Bridging the gap : reading critically and writing meaningfully to get to the Core /

Lesley Roessing's book, Bridging the Gap: Reading Critically and Writing Meaningfully to Get to the Core, argues that memoir, or creative nonfiction, can help students bridge narrative structure and nonfiction writing in order to meet Common Core standards. The text includes information and res...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Roessing, Lesley
Corporate Author: Ebook Library
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Lanham, Maryland : Rowman & Littlefield, 2014.
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Table of Contents:
  • Defining & gathering memories
  • From memories to memoir
  • Reading memoirs: reading like a writer
  • Memoirs of time & age
  • Memoirs of objects & mementoes
  • Memoirs of places
  • Memoirs of people & relationships
  • Memoirs of crises & defining moments or events
  • Memoirs of where we are from
  • Analyzing memoir writing: learning from mentor texts
  • Genre choice: making the form fit the function
  • Memoir writing lessons: taking rough drafts to publication.