tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1337206901491734394.post2665461014388296812..comments2024-03-22T01:00:38.320-04:00Comments on I.N.K.: Notes From the FieldLinda Salzmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17217322360480267856noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1337206901491734394.post-43690684921244486872012-05-21T09:44:22.750-04:002012-05-21T09:44:22.750-04:00Loreen -- Thanks for the helpful suggestions. I t...Loreen -- Thanks for the helpful suggestions. I tend to hit all sorts of buttons and sometimes they work and sometimes.... But I do appreciate the suggestions.<br /><br />Myra -- Yes, I'm actually hoping that what you foresee happens (and I think it will). I thought reporting about what the folk I interacted with were saying might be helpful on some level (I worry that some NF people expect that the CC changes will be implimented immediately, while I think a longer view might be a better way to experience all of this).Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12724255232058112413noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1337206901491734394.post-12922695306598600542012-05-15T10:34:01.424-04:002012-05-15T10:34:01.424-04:00P.S. You may not be able to see the empty line in ...P.S. You may not be able to see the empty line in Edit mode, but hit Preview and it should be there.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02783236322334230920noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1337206901491734394.post-4283001989274586422012-05-15T10:32:38.537-04:002012-05-15T10:32:38.537-04:00Jim, you should be able to hit the Return button t...Jim, you should be able to hit the Return button twice and get a line between paragraphs. : )Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02783236322334230920noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1337206901491734394.post-52403809291887603482012-05-08T17:43:52.309-04:002012-05-08T17:43:52.309-04:00As Vicki pointed out in her comment,the CCSS direc...As Vicki pointed out in her comment,the CCSS directs teachers to pay attention to the process of writing nonfiction. These standards deal heavily with the "craft of writing" as well as the message of books and other material. As someone who has been straightforward with his readers about where you stand on historical issues, you are a natural to now be even more transparent about how you gather and interpret information. We teachers will also be looking for several accounts of the same topic to show students that accounts can differ. We will be discussing an author's point of view. I find this very motivating. Don't be put off by teachers' "wait-and-see" attitudes about CCSS. Many have seen "new" ideas come and go. They will get on board when they see how stimulating it can be to really read and think about nonfiction.Myra Zarnowskihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08384106059616982063noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1337206901491734394.post-16691549167967872182012-05-08T14:11:06.756-04:002012-05-08T14:11:06.756-04:00Yes, Jen, I think nonfiction will benefit from the...Yes, Jen, I think nonfiction will benefit from the changes, though I think it will be a while (years?) before it becomes apparent. And, yes, Vicki, more and more about our process is being revealed, asked about, and studied. A very good thing, in my opinion.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12724255232058112413noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1337206901491734394.post-68300382220969179542012-05-08T08:39:55.797-04:002012-05-08T08:39:55.797-04:00Jim, what the CCSS are asking students to do is al...Jim, what the CCSS are asking students to do is all about process and not about curriculum. Education will be interested in us authors because we are masters of CCSS processes. They will want to know how do we do what we do. I believe in the future a lot more attention is going to be paid to our "unpacking" (as Myra Zarnowski defines it) our process so that others may emulate it. In effect, students are being asked to think like a scientist, or an historian, or a mathematician, not just sit and listed to what such people present to them through their work. Students will now have to read to learn. Something we do in spades.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07214356318088069618noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1337206901491734394.post-68089578614093402272012-05-08T08:24:51.852-04:002012-05-08T08:24:51.852-04:00You're right, Jim. There is absolutley as much...You're right, Jim. There is absolutley as much fretting & worrying over works of non-fiction as there is over novels and other forms of fiction. More, in fact, if my own experience is any indication! Your comments here (and at IRA) are much appreciated<br />& I do believe that there's some upside for us in the changes ahead regarding the CC.Jen Bryanthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12854097358781334519noreply@blogger.com