From Dickens to 9/11: Exploring Graphic Nonfiction to Support the Secondary-School Curriculum | The Journal of Research on Libraries and Young Adults. By Barbara J. Guzzetti, Professor, Arizona State University and Marcia A. Mardis, Associate Professor, Florida State University Abstract Graphic nonfiction has been under-researched for content-area instruction, yet these hybrid texts may motivate reluctant readers as they blend elements of art, journalism, and scholarship.
This study aimed to determine the appeal and utility of graphic nonfiction for teaching content concepts. It was collaboratively conducted by a literacy researcher and a library and information science researcher. The multimedia perspective of the New Literacies Studies informed the work. Introduction Recognizing the need to motivate adolescents, researchers have recommended using multiple texts for content instruction (Stahl and Shanahan 2004). In considering multiple texts for content instruction, graphic nonfiction has been underused and under-researched (Lapp et al. 2012). <h1>Purpose</h1> Theoretical Framework Literature Review Methods Data Collection Data Analysis. Www.iste.org/docs/excerpts/LITTEC-excerpt.pdf. CCSS-Aligned Rubrics for Project Based Learning. Commoncore.fcoe.org/sites/commoncore.fcoe.org/files/resources/SPIRAL FINAL.pdf. Api.ning.com/files/tfvHXb1Rq6FZ*9Z8rH1oRpB*jJQLGPKWB2A-Ovcd3MGwvZHauE8OrfaxURRb*aF4ssxVipfw-LbieAI-nH5*O1vCrgsyDV5S/AllRLStandards110.
Resources in Nonfiction. The resources below should help you find and locate quality nonfiction for classroom use. We’ve organized them in the following categories: Awards, Lists, Nonfiction Author & Author-Illustrator Websites. Awards American Library Association (ALA) Robert F. Sibert Informational Book Medal American Library Association (ALA) YALSA Award for Excellence in Nonfiction for Young Adults National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE) Orbis Pictus Award for Outstanding Nonfiction for Children Boston Globe – Horn Book Award (Nonfiction as Category) Book Lists National Science Teachers Association (NSTA)- Children’s Book Council (CBC) Outstanding Science Trade Books National Council of Teachers of Social Studies (NCSS) – Children’s Book Council (CBC) Notable Trade Books for Young People General Resources in Children's Literature Cooperative Center for Books for Children (CCBC) Please note that the resources and book lists at the CCBC represent all genres, not just nonfiction.
Teachingbooks.net. The Nonfiction Detectives. I.N.K. Great Common Core Nonfiction. Common Core State Standards - Printable Resources | Booklist Online. Common Core State Standards: Printable Resources from Booklist Publications Welcome to Booklist Publications’ home for Common Core State Standards resources. Below you’ll find links to Common Core–related material from Booklist and Book Links magazines, Quick Tips e-newsletter, and Booklist Online, including our Bookends blog.
A new educational initiative brings enormous challenges for everyone, especially the teachers and librarians charged with summoning the energy and creativity required to implement the changes. We hope our coverage, including suggestions for linking individual titles with specific standards, will help educators address these new directives while extending our mission: to get the best books for children into the classroom and into the hands of students.
As always, your feedback is essential. Gillian Engberg, Editorial Director, Books for Youth, Booklist Publicationsgengberg@ala.org Classroom Connections: African American Trailblazers [PDF] Archived presentations: The Classroom Bookshelf. Clustering and the Common Core. The Common Core State Standards require that children and young adults read “across” a variety of texts, within the same genre or on the same topic or theme. This reading should engage them in critical thinking, individually, in small-group and whole-class discussions, and through original writing in multiple genres, of varying lengths, for different purposes. Achieving this level of complex thinking in the classroom can feel overwhelming, particularly when students will be reading, writing, listening, speaking, and viewing in this capacity throughout the day.
What is reassuring is that we know that children of all ages can think critically about the world in creative ways, particularly when they are given robust and developmentally appropriate texts as part of a well-crafted, student-centered curriculum. These specific groupings of books or multimodal digital texts are referred to as clusters, or text sets. Clustering Concepts: Ecosystems Finally, the class could explore Thomas F. Eds. Nonfiction Booktalker.
Nonfiction Notes from the Horn Book. Sign up here. Nonfiction Notes from the Horn Book is a quarterly supplement to our monthly e-newsletter Notes from the Horn Book. Nonfiction Notes provides recommendations of recently published nonfiction books, by topic, across grade levels, ability levels, and all areas of interest. All reviews are from The Horn Book Guide and The Horn Book Guide Online. Each issue will also include an introductory article by an expert in the field. The Common Core State Standards Initiative will help guide our selections. More importantly, though, good books are good books — and we’re highlighting the best of the best for use in school, libraries, or at home. Some introductory resources are below. Nonfiction resources Robert F. Orbis Picturs Award for Outstanding Nonfiction for Children “Nonfiction: What’s Really New and Different — and What Isn’t” by Barbara Bader (November/December 2011 issue of The Horn Book Magazine) “Danger!
Common Core resources The Common Core State Standards Initiative Archive. Ed.sc.gov/agency/programs-services/36/documents/Standards_School_Library_Resource_Collections.pdf.