Ashford 6: – Week 5 – Discussion 2

Your initial discussion thread is due on Day 3 (Thursday) and you have until Day 7 (Monday) to respond to your classmates. Your grade will reflect both the quality of your initial post and the depth of your responses. Reference the Discussion Forum Grading Rubric for guidance on how your discussion will be evaluated.

Nonfiction   Text

 In Section 10.3 of the course text, the following authors are listed as the superstars in the world of children’s nonfiction (Coats, 2013):  Nic Bishop  Joanna Cole  Penny Colman  Russell Freedman  Gail Gibbons  Sy Montgomery  Jim Murphy  Seymour Simon  Melissa Sweet 

Go to your local library or bookstore and read a nonfiction book by one of these authors.  Using the guidelines listed in Section 10.3 of our text, critique the book to determine the characteristics that make the author a superstar.  In addition, share at least one idea you have for how you could use this piece of literature in your classroom.
 

Guided Response:  Review several of your classmates’ posts and respond to at least two of your peers.  Now imagine that you are going to write a nonfiction class book with your students.  Choose characteristics from your classmates’ responses about nonfiction literature that you will include in your class book.  Justify why you believe it is important to include each of these characteristics in your class book. 

Respond