The Explorations in Nonfiction Writing Series
Nonfiction Writing
(DVD)
“Young children need control over the various types of nonfiction texts. They need to take these into their lives. In these DVDs, we and other master teachers, model powerful ways to achieve this with real children in real classrooms.” —Tony Stead and Linda Hoyt View a video trailer Through these instructional DVDs, Tony Stead and Linda Hoyt model the minilessons and extended writing units in their... more
Explorations in Nonfiction Writing, Grade 3
(Paperback + CD)
“Nonfiction texts govern as much as 90% of the reading and writing done by literate adults and comprise more than 70% of standardized assessments. For our children to succeed in school and beyond they need to be fluent in the different purposes of nonfiction writing. They need to know how to plan, compose, revise, edit, and publish a range of nonfiction texts.” —Tony Stead and Linda Hoyt In Explorations in Nonfiction... more
Explorations in Nonfiction Writing, Grade 4
(Paperback + CD)
“Nonfiction texts govern as much as 90% of the reading and writing done by literate adults and comprise more than 70% of standardized assessments. For our children to succeed in school and beyond they need to be fluent in the different purposes of nonfiction writing. They need to know how to plan, compose, revise, edit, and publish a range of nonfiction texts.” —Tony Stead and Linda Hoyt In Explorations in Nonfiction... more
Crafting Nonfiction Primary
(Paperback + CD)
“Nonfiction writing does not need to sound like an encyclopedia. It can be richly constructed with a wide variety of sentence patterns. Craft elements and literary devices should be highlighted and employed in nonfiction selections just as carefully as we implement them in fiction.” —Linda Hoyt Nonfiction writers need to develop a broad arsenal of sentence structures so their writing is rich, varied, and fluid.... more
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