Co-authors Ann Love and Jane Drake explore with students their research methods and non-fiction writing. They discuss where they get ideas, the writing process, stories about being authors and writing partners all supported with examples from their works. Interactive and media components in presentations include overheads, slides and storytelling. They tailor presentations to the curriculum Grade 3 Rural Communities (Mining, Fishing, Farming, and Forestry); Grade 4 Provinces and Territories (The Kids Book of the Far North and Cool Woods); Grade 5 Early Civilizations (The Kids Book of the Night Sky); Grade 6 Solar System (The Kids Book of the Night Sky) and Aboriginal Peoples and Early Explorers (Cool Woods and The Kids Book of the Far North); Grades 7-9 Canadian Issues (Cool Woods).
Workshop Description:
Writing with precision how to write good instructions using The Kids Campfire Book and other activity books written by the authors; Writing persuasive non-fiction interest everyone in your favourite subject, from bellybutton link to space probes ; Writing narrative non-fiction.
