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NON-FICTION WORKSHOP DETAILS Theme: Only SOME people have the gift to write fiction…ANYONE can write about one thing they love to do (non-fiction). Workshops: Research Techniques – multiple sources are best (web, brochures, books, pictures from activity) Writing Exercise – Take an idea from your head and put it on paper so that the reader sees the same image. In other words, deposit your thoughts into their mind. Technique: Write the word “Park” or “Museum”. Ask several students what they think of when they see these words. Very different thoughts, right! Now, the author describes a Park or Museum, in detail, from the published book. Every reader should now have a very specific visual of that site. Format Style – boxed? Essay? Editing – spell-check does most of the work, but what about the way the sentences sound? Can a stranger understand what you’re trying to convey? Publishing – what does a manuscript basically require (table of contents, page size, chapter headings, index, etc.) Create/Print your own school “KIDS LOVE” mini-book! Note: Examples of actual published book databases and manuscripts are used to illustrate each point. NON-FICTION PROGRAM LUNCH George or Michele enjoy eating lunch with the best non-fiction, research reporters in each grade. Arrange for no more than 15 “reporters” to eat lunch with the author(s) during the day of the visit. Set up tables in a quiet corner of the school where the author and students can escape the usual cafeteria scene and spend a personal lunchtime with a real author. Name tags are helpful. Maybe have the hospitality committee serve Buckeye candies or OH cutout cookies for dessert. Each reporter-student should bring their lunch and a sample of their research writings OR “present” their material in a quick oral report. |
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