Puzzle Paragraphs: Taking the Mystery Out of Writing Nonfiction - Softcover

Christine Boardman Moen

9781573105224: Puzzle Paragraphs: Taking the Mystery Out of Writing Nonfiction

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1573105228 ISBN 13: 9781573105224

Publisher: Teaching & Learning Company, 2007

With practical step-by-step instructions and complete lessons that include sample texts and graphic organizers, it is no mystery figuring out how easily these nonfiction literacy lessons can enhance your curriculum. By constructing and deconstructing paragraphs using common nonfiction text types, nonfiction readers learn how to become better writers, and nonfiction writers learn how to become better readers.

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About the Author:

An avowed "reading warrior," Christine believes in teaching students to love to read--not just how to read. Because of her efforts to nurture the love of reading, she received the ICARE for Reading Award from the Illinois Council for Affective Reading Education in 2003 and the Illinois Reading Council's Reading Educator of the Year Award in 2005. In her 22 years in the classroom, Christine has taught in Wisconsin, Ohio, Iowa and Illinois. She is the author of 10 professional books for teachers, one children's book and several magazine and journal articles. She currently teaches 7th and 8th grade language arts and is an adjunct associate professor of education at Rockford College were she teaches courses in children's and young adult literature. She can be contacted through her Web page at www.chrismoen.com.

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