Learning about Biographies [microform] : A Reading-and-Writing Approach for Children / Myra Zarnowski
- Bib ID:
- 5511613
- Format:
- Book and Microform
- Author:
- Zarnowski, Myra
- Online Version:
- https://eric.ed.gov/?id=ED314759
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- Description:
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- [Washington, D.C.] : Distributed by ERIC Clearinghouse, 1990
- 107 p.
- ISBN:
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- 9780814127780
- 0814127789
- Summary:
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Bringing together an enthusiasm for biography and a belief in in-depth learning through long-term projects which include manipulating the material to be learned, this book presents a reading-and-writing approach to biography for elementary and middle school students in which students research and write biographies. Following a foreword and an introduction the three sections of the book's first part, "Understanding Biography," discuss respectively the appeal of biography, choosing the subject, and the material included in a biography. The five sections of the second part, "Biography in the Classroom: Approaches for Beginners," discuss respectively the snapshot approach, fictionalized versions, an alternative to chronological order, the relationship between life and times, and feeding an interest in biography. Sixty-six references are attached, and three appendixes contain fictionalized biographies written by fourth graders, nonchronological biographies written by fifth graders, and a life-and-times biography written by a fourth grader. (SR)
- Notes:
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- Availability: National Council of Teachers of English, 1111 Kenyon Rd., Urbana, IL 61801 (Stock No. 27789-0015; $6.95 member, $8.95 nonmember).
- Educational level discussed: Elementary Education.
- Educational level discussed: Middle Schools.
- Practitioners.
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- Reproduction:
- Microfiche. [Washington D.C.]: ERIC Clearinghouse microfiches : positive.
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- Available From:
- ERIC
- Copyright:
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- Material type:
- Literary Dramatic Musical
- Published status:
- Published
- Publication date:
- 1990
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