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• Title:Nonfiction mentor texts : teaching informational writing through children's literature, K-8 / Lynne R. Dorfman & Rose Cappelli ; foreword by Tony Stead.
  
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• Author/Creator:Dorfman, Lynne R., 1952-
  
• Other Contributors/Collections:Cappelli, Rose, 1950-
  
• Published/Created:Portland, Me. : Stenhouse Publishers, ©2009.
  

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  • Location:EDUCATION LIBRARY stacksWhere is this?
    
  • Call Number: LB1576 .D638 2009
    
  • Number of Items:1
    
  • Status:Available
    

   
• Library of Congress Subjects:English language--Composition and exercises--Study and teaching (Elementary)
  English language--Composition and exercises--Study and teaching (Middle school)
  Exposition (Rhetoric)--Study and teaching (Elementary)
  Exposition (Rhetoric)--Study and teaching (Middle school)
  Children's literature--Study and teaching (Elementary)
  Children's literature--Study and teaching (Middle school)
  Mentoring in education.
  
• Description:xii, 292 p. : ill. ; 26 cm.
  
• Notes:Includes bibliographical references (pages 281-282) and index.
  
• ISBN:9781571104960 (paper : alk. paper)
  1571104968 (paper : alk. paper)
  
• Contents:Ch. 1. Value of Nonfiction: Imagining the Possibilities
  Ch. 2. Establishing the Topic and Point
  Ch. 3. Building Content
  Ch. 4. Introductions and Conclusions
  Ch. 5. Writing to Persuade
  Ch. 6. Nonfiction Writing in the Real World (and Other Interesting Formats to Engage Student Writers)
  Ch. 7. Voice, Syntax, and Conventions in Nonfiction
  Ch. 8. Treasure Chest of Books.