Booktalking nonfiction : 200 surefire winners for middle and high school readers

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Information & Library Science Library

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Z1003.15 .B76 2014
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Available

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Summary

Booktalking Nonfiction: 200 Sure-Fire Winners for Middle and High School Readers will provide an introduction to selecting and writing booktalks for nonfiction books with a focus on unique informational texts and biographies and autobiographies. A booktalk is a summary of a book presented in a way that would interest someone in reading the book described.



Why non-fiction? Because the Common Core Standards Initiative, which most states have adopted, requires that 70% of the materials students read be from the category of informational texts it is especially important to focus on nonfiction when sharing books with students. Here's everything you need to do just that.



Chapters cover selecting, writing, preparing, and presenting booktalks, special tips for high-interest, low-level books, and using non-fiction in the library and the classroom. Two hundred ready-to-present booktalks arranged by genre are also included. Genres include animals, famous people, sports, crime and serial killers, movies and television, religion, war, history, and the supernatural.

Contents

  • List of Figures p. v
  • Acknowledgments p. vii
  • Introduction p. ix
  • Selection Criteria p. ix
  • About the Booktalks p. x
  • How to Use This Book p. xi
  • References p. xiii
  • 1 Selecting, Writing, Preparing, and Presenting Nonfiction Booktalks p. 1
  • Selecting Nonfiction Books p. 1
  • Writing Nonfiction Booktalks p. 3
  • Read, Skim, Select p. 5
  • Ending a Booktalk or Tying in the Title p. 6
  • Presenting Booktalks p. 6
  • Themes and Categories p. 7
  • Lower Levels p. 7
  • References p. 8
  • 2 Quick Talks p. 9
  • References p. 21
  • 3 Using Nonfiction in the Library and Classroom p. 23
  • Book Uses p. 23
  • Collaboration with Booktalks p. 34
  • Ideas for Contests, Displays, and Alternative Methods of Booktalking p. 41
  • References p. 53
  • 4 Booktalks by Theme p. 55
  • Sad Stories p. 55
  • Animals p. 58
  • Crime and Serial Killers p. 63
  • Illness p. 68
  • Overcoming the Odds p. 70
  • History, World Issues, and War p. 78
  • Science, Health, and Inventions p. 89
  • The Unknown p. 101
  • Sports p. 104
  • The Arts (Crafts, Music, Paintings, Architecture, Fashion) p. 106
  • People p. 112
  • Math p. 117
  • Other Topics of Interest p. 119
  • References p. 127
  • Author Index p. 129
  • Subject Index p. 133
  • Title Index p. 145
  • About the Author p. 153

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