Re: [MOSAIC] Non-fiction vs. Expository

2007-02-18 Thread kimberlee hannan
Yes, please. I'd like to know how it goes. Thanks. Kim On 2/18/07, Debbie Goodis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Thanks, Kimberlee, > I saved all your info and I'll begin this lesson on > Tues. I'll let you know how it goes. > Debbie > > > > > >

Re: [MOSAIC] Non-fiction vs. Expository

2007-02-18 Thread Debbie Goodis
Thanks, Kimberlee, I saved all your info and I'll begin this lesson on Tues. I'll let you know how it goes. Debbie Don't get soaked. Take a quick peak at the forecast with the Yahoo! Search weather shortcut.

Re: [MOSAIC] Non-fiction vs. Expository

2007-02-17 Thread kimberlee hannan
You have little people, correct? When I taught 3rd graders I took about a week to intro and talk. They had about a week to make their Nonfiction Convention books. They needed to know how to access the text, not so much how the text was structured. I got this lesson directly from Nonfiction Mat

Re: [MOSAIC] Non-fiction vs. Expository

2007-02-17 Thread Debbie Goodis
Kimberlee, Thank you so much...that is such great information. It's a good place to start. Do you have any suggestions for how I can introduce and teach this to my class. I have many good examples of all these types. I thought of having the students sort them into piles. Or doing some kind of organ

Re: [MOSAIC] Non-fiction vs. Expository

2007-02-17 Thread gohorns1976-2001
I really love how nonfiction is taught by Shirl Hawes in Learning About Literary Genres: Reading and Writing with Young Children (published by Christopher-Gordon Publishers). Mary M. Debbie Goodis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hello all, I need some help with how I am going to teach about expo

Re: [MOSAIC] Non-fiction vs. Expository

2007-02-17 Thread kimberlee hannan
You are talking about text structures. The way I learned it was there are three text structures: Narrative, expository, and poetic. Narrative texts are stories. They have a plot, characters, and setting. Expository text teach facts. They are set up as a list of facts that are set up as sequen

Re: [MOSAIC] Non-fiction vs. Expository

2007-02-17 Thread Debbie Goodis
Hi Lisa, I'd like to know about both, but what I am thinking about right now is, let's say, a narrative type text that does teach about a subject. It's not a story, but it has real facts and teaches about something and you do read it from beginning to end because there are no clear sections. Is tha

Re: [MOSAIC] Non-fiction vs. Expository

2007-02-17 Thread Lisa Szyska
Hi Debbie, Are you talking about the nonfiction conventions or nonfiction text structures? (e.g. cause/effect, sequential...) What would your goals be for your 2nd graders here? Sorry to ask so many questions; I just want to make sure I don't jump in with something that is not helpful! Lisa 2/3

[MOSAIC] Non-fiction vs. Expository

2007-02-17 Thread Debbie Goodis
Hello all, I need some help with how I am going to teach about expository text. What is the best way to label/describe expository text with headings, subtitles, table of contents, etc. and other informational text. For example, I have a lot of those National Geographic hardcover text in various tit