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Get the whole story on teaching narrative writing
āNarrative can foster a new understanding of self and others, and help people solve real problems together. In short narrative empowers people. This makes it vitally important to helping students become ācollege and career ready.āā James Fredricksen, Michael Smith, and Jeffrey Wilhelm
While Common Core standards on argument and nonfiction have gotten the lionās share of attention, the anchor standard for narrative writing has been overlooked. Not anymore, thanks to So, Whatās the Story?
āWrite narratives,ā states the Common Core, āto develop real or imagined experiences or events using effective technique, well-chosen details, and well-structured event sequences.ā In So, Whatās the Story? James Fredricksen, Michael Smith, and Jeffrey Wilhelm share lessons and unit frameworks on narrative writing that help students not only meet the standards, but do important real-world work. āNarrative is about much more than the form of a story, identifying a protagonist, or naming its climax,ā they write, āitās about doing functional work not only in the classroom and school, but in the community and the world.ā
With ideas for teaching autobiography, narrative nonfiction, imaginary narratives, and narratives that employ both words and images, So, Whatās the Story? provides practitioners with ways to help students make the leap from composing stories to understanding how stories and narrative concepts can help them to identify, critique, and change how their world works.
āNarrative writing empowers individuals as they negotiate the day-to-day experience of their lives,ā write Fredricksen, Smith, and Wilhelm, ābut an understanding of narrative is essential for people in a whole host of careers and professions.ā Use So, Whatās the Story? and ensure that the story of your writers doesnāt end with meeting the standard, but with a lifetime of problem solving with story.
This book title, So, What's the Story? (Teaching Narrative to Understand Ourselves, Others, and the World), ISBN: 9780325042923, by Jeffrey D Wilhelm, Michael Smith, James Fredricksen, published by Heinemann (August 17, 2012) is available in paperback. Our minimum order quantity is 25 copies. All standard bulk book orders ship FREE in the continental USA and delivered in 4-10 business days.
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