It’s a great today as I prepare for a workshop session I’ll be presenting tomorrow for the Eugene Emerald Reading Council. The topic: nonfiction, something near and dear to my heart. Nonfiction is a topic more and more teachers are paying attention to now, which is a very good thing since most of what we write in our lives is nonfiction. When was the last time you wrote a piece of fiction? Uhh, it’s been awhile, right?
This does not mean that we shouldn’t be instructing kids how to write stories. Using your imagination to create stories is very important, too. But, fiction should not (in my humble opinion) be the primary emphasis of a writing program. Or, a reading program for that matter.
If you want handouts for the session, you’ll find them in the Workshops tab at the top of my home page of the website. They will only be available for a limited time, so get ’em while they’re hot! I’d also direct you to the Emerald Empire Reading Council’s website that appears on my Blogroll (on the right). They have many useful resources as well.
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