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Best Nonfiction Books
Look to the Orbis
Pictus Award to find the best nonfiction titles for your students.
See "Choosing
the Best in Nonfiction: The Orbis Pictus Award Winners" (E-M-S)
from the November
2004
Language Arts for details on this year's winners. For additional
suggestions on using nonfiction in your classes, read "Some
Teens Prefer the Real Thing: The Case for Young Adult Nonfiction"
from the January 2001 English Journal.
Best Graphic Novels
Check out "Show,
Don't Tell: Graphic Novels in the Classroom" (M-S-C) from the November
2004 English Journal for
details on the genre in addition to great graphic novels and related teaching
strategies. Spiegelman’s Maus is perhaps one of the most well-known
examples of the genre. Read "Confronting
Stereotypes: Maus in Crown Heights"
(C) for one college teacher's perspective on the challenges of teaching the
work.
Best Professional Books
Read the newly announced 2004 AESA Critics'
Choice Selection,
Language
Ideologies: Critical Perspectives on the Official English Movement, Volume 1:
Education and the Social Implications of Official Language (G), published
by NCTE. Be sure to check out the book's sample chapter on English-only initiatives
in the United States.
Take a look at the winner of the CEE
Richard A. Meade Award, announced this week at NCTE's 2004 Convention. Based
on the author's career of teaching experience and experimentation, reading and
thinking, The
Literature Workshop: Teaching Texts and Their Readers (C)
by Sheridan Blau, available as an NCTE Selects title, places students
at the center of a meaning-making process through an intellectually rigorous
system.
More Resources on the Best Books
The Notable
Books in English Language Arts (E-M-S) from the Children's
Literature Assembly provides
a yearly list of the best publications for children. Bill's Best Books is a monthly
feature of the Assembly on
Literature for Adolescents (ALAN) Web site (E-M-S). Check each month for
new features!
For published booklists, consider the following NCTE titles: Kaleidoscope:
A Multicultural Booklist for Grades K–8, 4th Edition; Books
for You: An Annotated Booklist for Senior High, 14th Edition; and Your
Reading: An Annotated Booklist for Middle School and Junior High, 11th
Edition.
NOTE: Free access to journal articles mentioned in this Inbox is provided
for 21 days. After this free access period expires, articles are available
to journal subscribers only. This Inbox Idea was published 11-23-2004.
Initials in annotations indicate academic level of the resource (E=Elementary,
M=Middle, S=Secondary, C=College, G=General).
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