for Articles about Student Preference for
Expository Nonfiction
Caswell,
Linda J. and Nell K. Duke. “Non-Narrative as a Catalyst for Literacy Development.”
Language Arts, 1998, p. 108-117.
Doiron,
Ray. “Boy Books, Girl Books: Should We Re-Organize Our School Library
Collections?” Teacher Librarian. 2003, p. 14-16.
Hynes,
Myrna. “‘I Read for Facts’: Reading Nonfiction in a Fictional World.” Language
Arts, 2000, p. 485-495.
Mohr,
Kathleen A. J. “Children’s Choices for Recreational Reading: A Three-Part
Investigation of Selection Preferences, Rationales, and Processes.” Journal
of Literacy Research. 2006, p. 81–104.
Repanskey,
Lisa L., Jeanne Schumm, and Jacqueline Johnson. “First and Fourth Grade Boys’
and Girls’ Preferences for and Perceptions about Narrative and Expository
Text.” Reading Psychology (2017. P. 1–40.
Characteristics of the 5 Categories and Activity for
Students
Using Expository Literature as Mentor Texts
http://www.melissa-stewart.com/pdf/Text_Structure_Swap_1.pdf
http://www.melissa-stewart.com/pdf/Text_Structure_Swap_2.pdf
http://www.melissa-stewart.com/pdf/Text_Structure_Swap_2.pdf
Nonfiction Continuum
http://celebratescience.blogspot.com/2018/05/in-classroom-gateway-nonfiction-and.html
http://celebratescience.blogspot.com/2018/05/in-classroom-gateway-nonfiction-and.html