Education standards are requiring students to interact more and more with nonfiction text. At AMS, this happens in every content area class, especially in RICA. Language Arts teachers may also require their students to read nonfiction books as part of their AR requirements.
For students (and parents) who are more familiar and more comfortable with literature of the fiction variety, this can be a challenge. One way to help with the transition is to read narrative nonfiction.
You can Google "definition narrative nonfiction" for some interesting posts. Here is Wikipedia's definition:
"Creative nonfiction (also known as literary nonfiction or narrative nonfiction) is a genre of writing that uses literary styles and techniques to create factually accurate narratives."
Study.com says first person narratives, such as memoir and diaries and even personal essays, lend themselves well to this literary form. There are a number of these in our library. And there are some excellent authors of nonfiction who write in a more narrative style. One of these, Steve Sheinkin, wrote in an author's note that he now writes nonfiction books as a way to make up for the years that he wrote textbooks, where he was restricted to very narrow style parameters.
With our new Destiny system (you can click on the Destiny link on the left for more information or to go to Destiny), we have the capability to post resource lists for students. So I decided it might be helpful to create a list for Narrative Nonfiction. I will probably think of additions to the list, so I'm glad that I can keep adding to it. When you search Destiny, you will find Resource Lists in a column on the left. You may have to Exit the online version to see the list but you will still be logged in and can go back to place holds or add titles to your reading list.
Be sure to check the AR level for many of these books because it may be high. However, reading from one of these books is a great way to boost your AR level. And some of them are so good that you'll forget you're reading nonfiction.
For students (and parents) who are more familiar and more comfortable with literature of the fiction variety, this can be a challenge. One way to help with the transition is to read narrative nonfiction.
You can Google "definition narrative nonfiction" for some interesting posts. Here is Wikipedia's definition:
"Creative nonfiction (also known as literary nonfiction or narrative nonfiction) is a genre of writing that uses literary styles and techniques to create factually accurate narratives."
Study.com says first person narratives, such as memoir and diaries and even personal essays, lend themselves well to this literary form. There are a number of these in our library. And there are some excellent authors of nonfiction who write in a more narrative style. One of these, Steve Sheinkin, wrote in an author's note that he now writes nonfiction books as a way to make up for the years that he wrote textbooks, where he was restricted to very narrow style parameters.
With our new Destiny system (you can click on the Destiny link on the left for more information or to go to Destiny), we have the capability to post resource lists for students. So I decided it might be helpful to create a list for Narrative Nonfiction. I will probably think of additions to the list, so I'm glad that I can keep adding to it. When you search Destiny, you will find Resource Lists in a column on the left. You may have to Exit the online version to see the list but you will still be logged in and can go back to place holds or add titles to your reading list.
Be sure to check the AR level for many of these books because it may be high. However, reading from one of these books is a great way to boost your AR level. And some of them are so good that you'll forget you're reading nonfiction.