Creative Nonfiction: a definition and appreciation - 14 views
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For a while the NEA experimented with “belles-lettres,” a misunderstood term that favors style over substance and did not capture the personal essence and foundation of the literature they were seeking. Eventually one of the NEA members in the meeting that day pointed out that a rebel in his English department was campaigning for the term “creative nonfiction.” That rebel was me.
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literary craft in presenting nonfiction—that is, factually accurate prose about real people and events—in a compelling, vivid manner. To p
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real demarcation points between fiction, which is or can be mostly imagination; traditional nonfiction (journalism and scholarship), which is mostly information; and creative nonfiction, which presents or treats information using the tools of the fiction writer while maintaining allegiance to fact.
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Response: Helping Boys Become Stronger Writers - Classroom Q&A With Larry Ferlazzo - Ed... - 12 views
With A New Educational Platform, TED Gives Teachers The Keys To A Flipped Classroom | T... - 15 views
What do 'right-to-work' laws do to a state's economy? - 5 views
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Similarly, one 1998 study by Thomas J. Holmes found that companies in heavily unionized states often relocated just across state borders to right-to-work states. But is that due to the right-to-work laws or other policies?
Digital Learning Day :: Splash - 14 views
Statement on Class Size and Teacher Workload: Secondary - 12 views
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Teachers of larger classes are more likely to spend less time with each student paper, and to concentrate on mechanics rather than on style and content.
Fightin' Words: Using Picture Books to Teach Argumentative Writing - 15 views
The Dark Side of Verbs-as-Nouns - NYTimes.com - 13 views
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The Readability Test Tool - 5 views
The Reading Brain in the Digital Age: The Science of Paper versus Screens: Scientific A... - 18 views
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no obvious shape or thickness.
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"haptic dissonance"
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How to Listen - NYTimes.com - 13 views
Rolling Stone Cover - Boston bombing suspect - 1 views
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This would be a great piece of controversial visual rhetoric to explore with students. It could be compared to the controversy created with the photograph of "The Falling Man" - http://www.esquire.com/features/ESQ0903-SEP_FALLINGMAN
Fahrenheit 451 | The Big Read - 9 views
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