As an English teacher, I’m always looking for ways to bring nonfiction to my reluctant readers. These are kids who haven’t discovered reading for pleasure, and many of them are boys. If I’m lucky, I can sell them on a novel by Walter Dean Myers, Joseph Bruchac, David Lubar, or Jack Gantos…but nonfiction? Good luck.That’s [...]
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Nonfiction Monday – Steel Drumming at the Apollo
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Novels in Verse…Not just for girls!
Many of the 7th grade girls I teach LOVE novels written in verse. They devour anything by Sonya Sones, and then I usually steer them to Karen Hesse and others who seem to capture that same magic but in different ways. Novels in verse, well written, pack a lot of punch with few words, and [...]
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