![]() Then, during the 2014 Boothbay Literacy Retreat, Bob made the following comment: "Fiction invites us into the writer's imagined world nonfiction intrudes into ours and purports to tell us something about it."Įveryone in the room stopped taking notes and looked up, and I knew we (well, Bob) had said something that resonated with many. We discarded the idea that one was true and the other not because we read a great deal of nonfiction that we know is not based on facts or truths. (click any section below to continue reading) Videoįrom Kylene: Early in our discussion of this book, we kept pushing each other to define the most critical difference between fiction and nonfiction. Reading Nonfiction goes the next crucial step-helping kids challenge the claims of nonfiction authors, be challenged by them, and skillfully and rigorously make up their mind about purported truths. We all know the value of helping students define nonfiction and understand its text structures. ![]() 7 proven strategies readers can use to clear up confusions when the text gets tough.5 Notice & Note nonfiction signposts that cue kids to apply the skills and processes that sophisticated readers use instinctively.3 essential questions that set students up for closer, more attentive readings of nonfiction texts.Picking up where their smash hit Notice & Note left off, Kylene Beers and Bob Probst write: “Fiction invites us into the writer’s imagined world nonfiction intrudes into ours and purports to tell us something about it.” This crucial difference increases the responsibility of the nonfiction reader, so Kylene and Bob have developed interlocking scaffolds that every student can use to go beyond a superficial reading: No matter the content area, with Reading Nonfiction’s classroom-tested suggestions, you’ll lead kids toward skillful and responsible disciplinary literacy. “When students recognize that nonfiction ought to challenge us, ought to slow us down and make us think, then they’re more likely to become close readers.” That means we need to help them question texts, authors, and, ultimately, their own thinking. The Business Disability Forum (BDF) which is leading the review has spoken with key leads within the States and some Third Sector members and will be involving States employees and disabled people in early 2017.Visit for special previews, videos, and more.Īlso available: Reading Nonfiction Student Bookmarks and Notice & Note/Reading Nonfiction Signpost Student Bookmarks Feedback from many people who have undertaken the training has been very positive.Ī review of service areas across the States has commenced in preparation for future disability discrimination legislation. Staff across all service areas in the States, local businesses and people working in the Third Sector are being encouraged to undertake the Disability & Awareness free on line training which was developed with support from Charities and disabled people in Guernsey. Subsequent highlight reports will also be shared. As a result Highlight Report No 1 was shared widely across the States and with the Third Sector. Ed Ashton made a commitment at the September GDA members’ to share timely and accurate information about progress being made within the workstreams. A Project Board has been established and a Project Plan with detailed information for each workstream has been written. Responsibility for the Disability and Inclusion Strategy moved to the Committee for Employment & Social Security from May 2016. Further consultations will take place early in 2017. The Dementia Framework has been shared widely with key stakeholders and a first draft of the framework has been written. The framework has been approved by the Committee for Health & Social Care and the next phase is to develop an implementation plan. The Autism Framework has been shared widely in Guernsey providing groups and individuals the opportunity to have their say. ![]() In February 2016 the new website was launched providing information about services, support and activities for parents and carers of children with a disability.
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