Nonfiction: Reading To Learn

Related Online Articles

“Five Reasons to Write Nonfiction for Children”
Rita Milios
Writing-World.com
http://www.writing-world.com/children/nonfiction.html

Milios, a children's nonfiction author, makes the case for turning one's attention to nonfiction. 

“The Importance of Informational Literacy”
Nell K. Duke
Scholastic Center for Literacy & Learning (http://teacher.scholastic.com/professional
/literacypapers/duke.htm)

Duke cites research to support the need for incorporating nonfiction and informational texts into the classroom.

“Nonfiction Can Introduce Children to a New World”
The Holland Sentinel Online Edition
August 15, 1999
http://thehollandsentinel.net/stories/081599/fea_nonfiction.html

This article chronicles a resurgence of interest in children's nonfiction.

“Questioning the Text”
Stephanie Harvey
Instructor
(http://teacher.scholastic.com/professional/teachstrat/
questioningtext.htm)

Harvey presents strategies for helping children comprehend informational texts.

“Web Newspapers Hook Kids Better Than the Paper Kind”
Ellen Pearlman
American Society of Newspaper Editors
http://www.asne.org/kiosk/editor/julyaugust/pearlman.htm

Pearlman makes the point that "for homework or baseball scores, children like using computers, not newspapers — and will continue to do so."  

“Writing Creative Nonfiction for Children”
Sue Reichard
Suite 101.com, April 1, 2001
http://www.i5ive.com/article.cfm/childrens_writing/62230

Reichard outlines a process for turning dry facts into exciting stories.

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