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Diary as Fiction By:Jessica M. Natale Published on 1999-10-01 by Universal-Publishers Click The Button Below To Download The Book There is a genre of literature in which the work is purposely written within the diary format; this type of writings known as diary fiction. Diary novels traditionally reflect what the authors think real diaries are or are written as a parody of the diary as a negative model. The authors of diary novels choose the diary form because its artistic quality expresses a greater sense of immediacy to the reader than other forms of literature. The diary novel emphasizes the time of writing rather than the time that it is written about, so the diarist usually writes about events of the immediate past - events that occur between one entry and the next - or records his momentary ideas, reflections, or emotions. Turgenev's |Diary of a Superfluous Man| represents the marriage of a memoir and a diary, resulting in a work with more contemporaneous content than recount...

Historical Fiction By:Christine Dugan Published on 2013-01-01 by Shell Education Click The Button Below To Download The Book Rewind time with the classics as you teach fiction in the classroom using leveled texts! Learn how to differentiate instruction with this book featuring passages from 15 different classic works including such titles as: Little Women, The Lords of the Wild, and The Prince and the Pauper. Each passage is written at four different reading levels with a focus on setting, character, plot, or language usage and features matching visuals. Symbols placed in the lower corner of each page represent the reading level range and are designed to help teachers differentiate instruction. Comprehension questions are also provided to complement each reading level. A Digital Resource CD is included with a modifiable version of each passage in text format and full-color versions of the texts and image files. This resource is correlated to the Common Core State Standards. Book was wr...

Fantasy and Science Fiction By:Stephanie Paris Published on 2013-01-01 by Shell Education Click The Button Below To Download The Book Inspire students' imaginations and teach fiction using leveled texts! Learn how to differentiate instruction with this book featuring excerpts from 15 different classic works including such titles as: The Lost World, A Journey into the Center of the Earth, and The Secret Garden. Each passage is written at four different reading levels with a focus on setting, character, plot, or language usage and features matching visuals. Symbols placed in the lower corner of each page represent the reading level range and are designed to help teachers differentiate instruction. Comprehension questions are also provided to complement each reading level. A Digital Resource CD is included with a modifiable version of each passage in text format and full-color versions of the texts and image files. This resource is correlated to the Common Core State Standards. Book w...

Choosing and Using Fiction and Non-Fiction 3-11 By:Margaret Mallett Published on 2010-06-25 by Routledge Click The Button Below To Download The Book Winner of the United Kingdom Literacy Association's Author Award 2011 for its contribution to extending children's literacy. Praise for the book: 'This book is about making readers. A compact summary of its contents would not do it justice. It is the accountof a life's work and it deserves thanks and readers. *****'. - Margaret Meek, Books for Keeps on-line, Number 185, November 2010. 'This book is a cornucopia of varied pleasures, offering something for all tastes, presented with an awareness of the complexities of the field and communicated with commitment, enthusiasm and deep knowledge'. - Eve Bearne, English 4-11, the primary school journal of The English Association, Number 42, Summer 2011. Choosing and Using Fiction and Non-Fiction 3-11 is a guide to the many kinds of text we want children to encounter, us...

Creative Writing By:Colin Bulman Published on 2007 by Polity Click The Button Below To Download The Book All writers are familiar with terms like plot, suspense, conflict and character. They may be less familiar with intertextuality, anachrony, and fabula, and they may be even less confident in achieving the effects these terms refer to. This book defines fictional techniques and guides the potential writer in their use. It may spark off ideas for stories and novels and provide first-aid for failing stories. A story's ending may come as a surprise to the reader, suspense may have the reader on the edge of the seat, and conflict may lead to unbearable excitement. It is the job of the writer to create these effects and this book illustrates how it is done. The book is for students doing creative writing in higher education, at |A| level, and it will be essential reading for anyone interested in writing fiction. Contents: Definitions of over 200 terms and techniques to do with fiction...

Early Years Non-fiction By:Margaret Mallett Published on 2003 by Psychology Press Click The Button Below To Download The Book This lively and informative text examines children's first experience of non-fiction during the pre-school and foundation years. Its careful consideration of different kinds of quality non-fiction, including books, posters, charts and computer software will provide a helpful framework from which early years teachers can work. Annotated lists, notes, and suggestions for further reading make this is an ideal source of inspiration and stimulation placing literacy teaching in a fresh, modern context. This book offers a rich resource of information, with illustrated case studies and many examples of children's responses to non-fiction providing: coverage of pre-school and foundation years for children up to six years of age references to research findings on the place of non-fiction in early years references to the National Literacy Strategy, Early Learning G...