ISBN:

• 9781571104960
• 1571104968

Description: xii, 292 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm

Target Audience Note: Grades K-8.

Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 281-282) and index.

Contents:

• The value of nonfiction : imagining the possibilities
• Establishing the topic and point
• Building content
• Introductions and conclusions
• Writing to persuade
• Nonfiction writing in the real world (and other interesting formats to engage student writers)
• Voice, syntax, and conventions in nonfiction
• A treasure chest of books.

LCCN: 2008054528

Control Number: 3022451

Subjects:

• Children's literature -- Study and teaching (Elementary)
• Children's literature -- Study and teaching (Middle school)
• English language -- Composition and exercises -- Study and teaching (Elementary)
• English language -- Composition and exercises -- Study and teaching (Middle school)
• Exposition (Rhetoric) -- Study and teaching (Elementary)
• Exposition (Rhetoric) -- Study and teaching (Middle school)
• Mentoring in education.

Other Authors: Cappelli, Rose, 1950-