WOW Nonfiction

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WOW Nonfiction

• PowerPoint by Mrs. Janes
• Adapted from About the Authors Writing Workshop
  with Our Youngest Writers By Katie Wood Ray with
  Lisa B. Cleaveland

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Ways to write WOW Nonfiction

• To make my book look like someones journal with
  lots of notes and pictures taped in it.
• I could create characters and a setting and a
  story line and use them to get my facts.
• I could use illustrations that have pictures and
  labels that are related to my topic in the
  borders of my books.
• I could have a list of other books and websites
  about my topic that readers might want to check
  out.

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Ways to write WOW Nonfiction

• I could write about something by giving it a
  voice and letting it speak.
• I could include a list of facts at the beginning
  or end of my book.
• I could write about something in present tense
  like its happening as you are reading it.
• I could include facts around my illustrations
  that relate to my story.

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Ways to write WOW Nonfiction

• I could write my book so it looks and sounds like
  poetry.
• I could have an authors note at the end of my
  book that gives more facts about my topic.
• I could use an afterword to share more facts
  about the topic of my book.
• I could write my book as a whole series of if,
  then propositions for my reader to think about.
• My facts could be right in my main text not set
  apart in

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Ways to write WOW Nonfiction

• I could write about my topic by following it
  through time and/or place.
• I could include a summarizing illustration at the
  end of my book with more facts embedded around it.