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Author Graves, Donald H.

Title Experiment with fiction / Donald H. Graves.

Publication Info. Portsmouth, NH : Heinemann ; Toronto, Canada : Irwin Pub., [1989]
©1989

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 University of Saint Joseph: Pope Pius XII Library - Standard Shelving Location  372.623 G776E    Check Shelf
Description xii, 74 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.
Series The Reading/writing teacher's companion
Graves, Donald H. Reading/writing teacher's companion.
Contents About this series -- Acknowledgements -- Experiment with fiction : First fiction writing ; Using this book -- Fiction is for us-first : Our fiction ; Action: experiment with writing some fiction of your own -- See how writers work with fiction : First lines ; Leads ; Action: speculate on what is possible in the remainder of a story based on the lead ; Character introductions -- Experiment along with children : Action: chose a character not yet described and experiment with a description ; Plot ; Action: compose fiction together as a class ; Endings ; Action: study the last lines in books and have children rethink some of their own last lines -- Respond to children's fiction : Action: conduct small group conferences on children's fiction ; Action: help children to plan their fiction ; Action: read fiction aloud to the children ; Final reflection -- A new look at children's fiction : Where to begin ; Where children begin ; Shared characters ; Character invention and introduction ; Action: review your children's reading patterns ; Characters in the process of growing up ; Action: review samples of children's dialogue ; Review to this point ; Action: survey your children's uses of literature.
Note Includes index.
Bibliography Bibliography: page 71.
Subject Creative writing (Elementary education)
Fiction -- Study and teaching (Elementary)
ISBN 0435084852
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