Thursday, June 14, 2012

Looking for Nonfiction?

If you're looking for more nonfiction selections to meet the new Common Core State Standards requirements, look no further than the related readings offered in EMC's Access Edition Readers. The additional selections included within the books help students make connections with the literature and the time and place in which it was written. The related readings add relevance to the literature by providing students with background information and context, and by helping them see relationships between literature, informational texts, and primary source materials.  Over forty additional informational/nonfiction selections are included in the Access Editions series!

For example, the Access Edition novel Night, by Elie Weisel, includes the following nonfiction related readings:
  • New York Times coverage of the Holocaust. 
  • “My Sorrow,” from Fragments of Isabella: A Memoir of Auschwitz by Holocaust survivor Isabella Leitner 
  • “Anti-Nazi Movement Still Inspires: Germans recall rare courage of ‘White Rose,’” Newsday article by Bob Keeler
  • “The Perils of Indifferences,” speech by author Elie Wiesel
 EMC's Access Editions provide thought-provoking, relevant nonfiction related readings to engage your students and help them connect with literature!