Books for Units of Study in Writer's Workshop

Literary Non-Fiction and Non-Fiction Feature Articles

Katie Wood Ray puts both of these studies together. Katie says, in Study Driven, p. 215, to look for texts: - that provide a variety of information on a topic - that give advice - that are designed to teach a reader how to do something - that inform readers about how something is done - that are based on interviews - that are biographical sketches or profiles of people; or - that present a list of possibilities Literary Non-Fiction From Katie Wood Ray's Study Driven literary nonfiction list: Bread Comes to Life: A Garden of Wheat and a Loaf to Eat by George Levenson Gentle, Giant Octopus by Karen Wallace On Earth by G. Brian Karas Penny: The Forgotten Coin by denise Brennan-Nelson A handful of Dirt by Raymond Bial Beyond the Game: The Colleted Sportswriting of Gary Smith by Gary Smith Girls Think of Everything: Stories of Ingenious Inventions by Women by Catherine Thimmesh The Kid Who Invented the Trampoline: More Surprising Stories About Inventions by Don L. Wulffson Time for Kis Almanac 2006, Time for Kids, editors Toys! Amazing Stories Behind Some Great Inventions by Don L. Wulffson Non-Fiction Feature Articles ~ must have facts plus one or more of the following: story (contains story elements), strong voice (the writer is talking to me) , opiniion. May contain pictures, charts, tables, graphs, captions, survey or interview results, observations etc. Many are found in Boys Life, National Geographic Kids, Ranger Rick, Sports Illustrated. I Like Oranges by Robin Pickering Saguaro Moon: A Desert Journal by Kristin Joy Pratt-Serafini True Bugs by Sara Swan Miller DK Look Closer, Bugs: A Close Up Look at Insets and Their Relatives, DK Publishing From Katie Wood Ray's book Study Driven: Feature Articles based on Interviews. P. 228 Authors by Request by Janis Campbell and Cathy Collison Author Talk by Leonard S. Marcus The Book of Changes: A Collection of Interviews by Kristine McKenna Talking with Artist, Vols. 1-3 by Pat Cummings

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