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A Great Collection of Short-Form Nonfiction Texts by Steve Peha
A Great Collection of Short-Form Nonfiction Texts
by Steve Peha
Whether my clients work in a Common Core state or not, one of the top requests over the last two years has been more samples of engaging nonfiction texts that can be used for close reading and evidence-based expository, persuasive, and argumentative writing. Recently, I stumbled across the best collection of writings meeting these needs that I have ever seen.
Today’s kids are highly attracted to environmental issues. And the Environmental Defense Fund (EDF) has over 300 short-from blog posts on every environmental and policy issue you could imagine in their EDF Voices blog section. Also included aresome terrific infographics as well.
What I appreciate most about EDF’s stuff is that it’s reasonable, not radical. Their general philosophy is to encourage individuals, corporations, municipalities, and larger government entities to improve environmentally-friendly policy, but they do this by expressing their ideas in a thoughtful style that shows a deep understanding of political, economic, and social realities.
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