New Approaches to Reading and Analyzing Nonfiction
Janet Ruth Heller will be speaking about “Keys to Reading and Analyzing Nonfiction” for the Michigan Reading Association Conference at the Detroit Marriott at the Renaissance Center in Detroit, Michigan, on Saturday, March 14, 2020 and Monday, March 16, 2020. She will do her presentation on Saturday, March 14 from 10:30 a.m. to 12 p.m. in Brule B and on Monday, March 16 from 1 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. in Brule A. Please come! Her website is https://www.janetruthheller.com/ This session will explore new approaches to reading and analyzing nonfiction developed by contemporary educators and researchers, including Heller. Old strategies for teaching students how to read, analyze, and write nonfiction often confuse our classes. For example, the five-paragraph essay paradigm oversimplifies the structure of most nonfiction. Participants will discuss some complex modern essays, applying the new strategies. Heller has published many essays, scholarly articles, and books of nonfiction, and she has also published analyses of nonfiction. Participants will receive handouts detailing possible structures and lesson plans for teaching nonfiction. Janet Ruth Heller giving a presentation at…