Non_Fiction

=Marc Aronson on Nonfiction=

Webinar Archive Several sessions are recorded together. To locate the beginning of this session advance the playback (located at the bottom of the screen) to 1:15. Chat transcript now available [|Participant Link]

Interview with Ernie Cox and hosted by Gwyneth Jones and Joyce Valenza Award-winning author, Marc Aronson joins us on Monday, February 7th @ 8PM Eastern to discuss nonfiction reading and writing. To prepare for our discussion, read Marc's upcoming //Horn Book// article:

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Also check out Marc's [|Nonfiction Matters Blog] for SLJ.

Marc will discuss, among many other things:
 * Nonfiction as thrill, not chore.
 * How nonfiction can offer readers the same inner expansion they experience when they read fiction, the same type of thrill as when they identify with a character.
 * Nonfiction writers as explorers, rather than translators.
 * The impact of the Common Core Standards inclusion of nonfiction literacy. Nonfiction texts in Common Core documents for K-5 http://bit.ly/hnptD7 and 6-12 http://bit.ly/dXp7Ah. What is great? What is missing?

Among the titles Marc will discuss:
 * //Sugar//
 * //Astronauts//
 * //KKK//
 * //Race//